I am running Audacity 2.2.1 on Ubuntu 18 without any problems. I can record and play audio files
I also have a program called Hydrogen, to create MIDI drum tracks, also works without problems.
However, with the Rosegarden MIDI program, I don't get any sound when I play one of the example "rg" files.
With Edit -> Preferences -> Midi, I set the sequencer timing source at "PCM playback 0-0-0"
In the track mixer, the Device is set to "General MIDI Device"
In Studio -> Manage MIDI Devices, MIDI outputs is always set to "No Port" for some reason but when I select "14.0 Midi Through Port-0 Duplex" (why all the cryptical names?), it doesn't make any difference: still no sound.
When I look in Hydrogen at the MIDI driver, it says "ALSA". I hope that's okay for Rosegarden too?
Audacity works fine, Rosegarden does not
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Re: Audacity works fine, Rosegarden does not
Welcome to these forums!
I've started up Rosegarden and the "welcome screen" says that it uses Jack for recording and playback. If you want I can try to "explain" in my own amateurish words what Jack is, but for now just assume that a lot of audio applications use it as their audio driver.
Anyway, first determine the number of your (preferred) audio card with this command:
Output looks something like this:
As you can see: I have two audio cards (devices) in my computer: number 0 and number 1. I start Jack for card number 1 like this:
Now you try it. You will probably have many questions after this on how to use Jack in Rosegarden with all its cryptic device names, etc. Good luck!
I've started up Rosegarden and the "welcome screen" says that it uses Jack for recording and playback. If you want I can try to "explain" in my own amateurish words what Jack is, but for now just assume that a lot of audio applications use it as their audio driver.
Anyway, first determine the number of your (preferred) audio card with this command:
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cat /proc/asound/cards
Output looks something like this:
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0 [CMI8738 ]: CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media CMI8738
C-Media CMI8738 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 20
1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7c10000 irq 45
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jackd -d alsa --device hw:1
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Re: Audacity works fine, Rosegarden does not
You should firstly start Jack, and secondly you should start Qsynth, with the soundfonts preloaded.
Sorry if this sounds repetitive, but i am concerned by your comparison with Audacity, because they work overall differently.
Personally i love Rosegarden. I love it, because of the unique approach and workflow. Its unlike any other DAWs.
Sorry if this sounds repetitive, but i am concerned by your comparison with Audacity, because they work overall differently.
Personally i love Rosegarden. I love it, because of the unique approach and workflow. Its unlike any other DAWs.
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