Technically speaking RG does make sound without any coaxing although this point likely won't be well taken by a first time user who just want to hear some sequenced sounds.
Part of the problem is the sheer diversity of available instruments. Apart from the go to fluidsynth, most distros have packages for aeolus, bristol, hexter and plenty more. For only slightly more effort linuxsampler is just a compile away. As such there is no single clear path to making notes come out. >From a novice's point of view, it will not be immediately obvious that just hooking up RG to sytem out will be insufficient to hear the sounds they are looking for. To this end, it might be helpful to steer beginners toward using DSSI plugins. That way, at least, connecting RG to system output (which should happen automatically on startup) will make sound come out with a minimum of configging around. Users consulting the examples included with RG won't find a lot of help in this regard. I know my own contributions in this area still reference a SB128 sound card which wont get them very far in the right direction. Perhaps a little sprucing up here would be helpful. I haven't used RG in the fluidcentric way outlined in this thread for quite a while now. My current way of making the sounds come out is to use carla to connect RG to sfz files. Apart from the sfzs themselves, everything I use ships stock with UbuntuStudio. My workflow is as follows: 1) Open studio controls. Make sure the a2j bridge is selected and start jack. 2) Start carla. Drag and drop some sfzs From the file tree on the left onto the main canvas and connect them to system out. 3) Fire up RG. Go to the 'manage midi devices' pop up and add a new device for each sfz to be used, giving each a helpful name. 4) Back in carla, connect the RG instruments the their respective sfzs. 5) In RG, select the appropriate sfz instrument for each track rather than just accepting the default GM device. A similar approach works with sf2 files as well. On Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 8:52 AM Will Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:45:47 -0500 > "D. Michael McIntyre" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >But whatever. I hate this topic, and I'm going to duck my head and > >concentrate my attention elsewhere. I just wanted to fire off this rant. > > FWIW, I feel your pain (as someone who fell into software development a > similar > way) > > What doesn't help, is the people who ask for special features to make > something > fit their unique way of working, then when it's supplied never actually > use it! > > -- > Will J Godfrey > http://www.musically.me.uk > http://yoshimi.github.io > Say you have a poem and I have a tune. > Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. > > > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user >
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