Re: [Alsa-user] YMF744 and OPL3 FM Synthesis.(Long)

[Bill A. <ba...@ma...>]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Philip Thiem wrote:

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> I have been working on and off for sometime trying to get OPL3 FM
> Synth (NOT the WaveTable Synth) to work under ALSA with a AOpen
> (I'm fairly sure) Ymf744B Card. I have even gone as far as writing
> some simple code to communicate directly with the /dev/dmfm
> (/dev/sound/dmfm) device and thus at least verify that the OPL3 was
> "reachable".

This is a FAQ. I have the same card and same problem. Read on.

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Takashi Iwai wrote:

>
> unfortunately the hardware MIDI is not supported on ALSA.
> ymfpci doesn't provide a function like sb live or sb awe, which
> capable to change effects on each stream.
>
> i'm not sure how the windows driver is implemented.  possibly major
> part of midi synth is done on software.  or, possibly it uses more
> better dsp images. at least, the dsp image provided by yamaha has no
> (direct) MIDI functionality.
>
>
> Takashi