Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
On 01/09/2016 08:54 AM, Holger Marzen wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016, Leszek Wroński wrote: > >> *BONUS QUESTION* >> Now, this will probably be idiotic, but I need to ask this. Can I somehow >> just play General MIDI instruments? Is this done by Timidity? I fired it up >> but it doesn't show in the 'Audio' menu of Jack, so I can't tell it to >> output any sound to the system. > > I recommend installing and loading fluidsynth-dssi into a > Rosegarden-track of type "Synthesizer Plugin". Then load a GM soundfont > into fluidsynth. Most distributions offer the package > fluid-soundfont-gm, a very good soundfont that resides in > /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 after installation. > > Using the plugin makes it simple to save the settings with your song and > offers as low latency as possible. > > You can find other good soundfonts all over the web. Not the original poster, but thanks for the advice about fluidsynth-dssi. :) -- David W. Jones gn...@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
On 01/09/2016 05:40 PM, r...@hydrophones.com wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Jan 2016, Leszek Wroński wrote: >> >>> *BONUS QUESTION* >>> Now, this will probably be idiotic, but I need to ask this. Can I >>> somehow >>> just play General MIDI instruments? Is this done by Timidity? I fired it >>> up >>> but it doesn't show in the 'Audio' menu of Jack, so I can't tell it to >>> output any sound to the system. > > Holger wrote: > >> >> I recommend installing and loading fluidsynth-dssi into a >> Rosegarden-track of type "Synthesizer Plugin". Then load a GM soundfont >> into fluidsynth. Most distributions offer the package >> fluid-soundfont-gm, a very good soundfont that resides in >> /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 after installation. >> >> Using the plugin makes it simple to save the settings with your song and >> offers as low latency as possible. >> >> You can find other good soundfonts all over the web. >> > > Many hundreds of Giga-Bytes, if not Tera-Bytes, of SoundFonts can be found > at: > > http://wowsia.com > > That site also has a preview function. > > Have fun. Cool. Unfortunately, I can't get any of the previews to play in Firefox. Would be nice if the site added some descriptions to the fonts - "Hard metallic phased lightning bolt". -- David W. Jones gn...@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
> On Sat, 9 Jan 2016, Leszek WroÅski wrote: > >> *BONUS QUESTION* >> Now, this will probably be idiotic, but I need to ask this. Can I >> somehow >> just play General MIDI instruments? Is this done by Timidity? I fired it >> up >> but it doesn't show in the 'Audio' menu of Jack, so I can't tell it to >> output any sound to the system. Holger wrote: > > I recommend installing and loading fluidsynth-dssi into a > Rosegarden-track of type "Synthesizer Plugin". Then load a GM soundfont > into fluidsynth. Most distributions offer the package > fluid-soundfont-gm, a very good soundfont that resides in > /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 after installation. > > Using the plugin makes it simple to save the settings with your song and > offers as low latency as possible. > > You can find other good soundfonts all over the web. > Many hundreds of Giga-Bytes, if not Tera-Bytes, of SoundFonts can be found at: http://wowsia.com That site also has a preview function. Have fun. -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
On 01/09/2016 01:19 PM, Leszek Wroński wrote: > My first modest goal is to successfully go through this tutorial: > http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/tutorials/supplemental/zyn/zyn.html I will go through all of this with you when I get the time. I sat down to do it here and now, but this is going to be somewhat involved, and I have a very long day of work ahead of me. I have to go deal with that and recover before I will have the energy to help. It will probably be a day or longer before I get back to you, but I will. -- D. Michael McIntyre -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 ___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016, Leszek Wroński wrote: > *BONUS QUESTION* > Now, this will probably be idiotic, but I need to ask this. Can I somehow > just play General MIDI instruments? Is this done by Timidity? I fired it up > but it doesn't show in the 'Audio' menu of Jack, so I can't tell it to > output any sound to the system. I recommend installing and loading fluidsynth-dssi into a Rosegarden-track of type "Synthesizer Plugin". Then load a GM soundfont into fluidsynth. Most distributions offer the package fluid-soundfont-gm, a very good soundfont that resides in /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 after installation. Using the plugin makes it simple to save the settings with your song and offers as low latency as possible. You can find other good soundfonts all over the web. Regards Holger-- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
[Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)
Hello, first, thanks and congratulations to everyone involved for making available for free a piece of software which people around the world are using with success! That said, my own attempts have only met with dismal failure and so I'm coming here for help. I have a few newbie questions after I tried for a few hours to do some really basic stuff; I have already read the manual, the FAQ, and looked at the tutorials. Since I'm new to this and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I'm also not sure what the exact form of the questions should be. Therefore this post needs to be rather long -- sorry in advance. Please tell me if I'm making any basic mistakes. If you don't have time and want to see the questions, scroll down to '*QUESTION x*'. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and the default Rosegarden installation: 13.06. I have an Impact LX25 USB-MIDI keyboard. My first modest goal is to successfully go through this tutorial: http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/tutorials/supplemental/zyn/zyn.html My 'fire up' sequence is 1) QjackCtl 2) ZynAddSubFX 3) Rosegarden. I set up the Jack so that ZynAddSubFX will be producing sound to the system: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1554329/Pictures/Connections_audio.png I also set it up so that Rosegarden outputs MIDI to Zyn: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1554329/Pictures/Connections_ALSA.png You can see I also connect my keyboard so it speaks to Rosegarden only. I press Rosegarden's 'Manage MIDI devices' button and make sure what I see resembles the connection I made by Jack, that is, I choose the ZynAddSubFX port in the menu to the right. (Was the first connection made using Jack superfluous? Does this hurt?) Now, I follow the tutorial and rename the device to 'ZYN' (you can also see this in the png linked to above). But now I'm at a total loss. I would assume that I would be able to change instruments used in the track from inside Rosegarden. Still, the tutorial does not suggest this; it tells me to choose '#1' on the Instrument List in Track Parameters. But I see nothing like this there. As you can see here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1554329/Pictures/Wrong_instrument_name.png I see '#1 (Acoustic Grand Piano)', so it's obvious something's wrong. Anyway, the whole list of instruments I can choose consists of '#x (Acoustic Grand Piano)', for x in 1 to 16, except for '#10[D]'. *QUESTION 1* At this point my question is: why am I not seeing the banks and instruments from Zyn inside Rosegarden? At some time I thought I should use the Studio -> Manage Midi Devices -> Banks -> Import option, but there's no file named in a way which would suggest a connection with Zyn. Still, I want to continue the tutorial. So I set the instrument in ZynAddSubFX to 'analogue bass' and yes, the sound changes when I press the keys. At this moment I press the red dot, and start recording. At this moment a segment called "Acoustic grand piano (recorded)" appears. I'm still hearing the analogue bass sound. But when I play the segment back, I hear that the first instrument in the first bank of Zyn, that is, 'Arpeggio1', is used. From that moment it is chosen in Zyn, and when I press the keys on my keyboard I hear it instead of the bass I chose. *QUESTION 2* Why does recording a segment something in Rosegarden change the settings I made in Zyn? More worryingly, from that point on, I can choose what I want in Zyn, but I'm still playing the 'Arpeggio1' instrument. I'm getting sick of it ;) Any pointers on what I'm doing wrong? I've been a musician for many many years, having spent also thousands of hours editing scores, and I'm only now entering the realm of MIDI. I'd really appreciate any help whatsoever! *BONUS QUESTION* Now, this will probably be idiotic, but I need to ask this. Can I somehow just play General MIDI instruments? Is this done by Timidity? I fired it up but it doesn't show in the 'Audio' menu of Jack, so I can't tell it to output any sound to the system. Best regards, Leszek Wronski. -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140___ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
