[CentOS] MIDI on a VM

Fri Nov 13 09:09:32 UTC 2020
J Martin Rushton <martinrushton56 at btinternet.com>

On 13/11/2020 07:01, Simon Matter wrote:
>> On 12/11/2020 17:26, Ralf Prengel wrote:
>>> Hallo,
>>> witch virtualizer are you using.
>>
>> KVM/QEMU
>>
>>> Sure that the virtual sound-device is connected with the right hardware?
>>
>> I can play CDs and listen to YouTube on the host, so I'm assuming the
>> hardware is fine.
> 
> I don't know how this works here but doesn't playing MIDI files mean you
> need a MIDI capable sound card which generates the sound? Maybe the
> virtual sound-device is only capable to play audio?
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 

Very good point.  I will investigate further.  I had two models in my head:

1) The Frescobaldi playback module did the MIDI-> sound conversion.
2) The virtual card passed the signals on to the physical card.

Perhaps your third model is correct.
-- 
J Martin Rushton MBCS