Re: [Rosegarden-user] Holger's suggestion

2016-01-10 Thread Leszek Wroński
Thank you very much again. Indeed Rosegarden displays a warning and tells me to run 'sudo modprobe snd-rtctimer'. Unfortunately, I don't have that module. I ran 'sudo modprobe snd-hrtimer' instead, but the warning still appears. The 'details' section informs me "WARNING: using system timer with

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Holger's suggestion

2016-01-10 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On 01/10/2016 06:30 AM, Leszek Wroński wrote: > The 'details' section informs me "WARNING: using > system timer with only 250Hz resolution!" sudo dpkg -l linux-image-lowlatency linux-headers-lowlatency (You typically only need the headers if you run hardware with proprietary drivers, like the

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Holger's suggestion

2016-01-10 Thread Leszek Wroński
Thank you very much. Using the 'manage synth plugins' window I load the FluidSynth DSSI plugin. Then using the editor I locate the soundfont and choose the instrument. Then I can play and record with it with no problems. However issues start when I want to use a different instrument in a

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Holger's suggestion

2016-01-10 Thread Holger Marzen
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Leszek Wroński wrote: > Thank you very much again. Indeed Rosegarden displays a warning and tells > me to run 'sudo modprobe snd-rtctimer'. Unfortunately, I don't have that > module. I ran 'sudo modprobe snd-hrtimer' instead, but the warning still > appears. The 'details'

Re: [Rosegarden-user] the Zyn tutorial; and praise

2016-01-10 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
Credit for the quantization goes to none other than Chris Cannam. I have had a troubled relationship with Rosegarden over the years, and there have been times when I was ready to throw my hands up in frustration and do something more fun for a hobby. On one such occasion, I made the rounds

Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)

2016-01-10 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
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 So let's see, going through the old tutorial... Rosegarden no longer creates new devices spontaneously. All

Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)

2016-01-10 Thread Holger Marzen
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016, david wrote: > 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?

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Holger's suggestion

2016-01-10 Thread Abrolag
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:37:28 +0100 (CET) Holger Marzen wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Leszek Wroński wrote: > > > Thank you very much again. Indeed Rosegarden displays a warning and tells > > me to run 'sudo modprobe snd-rtctimer'. Unfortunately, I don't have that > > module. I

Re: [Rosegarden-user] problem with basic functionality (tracks, instruments, ZynAddSubFX connection)

2016-01-10 Thread Abrolag
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:55:30 -0500 > With ZynAddSubFX, there is (or was, and probably still isn't) anything > to import. It doesn't understand program changes, full stop, so the > only way to control what track plays what is by assigning the channel, > which is the same thing as the