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Besides installing kmid2 from the MCC what other
apps did you need to install, and set up, to get it to
work?

Use .mid files from websites like:

http://www.midiworld.com

and

http://www.freemidi.org

Yes, TiMidity++ and fluid-sound-font are installed.

Thanks

That should be enough for it to work. I really can't think of anything else. Its working fine on my system. You might want to check your audio settings though. That would be the various Pulse Audio volume control stuff, etc. Look for anything labeled "synth" and make sure it is not muted or low volumed. I also like aumix and alsa-mixer-gui apps plus others. Sometimes pulse audio leaves stuff out or at least it has done it to me in the past. - George

ghmitch wrote:Sometimes pulse audio leaves stuff out or at least it has done it to me in the past. - George

Many thanks for the tips. I do have it ( Kmid ) running but I had to throw the
"kitchen sink" at it to get it to do so. Anything and everything "midi" got
installed and then it worked. I also had to go into MCC -> Hardware -> Sound Configuration
and turn Pulse off and ALSA on. I'm looking for a method that's a lot easier.

I WILL run with Pulse. I've got mine running with Pulse and no problems. Part of the problem with Pulse is its configuration tools are diverse and sometimes it is hard to pull together all the pieces. And another thing to remember is there are crucial configuration issuse with Phonon which is accessed via KDE Multimedia in KDE System Settings. There are just so many diverse configuration options and any one of them can take you offline in terms of sound. They ALL have to be right. But usually they ARE pretty easy to spot once you get the right config tool in front of you. Its a learning process. - George