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[albkwan]

I having been trying to run NoteWorthy Composer with WINE in my eeepc and this program need to play MIDI thru WINE midi mapper.

Although I have installed and set up Timidity in my eeepc as software MIDI synthesizer, I can not get WINE to play MIDI. There is simply no available play device to select in the MIDI Option TAB of NoteWorthy Composer.

[NB. There is no hardware MIDI synthesizer in the sound card of eeepc. On my desktop, having a SoundBlaster emu101k sound card c/w hardware MIDI synthesizer, I have no problem getting NoteWorthy Composer to work.]

Anyone has idea how to get this working?

[StealthCP]

run winecfg, and configure sound. I have MicroLOGIC AV 4.8.1 running on the Eee using an external USB MIDI cable. Bear in mind that you only need Timidity for Software MIDI synth, which it sounds like you aim to use. I am unsure on how exactly to get WINE working with Timidity but it'll look into it.

[albkwan]

Finally got it working!

First, WINE can only play MIDI thru ALSA and with Timidity running as a server. Also, /dev/snd/seq is missing in eeepc.

So, what I did is: Install alsa-base, libwine-alsa, and of course timidity and the patches (or soundfonts). Then, start timidity as a server and in the Audio tab of winecfg, tick ALSA. Finally start NoteWorthy Composer with a shell script:

sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi
timidity -iA -Os -B2,8 &
wine [path]/NWC32.exe

and config timdity as MIDI input instead of Wine Midi Mapper.

It sounds beautiful!

[ProDigit]

do you think this can be used to playback midi on the eeepc in games? (I'm a newb, not really understanding all of this).

[dkl]

Hello,

Thanks for this thread.

I am trying to run a "abc file player" application on my eeePc. The application is "abcnavigator" (abcnavigator.free.fr). It runs natively on Windows. I have also a Ubuntu desktop, with a SoundBlaster card (Hardware MIDI), on which "abcnavigator" runs fine through wine.

On the eeePC, I installed wine 9.25, then timidity, freepats, alsa-base and libwine-alsa. No problem. Timidity alone is able to play midi files.
Select ALSA card in winecfg.
I was then able to install "abcnavigator" through wine, and run it, but no sound! Timidity runs on the eeePC, and is able to play midi files. I followed the instructions up there, but I am unable to ear a sound! I have no error message, just not a sound...

I guess the problem comes between wine and timidity? . I'm stuck. Any hint? Thanks in advance

[dkl]

Well, I got it.... Only piano works, no other instrument. I just changed the instrument selection to piano, and it's OK now.

[ProDigit]

that's awkward! Maybe it's midi thru wave mapper or something?

I heard midi through freepats would also work on the Xandros desktop. Anyone can confirm this?

[Cyclops]

I would like to output a Midi file through a USB-to-MIDI interface and then into my electronic organ. Does timidity have the facility for this, or will I have to do some sort of redirection of the speakers to USB?

[albkwan]

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I would like to output a Midi file through a USB-to-MIDI interface and then into my electronic organ. Does timidity have the facility for this, or will I have to do some sort of redirection of the speakers to USB?

I have tried something like this with MIDI output from NoteWorthy Composer (running under WINE) and running timidity as server. So it should be possible also with another native Linux client. Of course, you will need an USB-to-MIDI interface supported by the ALSA sound driver of Linux.