[Lmuse-user] Muse 7.0...FLuidsynth, softsynth issues...

[Russell H. <han...@st...>]

Hi folks,

Got chatting to Mathias on the LAD mailing list. Want to help bring Muse
along if I can. Sure is looking good!

So I use Mandrake 10.0 w/ 2.6.7-sds.mdk12 from Thac's. Kernel has lsm
and I use Realcap Allcaps=1 any=1 gid=29. My user accountis added to
group 29. This gives RT priveliges to audio apps. (Most anyway. Some
need LD_ASSUME_KERNEL-2.4.22)

Running Jack 0.98.5 from Qjackctl 2.9. All on Asus mobe w/ Ath. XP 2500,
512MB DDR2400  & Delta 1010LT.

So I run Muse up. The rpm I used is also from Thac's. Would not run out
of the box. So I bring up a terminal and run it from there in user. I
see options and that VST is compiled in. I NEVER have been able to get
vst, wine, fst to work right so I eliminate that (-V) still won't fly.
App starts but Jack shuts down the connection. Muse complains about
"-performance issues, etc". I see a "realtime variable option (def = 50)
so I set that to like 80. Now Muse runs. I'm happy....until I try to
load a soundfont into the softsynth. ( I don;t have any hardware synth
modules so I really NEED softsynth support) The soundfont loads and Jack
shuts Muse down again. 

Yes, yes, "try it all as root" I know! :)
So I try it all running su tonight and still getting much the same
thing. I get a little further along, like the sound font loaded and all
the midi channels configured. But when I import a standard midi file, it
dies again.

Mathias, you said there were some issues with FLuidsynth if set gid? Or
something like that...Where do I go from here?

Cheers,

R~