On 12/26/2013 11:37 PM, Vesa Paatero wrote: > Hi! Getting back to the discussion: >>>> Here is a command line whereby the system works with "noteon": >>>> >>>> fluidsynth -v -a alsa -o synth.gain=3.0 -o synth.verbose=yes >>>> /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 >>> The easiest way is to use the alsa rawmidi driver. Find the card name by >>> looking at the /proc/asound/cards file - find the row corresponding to >>> the right sound card, and the label within brackets. >>> In my case it's "Piano", so then the options I need to add are: >>> >>> " -m alsa_raw -o midi.alsa.device=hw:Piano" >>> >>> (of course in your case replace "Piano" with your card name) >>> >> Thanks for these hints, David. Raw MIDI without any mixer activity by >> CPU sounds like a good choice to minimize latency. >> > > I tried the ALSA raw option but it seems that "aconnect" can only be > used to connect the MIDI input device to FluidSynth when "-m alsa_seq" > is given to FluidSynth because only then a suitable connection entry > shown by "aconnect -lio" is created. > > So, when using alsa_raw, what is the recommended way to connect a MIDI > input device?
You shouldn't use aconnect at all in this scenario. Just let fluidsynth read the raw ALSA input directly. // David _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
