On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 07:16:20PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > On this fresh install of current/amd64, > using the new audio/fluidsynth 1.1.6 (thank you sthen), > I can only use it with sndiod _not_ running. > > When sndiod runs, my MIDI keyboard still works fine, > as tested with 'aucat -Mq rmidi/0 -o -' (suggested by the FAQ), > but fluidsynth never seems to get any of the MIDI messages. > > The keyboard is a CME UF-6 connected by an M-Audio USB-to-MIDI, > reports itself as > > umidi0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "M-Audio USB Uno MIDI > Interface" rev 1.00/1.25 addr 2 > umidi0: (genuine USB-MIDI) > umidi0: out=1, in=1 > midi0 at umidi0: <USB MIDI I/F> > ugen0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 "M-Audio USB Uno MIDI Interface" rev > 1.00/1.25 addr 2 > > and works OK in many other situations. > > If I shut sndiod down, fluidsynth works OK. > Can some shed some light on why is that? > > Can this a problem of fluidsynth's sndio backend?
Maybe fluidsynth uses the "default" MIDI port; if sndiod is running this corresponds to "midithru/0", else to "rmidi/0". Does it work if you force fluidsynth to use rmidi/0 ? -- Alexandre
