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Hi Batz,
2010/12/1 Batz :

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> Y-ellow All.

>        OK. need some help here. I regret to say that I'm not getting much

> mileage out of AVlinux. I haven't felt quite like throwing a computer out

> the window, since Turtle Beach first started making sound cards. Well, OK,

> It's not quite that bad but it's certainly reminiscent. Ah them were the

> days... However I think my days of experiments in computer aerodynamics are

> behind me. :) I hope.

>

> I'm not even quite sure what questions to ask at this point. There is so

> much not working properly. It all seems quite hopeless. So ultimately; I

> need to know if I am wasting my time or should I persist? Should I move on

> and try a different distro? Though I actually like the distro it self.

>

> The test bed is fairly simple...

>

> 2.8 gig P4

> 1 gig RAM

> Hoontech DSP124 (Envy24) sound card.

> Evolution MK249 USB keyboard.

>

> The final system will be different to this but this will have to do as a

> proof of concept. All of which appears to work in and of it self.

>

> For the most part, software will either connect to MIDI or Audio but not

> both. All except for that little drum machine thing. Hydrogen? I get sound

> and MIDI but it Xruns and crashes regularly. I'm not so much worried about

> the Xruns at this point. There are bigger issues. Linux sampler only works

> as a Zynjacku plug in. Except that Zynjacku's MIDI comes up in the MIDI tab

> of JACK. Everything else comes in under the ALSA tab. Which means there's no

> way to connect to it. Or no obvious way.

>

This is where I can help you now:

make sure that you select in jack setup (using qjackctl for example)

the MIDI Driver as "seq"

You can use also a2jmidid (http://home.gna.org/a2jmidid/) in order to

expose the ALSA Midi ports in JACK

good luck and dont give up
> Yoshimi looked really interesting. It looks as though you can use samples as

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> oscillators which could be what I'm after. Except that as above, I can't

> connect MIDI into it. And even when using the little keyboard applet/window,

> it crashes a lot. Usually it takes JACK out as well. To the point of

> requiring a reboot. Because the frozen windows lock themselves and I can't

> kill them. And JACK won't connect anything after that. I guess I could find

> the process and kill it. I can't see that being very helpful up on stage in

> front of an audience though. And the last time it crashed, it seems to have

> crashed permanently. Yoshimi will load and lock it self and that's all.

>

> Perhaps the recording apps work well. I don't know. I'm not set up to test

> that. And this is not my current focus.

>

> So anyway, if any of this sound familiar and is easily fixed then I'd be

> over the moon to hear about it. Or alternatively, should I move on to try

> another distro?

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Be absolutely icebox.

>

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