problems playing midi files; no sound heard

[Gustin Johnson]

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Amos Tibaldi wrote:
> Hello,
>   I am using Ubuntu Studio 9.04 and jack is working correctly. I can
> hear a sound i.e. when I
> start Audacity that connects to jack and I play a generated tone, but
> when I use muse and import a midi
> file I cannot hear any sound even if muse seems to proceed playing.
> The same happens with lmms.
> 
> What can I do?
> Thanks in advance
> 
You need some sort of synthesizer to generate actual wave forms.  Most
midi that I get is for a piano or electronica synth.  I use qsynth for
the piano (I have a nice sounding piano soundfont), for electronica
synths I may use zynaddsubfx, ams, or my micro-korg via the midi out on
my sound card.  For drums I will likely pass the midi to hydrogen for
rendering (I like the hydrogen editor, so I will often edit the drum
midi track in hydrogen)

There are a lot of options here.
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