{"id":126,"date":"2005-05-18T17:20:55","date_gmt":"2005-05-18T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2005-05-18T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-18T14:21:00","slug":"playing-midi-files-at-gentoo-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/2005\/05\/18\/playing-midi-files-at-gentoo-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing midi files at Gentoo linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new phone, Sony Ericsson K700i, supports polyphonic ringtones, mp3 or midi, so I downloaded a few from the internet and I wanted to upload them to the phone. Before doing so I also wanted to listen to them on my box. I had never tested playing midi files on my box so far so when I tried listening to them “out-of-the-box” I ran into problems.
\nI started reading Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide<\/a> again.
\nBasically I just had to:
\n#emerge awesfx
\n<\/code>
\nand then load a soundfont … which is a good soundfont though ? Googling around I came up to this site<\/a> which has a lot of information on soundfonts and has 2 great soundfonts available for linux. They might be BIG…but it’s worth it if you want extra high quality. The difference between those offered at PersonalCopy<\/a> and the one provided by creative and included at alsa-project<\/a> is just HUGE.
\nJust try them with:
\n# asfxload 8MBGMSFX.SF2
\nor
\n# asfxload UNISON.SF2<\/code>
\nand play the same file…You’ll hear the clear difference.
\nYou can use kmid to play the files and\/or a collection of midi files. Don’t forget to choose your midi output device though…
\n# aplaymidi -l<\/code> will give you the complete list of midi devices in your box. Before choosing the “correct” midi port in kmid try all out with:
\n# aplaymidi -p midi:port file.mid <\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My new phone, Sony Ericsson K700i, supports polyphonic ringtones, mp3 or midi, so I downloaded a few from the internet and I wanted to upload them to the phone. Before doing so I also wanted to listen to them on my box. I had never tested playing midi files on my box so far so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t