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Re: midi software



On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, David Stern wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Timothy Phan wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   I'm in the middle of learning to play keyboard/piano.  I'd like to 
> >   know if there is any MIDI software on Linux that can help me.
> > 
> >   I've AWE32 soundblaster card.  I'd like to know what driver do I
> >   need.  Currently,  my Debian/Linux box can not play any sound and
> >   I guessed that I do not have the driver for the soundcard.  So, I
> >   would like to know how do I go about install the driver.
> > 
> >   Thanks!
> 
> First you need to get sound working, then you can see about midi progs. 
> 
> To get sound working,..  
> 
>  If you have the non-Plug-n-Play, you should be able to just compile
>  sound into your kernel.  (might need the awedrv kernel patch, below)
> 
>  If you have the Plug n Play version of the awe32, you can either..
> 
>    get the commercial OSS Commercial driver for $20 (a five day free
>    trial) at some web address I forget, something like
>    www.4front-tech.com, (and then you're all done, no patches) or..
> 
>    configure your Plug n Play devices by either.. 
> 
>       switching to loadlin bootloader (if your bios does Plun n Play
>       initialization), or..
> 
>       get a plug n play initializer like isapnptools (should be in
>       dselect), configure it (time-consuming), then..
> 
>          recompile your kernel after adding the awedrv patch (also in
>          dselect, you need to run an install script in /usr/src/awedrv
>          to apply the patch). 
> 
> I don't have a keyboard recently, so I haven't got any tips on programs
> that would interest you.  Try a search for 'rose' and 'octave' in
> dselect, though. 

octave is probably not what you want, cool and froody though it is.
octave is a MATLAB clone.  A good one too.

> 
> David Stern
> 
> 
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