Lewis, David S wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been trying to get my Sound Blaster PCI 128bit sound
> card to work with Linux Mandrake 7.2. Its actually on the
> hardware supported list, something I checked before I
> bought Mandrake, but after looking into the problem for
> over a week I think the guys at Mandrake are telling fibs?
>
> Harddrake detects the card it and it plays waves no
> problem. But when you try to use the cards Midi the midi
> files "play" but no sound is heard. The cause of the
> problem (according to Creative Labs technical support) is
> that the card needs a software Wavetable synth, so the midi
> notes are mapped to waves which are part of the
> installation software on windows. So when you use the card
> on Mandrake it plays silent notes becuase there is no
> wavetable software present!
>
> Can anyone help??? Does anyone know where I can get
> software Wavetable Synths for linux, Creative say there is
> one called "timote" but I can't find it anywhere??
>
> Regards
>
> David Lewis
>
>
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David....If you check the volume levels on the sound mixer
and find that the midi channel is turned up as it should be
and you still can't hear the midi files play then it occurs
to me that it's possible that sox didn't get installed during
your initial installation.
--
Alan
