Re: [fluid-dev] What is MIDI driver?

[Nikolay Shaplov]

В письме от понедельник, 14 февраля 2022 г. 14:03:26 MSK пользователь Marcus 
Weseloh написал:

I've finished the article https://wiki.debian.org/PulseAudioMidi .
And I also updated 
https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/wiki/ExampleCommandLines
with workable alsa_raw example.

Thank you all for your help. And for a great software ;-)

> Nikolay Shaplov <dhyan@nataraj.su> schrieb am Mo., 14. Feb. 2022, 10:58:
> > Though I should say it is totally counterintuitive. No user would guess
> > how
> > to solve "open /dev/snd/midiC0D0 failed" problem. No wonder google does
> > not provide any examples of alsa_raw usage. Nobody managed that :-)
> 
> Hm... I beg to differ.
> https://lmgtfy.app/?q=fluidsynth+alsa_raw+device
> 
> But I agree that the current command-line interface is a little counter
> intuitive when it comes to the options.
> 
> I would add this example to FluidSynth wiki so there were at least one
> 
> > proper place
> > that have workable example.
> 
> Thanks, that would be a very welcome contribution, I think.
> 
> I would also suggest developers to update man
> 
> > and --help to cover this issue, and may be add separate options for
> > specifying
> > device, when using alsa_raw. As a user I would expect to have such option.
> 
> FluidSynth has many, many options. Adding a dedicated switch for every one
> is not really possible, imho.
> 
> Cheers
> Marcua


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