Re: [Alsa-user] How to set default MIDI port?

[Tomek L. <tl...@gm...>]

2008/9/24 Arthur Marsh <art...@in...>:
> Tomek Lorek wrote, on 2008-09-21 22:05:
>> Hi there,
>> Whare can I set the default MIDI port which in my case should be
>> Emu10k1 WaveTable?
>> I have the following ports:
>> $ pmidi -l
>>  Port     Client name                       Port name
>>  14:0     Midi Through                      Midi Through Port-0
>>  16:0     Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]              Audigy MPU-401 (UART)
>>  16:32    Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]              Audigy MPU-401 #2
>>  17:0     Emu10k1 WaveTable                 Emu10k1 Port 0
>>  17:1     Emu10k1 WaveTable                 Emu10k1 Port 1
>>  17:2     Emu10k1 WaveTable                 Emu10k1 Port 2
>>  17:3     Emu10k1 WaveTable                 Emu10k1 Port 3
>>  20:0     MPU-401 UART                      MPU-401 UART MIDI
>> 128:0     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 0
>> 128:1     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 1
>> 128:2     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 2
>> 128:3     TiMidity                          TiMidity port 3
>> 129:0     Client-129                        qjackctl
>>
>> Currently my default port is 128:0 TiMidity port 0, which I don't want to use.
>
> I've had to set the MIDI port in each application (e.g. kde control
> centre, xmms, rosegarden).
>
> pmidi itself uses the environmental variable ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS
>
> playmidi uses the -a option to send output to the EMU10K1
>
> If using the EMU10K1 wavetable, you need to load the soundfonts e.g.:
>
> asfxload /usr/share/sounds/sf2/8mbgmsfx.sf2
>
> (If you don't have the *.sf2 file, a search engine should find it).
>
> Arthur.
>

Ok, thanks, but how on hell Timidity managed to become a default MIDI device?

Best regards,
Tomek