SB Live no midi

[Lindy]

Can anybody help me sort out getting midi to work? I have alsa installed .
lsmod shows:

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
udf 94112 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-midi 4864 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-oss 31584 0 (autoclean)
ppp_deflate 4248 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 8192 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 23996 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate ppp_async]
slhc 6756 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
snd-pcm-oss 44228 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 15888 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-emu10k1-synth 5724 0
snd-emux-synth 34364 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-seq-midi-emul 6848 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-virmidi 4660 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-midi-event 6016 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-virmidi]
snd-seq 47248 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-emu10k1 84804 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-rawmidi 17984 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem 3096 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1]
snd-pcm 84580 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc 9652 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-timer 18980 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 57932 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 5848 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emux-synth snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-hwdep 6144 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1]
snd 45764 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emux-synth snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi snd-util-mem snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-seq-device snd-hwdep]
soundcore 6468 10 [snd]

lspci shows:
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 01)

I checked the mixer settings, but when I try to open a midi file with kmid it acts like it's playing the file, but no sound.

[mhelios]

Not yet supported in the ALSA emu10k1 driver. See these references:
http://www.chez.com/titan/DriversLinux/SBlive/live_faq.html#NoSoftsynth
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Live&chip=EMU10K1&module=emu10k1#bugs

It worked for me using the older OSS drivers..though I can't see anyone wanting to go back to those once they've experienced ALSA!

[Lindy]

Thanks mhelios. You're right about the difference between the OSS and alsa drivers. Alsa is soooo much better. In the course of my research into getting midi to work I swore I read somewhere that midi wasn't supported in the OSS driver, and that if I wanted midi I'd have to wait until someone could put it in , or install the alsa driver... I can see that this is a problem that's going to drive me crazy until I can replace my sound card with something more compatible.

[cowchaser]

Lindi,
Not sure if you got Midi to work yet but if you havent I did find this link which got it working for me.
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/September2002/article259.shtml

It explaned a lot of the problems with Midi and Alsa. I am able to play midi files with pmidi but I still do not have Kmid working in that it is compiled without alsa support in Fedora.

Roger

[3006828]

thank you for that link.. all work wonderfully ;)