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running timidity.service, rosegarden and working with a yamaha P35 keyboard.
using the FluidR3_GM.sf2 soundfont.
i press the keys and the midi sound comes out nearly 1/2 s later.
if i run fluidsynth.service instead of timidity then there is no delay.
so i presume the problem lies with timidity or the way i started the service, but am not sure how else to do it.
in the timidity wiki it says:
Daemon mode plays sound out of pace
TiMidity++'s ALSA output module (default) may cause this issue in ALSA server mode. Try another output option, for example, libao:
timidity -iA -OO
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Timidity++
so that works!
however, how do i go into libao mode (whatever that is) using systemd and just running the timidity.service?
i presume i can set libao mode in /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg (but don't know yet how to - there is no libao in the timidity.cfg manpage).
EDIT (22-06-02):
here is the solution i finally found to my problem.
/usr/lib/systemd/user/timidity.service
contains the lines
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/timidity -iA
so i just need to add on -OO to this and it works by putting me in libao!
however, i tried to put the modified file into
~/.config/systemd/user/
and though i can start it from there, i can't successfully enable it getting the following explanation when i try:
Unit ~/.config/systemd/user/timidity.service is added as a dependency to a non-existent unit multi-user.target
even though the directory ~/.config/systemd/user/multi-user.target is created with a timidity.service link to the actual file in .config/...
i don't know why enable is trying to put the ln -s into multi-user.target instead of
.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/
where my other stuff is.
in any case,
i can just use the file in /usr/lib/systemd/user/
or
i can manually link
ln -s ~/.config/systemd/user/timidity.service ~/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/timidity.service
and all should be well.
Last edited by pradtf (2022-06-03 06:15:02)
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