Look at this link
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~djm/ubuntu/#timidity
here is what it says if it ever goes down
Quote:
Install TiMidity (MIDI player/software synthesizer)
(See also the Midi Software Synthesis How-To.)
1. Install Timidity:
sudo apt-get install timidity timidity-interfaces-extra
2. (optional) Start software synthesis by loading the appropriate modules and starting Timidity as the MIDI server:
sudo modprobe snd-seq-device
sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi
sudo modprobe snd-seq-oss
sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi-event
sudo modprobe snd-seq
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100
To make software synthesis start automatically in future, first make the appropriate modules load automatically:
sudo gedit /etc/modules
Append the following:
snd-seq-device
snd-seq-midi
snd-seq-oss
snd-seq-midi-event
snd-seq
Then inform Timidity to start automatically:
sudo gedit /etc/default/timidity
Uncomment the line to enable the sequencer. That is, change:
#TIM_ALSASEQ=true
to:
TIM_ALSASEQ=true
3. Add a desktop entry for Timidity:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/timidity.desktop
Add:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Timidity MIDI Player
Comment=Play MIDI audio files
Exec=timidity -ig
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
MimeType=audio/midi;
Categories=Application;AudioVideo;
Icon=
#NoDisplay=true
4. (optional) Make Timidity the default MIDI player (after first having added a desktop entry as in the previous step):
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/defaults.list /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.backup.midi
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
Insert/replace the audio/midi entry as follows:
audio/midi=timidity.desktop
5. (optional) Install high quality sound fonts:
wget -c -O /tmp/timidity-patches-eaw http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/...iere.1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/timidity-patches-eaw.deb
sudo gedit /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
Change:
source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
to:
source /usr/share/doc/timidity-patches-eaw/examples/timidity.cfg
6. (optional) Reduce Timidity's CPU usage:
sudo gedit /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
Add:
opt EFresamp=d #disable resampling (or "opt EFresamp=l" for linear resampling)
opt EFvlpf=d #disable VLPF
opt EFreverb=d #disable reverb
opt EFchorus=d #disable chorus
opt EFdelay=d #disable delay
Save and close the file.
Here is a script to do steps 1 - 5 for automatically:
sudo apt-get install timidity timidity-interfaces-extra
(printf '[Desktop Entry]\nEncoding=UTF-8\nName=Timidity MIDI Player\nComment=Play MIDI audio files\nExec=timidity -ig\nTerminal=false\nType=Application\nStartupNotif y=false\nMimeType=audio/midi;\nCategories=Application;AudioVideo;\n#Icon=? ??\n#NoDisplay=true\n') | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/timidity.desktop
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/defaults.list /usr/share/applications/defaults.list.backup.midi
if ! cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list | grep "audio/midi"; then (printf 'audio/midi=timidity.desktop\n') | sudo tee -a /usr/share/applications/defaults.list; else sudo sed -i -e's@audio/midi.*$@audio/midi=timidity.desktop@g' /usr/share/applications/defaults.list; fi;
wget -c -O /tmp/timidity-patches-eaw http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/...iere.1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/timidity-patches-eaw.deb
sudo sed -i.backup -e's@source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg@source /usr/share/doc/timidity-patches-eaw/examples/timidity.cfg@g' /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
sudo modprobe snd-seq-device
sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi
sudo modprobe snd-seq-oss
sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi-event
sudo modprobe snd-seq
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100
(printf 'snd-seq-device\nsnd-seq-midi\nsnd-seq-oss\nsnd-seq-midi-event\nsnd-seq\n') | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
sudo sed -i -e's@#TIM_ALSASEQ=true@TIM_ALSASEQ=true@g' /etc/default/timidity
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October 13th, 2006
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