mousematt Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Does anyone know how to get Mandrake 9.0 to play midi files properly? I am running 9.0 with very few updates on my Duron machine with an SiS integrated motherboard. My soundcard is an SiS 7018 that Mandrake recognises as a trident-snd device. It does not recognise or install a midi mapper or wavetable device whatsoever I have a huge collection of MIDI sequences that I like to listen to when I'm using my PC. When I was running Win ME I either used the software synth that came with the card - or the Yamaha SXG-100 software wavetable synth. Is there any way I can play MIDI files under Linux? I have used Kmidi but the only instruments it appears to have patchsets for are Piano and Guitar - and all of my MIDIs now sound pretty crappy... What do I need to do? Where do I download it from? How do I do it step-by-step? I just really miss hearing my old tunes in all their glory - and I am not re-downloading all of them in MP3 or MOD format (it would take years). MIDI soft synth must be possible under linux - how do I do it? Please help me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Theres an app called timidty (or something similiar) thats on the install CDs. Theres also a package of instruments for it. I've never used them but I think thats what you need, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technonoid Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 Get rosegarden. I think you will find info on this by me and zerow if you do a search on the forum. Search for rosegarden and or midi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousematt Posted February 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 I've got rosegarden and downloaded some patch sets for timidity and my thousands of MIDIs are back! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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