Re: [OT] timidity Again

[Graham Percival]

On 5-Jun-05, at 9:26 PM, Will Oram wrote:

>  Compiling from source and moving the product to /sw/bin (where it 
> usually sits), I execute 'timidity <sample midi file>'.

I'd stick it in /usr/local/bin or ~/bin   (add ~/bin to your path).  
Doesn't really
make a difference, though.

> /usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory
>
> Now, I have a config file, but not at that location. In fact, there is 
> no such dir /usr, let alone anything beneath that.

Actually, there is.  It doesn't show up in the Finder, but OSX has the 
whole
/etc, /usr, /var, etc -- all the standard unix directories.

> The .cfg file worked perfectly with the old version, considering it 
> had just one line: 'soundfont unison.sf2' with the soundfont file in 
> the same dir. Now I'm out of ideas. Any thoughts?

Sorry, no ideas right now.  I might try installing timidity in a few 
days; if I do,
I'll certainly post notes.

Cheers,
- Graham