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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue69/mathew.html
> > awesfx-glibc225.tgz - A set of utilities including sfxload and one 
> > sound bank. >sfxload synthgm.sbk to load a sample sound bank, then play 
> > midis. This is >version 0.4.4 without ALSA support.
> Does this mien that it is possible to have a small medi assembler without 
> ALSA? (This question is for my brother. I sort we had to compile the kernel 
> of his Vectorlinux (vectorlinux kernel has bind cleaned) to install ALSA in 
> order to get a midi assembler. ((I really don't know what a midi assembler is 
> but my brother is making music and need something that can do a bit of what 
> cubase can du)).

There is a small non-alsa sound package for BL3 and SB16, put together by 
Christof.  It may be posted at the BL3 site.  You need a sound-capable 
kernel, such as the bare.i kernel for SW7.1, or two smaller BL-based 
kernels that I compiled (zimage.sb and zimage.snd) which are not as 
complete (see my config.snd file) but work with esssolo1 and some other 
sound cards.  You need to insmod several modules, some of them with irq 
and io specified if they are ISA cards.  See the archive.  I even got OPTI 
929 and 931 working.  S16 is easiest.

I also compiled (for BL2 - you would need to add glibc) the awesfx 
package and drvmidi, which are used only with SB AWE sound cards.

For non-awe MIDI playing, use playmidi.  I posted a BL2 version at 
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl.  And a BL3 version for AWE only.  See the 
archive for a BL3 complete version with FM synthesis.  David can explain 
how to convert rpm packages to tgz.

mpg123 plays mp3 files (get it from Slackware), so does mplayer.
sox.tgz contains  'play' for .wav files.  They all work with OSS sound.

I will be out of town for a month leaving tomorrow so won't be posting 
often.

> /Mikkel
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