* [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?
@ 2014-09-27 5:42 meino.cramer
2014-09-27 5:46 ` Jc García
2014-09-27 17:22 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
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From: meino.cramer @ 2014-09-27 5:42 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo
Hi,
I am looking for some sort of software, for which I
have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker
nor I am a musician...;):
There is a program called "Timidity", which is able
to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken
from "patchsets" (GUS?).
Is there any GPLed/OpensSource Software, which does
the same thing but for notes I am playing on the
midi keyboard?
Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
mcc
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?
2014-09-27 5:42 [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard? meino.cramer
@ 2014-09-27 5:46 ` Jc García
2014-09-27 5:53 ` meino.cramer
2014-09-27 17:22 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
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From: Jc García @ 2014-09-27 5:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
2014-09-26 23:42 GMT-06:00 <meino.cramer@gmx.de>:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for some sort of software, for which I
> have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker
> nor I am a musician...;):
> There is a program called "Timidity", which is able
> to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken
> from "patchsets" (GUS?).
>
> Is there any GPLed/OpensSource Software, which does
> the same thing but for notes I am playing on the
> midi keyboard?
>
Maybe 'media-sound/lmms' is what you are looking for?
Homepage: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>
>
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?
2014-09-27 5:46 ` Jc García
@ 2014-09-27 5:53 ` meino.cramer
2014-09-27 10:08 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
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From: meino.cramer @ 2014-09-27 5:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Jc García <jyo.garcia@gmail.com> [14-09-27 07:48]:
> 2014-09-26 23:42 GMT-06:00 <meino.cramer@gmx.de>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for some sort of software, for which I
> > have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker
> > nor I am a musician...;):
> > There is a program called "Timidity", which is able
> > to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken
> > from "patchsets" (GUS?).
> >
> > Is there any GPLed/OpensSource Software, which does
> > the same thing but for notes I am playing on the
> > midi keyboard?
> >
> Maybe 'media-sound/lmms' is what you are looking for?
> Homepage: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
>
> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
>
not really...it plays samples (sound files). GUS patches
are of higher quality as far as I know...
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* [gentoo-user] Re: Playing timidity patches via keyboard?
2014-09-27 5:53 ` meino.cramer
@ 2014-09-27 10:08 ` Nikos Chantziaras
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From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2014-09-27 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 27/09/14 08:53, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Jc García <jyo.garcia@gmail.com> [14-09-27 07:48]:
>> 2014-09-26 23:42 GMT-06:00 <meino.cramer@gmx.de>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am looking for some sort of software, for which I
>>> have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker
>>> nor I am a musician...;):
>>> There is a program called "Timidity", which is able
>>> to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken
>>> from "patchsets" (GUS?).
>>>
>>> Is there any GPLed/OpensSource Software, which does
>>> the same thing but for notes I am playing on the
>>> midi keyboard?
>>>
>> Maybe 'media-sound/lmms' is what you are looking for?
>> Homepage: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
>>> Best regards,
>>> mcc
>>
>
> not really...it plays samples (sound files). GUS patches
> are of higher quality as far as I know...
You have your concepts wrong. The GUS patches are instruments based on
samples. There's nothing inherently "higher quality" about them.
LMMS supports GUS Patches (as well as SoundFont2 instruments, which is a
more modern standard for instruments.)
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?
2014-09-27 5:42 [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard? meino.cramer
2014-09-27 5:46 ` Jc García
@ 2014-09-27 17:22 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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From: Frank Steinmetzger @ 2014-09-27 17:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 07:42:19AM +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for some sort of software, for which I
> have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker
> nor I am a musician...;):
> There is a program called "Timidity", which is able
> to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken
> from "patchsets" (GUS?).
>
> Is there any GPLed/OpensSource Software, which does
> the same thing but for notes I am playing on the
> midi keyboard?
Either use a virtual keyboard (vkeybd, vmpk, drumstick-vpiano), or use
aconnect to connect the MIDI in of your hardware MIDI keyboard to the MIDI
out of timidity. You can use qjackctl as a gui for that. The name is
misleading in this case – there is no need to run jack in order to connect
alsa's MIDI channels.
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