Re: Unable to connect to fluidsynth alsa

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 09:26:43PM +0200, Rocco Mordace wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I'm moving my first steps in midish, but I've a problem trying to connect to
> fluidsynth.
> 
> I'm using a rpi3a (512MB ram) as midi controller to be used with midi master
> keyboards. The rpi at the moment is connected (fully working) with a GS10
> "soundcard"
> 
> To keep low the memory usage (I need to use a 280MB Soundfont) i don't plan to
> use jackd. So I start fluidsynth as below:
> 
> /usr/bin/fluidsynth -i -s -a alsa -p fluidmidiin -o audio.alsa.device=plughw:1
> -r 44100 -c 3 -z 128 -C=0 /sf2/RoccoSynth.sf2
> 
> It works very nice, with very low latency and good poliphony.
> 
> I would like to add midi record/play function with midish, in few minutes I was
> able to record, but I couldn't play anything.
> 
> Giving the command:
>  aplaymidi -l
> 
> I get:
> 
>  Port    Client name                      Port name
>  14:0    Midi Through                     Midi Through Port-0
>  20:0    GS-10                            GS-10 MIDI
>  20:1    GS-10                            GS-10 Control
> 129:0    fluidmidiin                      fluidmidiin
> 
> In a easy way I could use fluisynth to render a midifile:
> aplaymidi -p "129.0" mond_3.mid
> 
> I was able to record in this way:
> smfrec -d "20.0"  foo.mid
> 
> But this doesn't work:
> # smfplay -d "129:0" foo.mid
> alsa_open: couldn't connect to input
> press ^C to stop playback
> ^C
> --interrupt--
> playback stopped
> # smfplay -d "129.0" foo.mid
> alsa_open: couldn't connect to input
> press ^C to stop playback
> ^C
> --interrupt--
> # smfplay -d "fluidmidiin" foo.mid
> alsa_open: couldn't connect to input
> press ^C to stop playback
> 
> 
> While aplaymidi -p "129:0" foo.mid is working...
> 

Hi,

Could you try to start the midish utility and do:

dnew 0 "129:0" wo
import "foo.mid"
p