Re: [Lmuse-user] Simple new user stuff

[Mathias L. <mat...@br...>]

tis 2005-02-08 klockan 19.47 skrev Mark Knecht:
> Hi,
>    First post to this list. Assume I know nothing about Muse 'cause I
> don't. I want to try it with an imported MIDI file and a soft synth
> not currently in the Soft Synth config list. (LinuxSampler) How do I
> get set up to do this? (Comment - this 1st step seems to not be
> covered by the online manual as installed by the Planet flow. Is it
> covered elsewhere?)
> 
> 1) Start the soft synth (LS in this case) and test that it's working.
> So far so good.
> 
> 2) Open Muse and import the MIDI file. The results look reasonable. I
> see the track with MIDI events in it, but above it I also see a track
> called Seq-1. It has no events in it. I don't know what it is unless
> it's control or program change info.
> 
> 3) Test that LS is still working from a keyboard. It is. Seems good. 
> 
> 4) Checking QJackCtl's MIDI connections page I see that Muse is not
> connected to LS. OK I guess.
> 
> 5) Checking Muse: Soft Synth Config I do not see LS automatically
> picked up there so I assume I have to add it but I don't see how.
> 
> 6) In the top half I choose to configure port 2. (Since port 1 says
> it's 'GM'.) I see qjackctl so I choose it and Muse says 'ok'.
> 
> 7) Looking in QJC it still seems that Muse is not attached to LS so I
> make the connection by hand.
> 
> 8) Since it hasn't happened yet I change 'Track 1' output to port 2
> and it now says qjackctl. Seems right. Hit play in transport and now I
> see somethign strange. The QJC buttons in the MIDI connections page
> are flashing. I've never seen another Linux app do this. I do not hear
> any piano yet.
> 
> At this point I don't know what else to try. What step am I missing.
> The program seems relatively straight forward with one sort of glaring
> exception to me. When I start the transport I expect to see the MIDI
> event meter (like the VU on an audio track) move showing that it's
> transmitting MIDI but I don't. I'm not sure if it's really
> transmitting.
> 
>    I hope this wasn't a completely brain dead example of newbieness
> but I don't get it.
> 
> Help!
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark

First, about documentation I guess you're referring to the one following
along with MusE, installed on your HD. It's very outdated (we should
write that in a README in the directory with a link to the doco-wiki),
so, thanks to Joachim, the documentation wiki is definitely to prefer:

http://www.muse-sequencer.org/wiki/index.php/Manual

I think the only thing you're missing is that in step 6, you shouldn't
configure port 2 to use qjackctl but LS instead (this is where you're
specifying midi out) - is it not showing up there? Then, when specifying
that the track should use port 2, you're telling MusE to send all the
midi data for that track to LS.

/Mathias