Re: [fluid-dev] fluidsynth tries to connect to jackd

No, you don't have to install jackd - you can use ALSA by adding `-a alsa` to your command line: fluidsynth -a alsa /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid On Linux, Fluidsynth tries to use JACK by default, but you can specify any of the options in the FluidSettings.xml file

[fluid-dev] fluidsynth tries to connect to jackd

Hello. I just installed fluidsynth in a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 machine. After that I tried the simplest test possible, play a midi file: fluidsynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid But I get the following error: exec of JACK server (command = "/usr/bin/jackd") failed: No such