It seems a few people have problems getting sound with Timidity. As I try the commands while writing this message, I run into a few situations that I can't get sound out of Timidity myself, either. Anyway, I can still get Timidity to work for me, read on for more info.
Timidity config file for using soundfont is really simple. Just get yourself a GM (General Midi) soundfont, which means that it has at least 128 instruments defined in the soundfont. A couple of realatively small GM soundfont that sound fairly good are: Unison.sf2, merlin_8mbgm_plus13.sf2 (or could be called 8mbgm.sf2). Keep in mind Timidity directory names and file names must use absolute path names. Here's the contents of the config file I use that uses Unison.sf2:
----- Begin of /home/tester/timidityConfigs/unisonSimple.cfg -----
dir /home/jn/download/soundfonts
soundfont Unison.sf2
----- End of /home/tester/timidityConfigs/unisonSimple.cfg -----
Assuming jackd has already started. Read my last message on how I get the command to start jackd from the command line, using qjackctl as a helper:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=568714.98089.qm%40web38405.mail.mud.yahoo.com&forum_name=rosegarden-userI run jackd with (manually, and with qjackctl):
/usr/bin/jackd -dalsa -dhw:1 -r48000 -p128 -n2 -Xseq
or:
/usr/bin/jackd -dalsa -dhw:1 -r48000 -p256 -n2 -Xseq
If I stop jackd (via qjackctl, or via command "killall jackd"), starting timidity with the "-Oj" would automatically starts jackd with:
/usr/bin/jackd -T -ndefault -dalsa -dhw:1 -r48000 -p128 -n2 -Xseq
which gives me no sound.
So it may be better to put your manual commands in a script with all the parameters and startup sequence you want instead of letting machine doing the guessing.
Caveat emptor!!!
This is one command will start Timidity for me, using JACK:
killall timidity ; timidy -ir -iA -B1,10 -q0/0 -k0 -K0 -A100,60 -m3000 -Oj -EFchorus=0,delay=0,reverb=0,resample=0 -p128 -Em41 -EO -c /home/tester/timidityConfigs/unisonSimple.cfg &
Here's a simpler one that also works, much simpler, useing default parameters:
killall timidity ; timidity -ir -iA -Oj -c /home/jn/jn.timidity/unisonSimple.cfg &
Note that the "-Oj" really tells it to output audio sounds to jackd, not to the soundcard driver. I know, because I itentionally try to have jackd uses second soundcard. Without the "-Oj", the audio sound goes to the first sound card.
Also, note that I use "-iA" along with the "&" at the end of the command, this works for me. A while back "-iAD" without the "&" had worked, but now no longer gives me sound. I just tried it and that seems to be a problem for me.
At one time "-B2,8" (that is capital "b") gave me decent Midi latency for live keyboard play-along (vkeybd is good for quick test), but is now lagging noticably. It seems "-B1,10" gives me decent Midi latency for live playing at the moment (2009 July).
Jimmy
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