Re: SoundBlaster 16 and midi

[wtopa@ix.netcom.com]

	Subject: SoundBlaster 16 and midi
	Date: Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 02:01:32PM -0600

In reply to:Roy-Anders Larsen

Quoting Roy-Anders Larsen(royal@bellsouth.net):
> 
> I have a Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 PnP, or model SB4171 (I believe it
> is referred to as model CT4171 by the user manual), and I cannot figure
> out how to make midi work.
> It works fine in DOS/WfW3.11 and WAV files work in linux.  It seems to get
> detected fine with isapnp.
> My system is a 486DX33 with 10 MB RAM, running Debian 2.0 (slink) with
> kernel 2.2.2
> I've tried kernel 2.0.36, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 with different sound modules and
> also with alsa, and I cannot figure it out.
> 
> This is what happens when i playmidi audio/moonligh.mid:
> Playmidi 2.3 Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Nathan I. Laredo
> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> For details please see the file COPYING.
> bakh:~#
> 
> No sound.  Nothing happens.

  [  snip  ]

I have a similar card and I also am running 2.2.2 but with the OSS
Registered sound drivers.  I had no problem using playmidi with 2.0.36
but just tried it on 2.2.2 and noe get this.

Playmidi 2.4 Copyright (C) 1994-1997 Nathan I. Laredo, AWE32 by
Takashi Iwai
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details please see the file COPYING.
SoftOSS: CPU overload. Limiting # of voices to 28
SoftOSS: CPU overload. Limiting # of voices to 27
SoftOSS: CPU overload. Limiting # of voices to 26

So tried TiMidity (in X) and it works fine. (??)

I have not finished troubleshooting this but thought I would let you
know that you are not alone.

$ cat/proc/sndstat

OSS/Linux 3.9.2b (C) 4Front Technologies 1996-1999

License serial number: XXXXXXXXX
Options:
This copy of OSS is licensed to Wayne Topa

Kernel: Linux mtntop 2.2.2 #21 Fri Feb 26 22:56:34 GMT 1999 i686
Build: 2.2.1-UP

Card config:
SoftOSS Virtual Wave Table
Generic PnP support
SoundBlaster PnP at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5

Audio devices:
0: Creative SB16 PnP (4.13) (DUPLEX)
1: SB secondary device (DUPLEX)

Synth devices:
0: SoftOSS v1.2
1: Yamaha OPL-3

Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16

Timers:
0: System clock
1: SoftOSS

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster

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