Pedro,
thank you for your detailed explanation.
I can confirm that, after upgrading libdrumstick packages to 2.7.1-1,
configuring a FluidSynth MIDI connection restores functionality. The
missing step was to configure a sound font: the default "default.sf2"
does not exist. You might consider enhancing VMPK by changing the
default or autodetecting or even recommending a well-known sound font
package.
For the benefit of other users:
- I had installed fluid-soundfont-gm and thus had symlinks including:
/usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2 ->
/etc/alternatives/default-GM.sf2
/etc/alternatives/default-GM.sf2 ->
/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2
- For this test, I started from a clean installation, but this step may
not be necessary:
rm -rf ~/.config/vmpk.sourceforge.net
- I pressed Edit / MIDI Connections / MIDI Out Driver (now automatically
set to "FluidSynth") and then "..." to configure and saw:
Audio Driver: pulseaudio
[...]
Sound Font: default.sf2 (which does not exist)
FluidSynth Version: 2.2.8
Initialization Status: Failed
- I changed sound font with "..." to:
Sound Font: /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2
- I pressed OK and status changed to:
Initialization Status: Ready
VMPK functionality was then restored.
Kind regards,
--
Ash Joubert (they/them) <a...@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand
