So I want to play MIDI files with old sound card emulators since I want to listen to my MIDI files as they sounded like on my old PC. I've searched for a lot of programs and can't find any good ones (Wgplayer does play MIDI files differently from my main computer though). Does anyone else know what i can try (preferably without buying new hardware?)
I have traveled across the universe and through the years to find Her.
Sometimes going all the way is just a start...
So I'm trying to install Timidity. But I'm a cygwin newbie and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Okay so I installed cygwin and the packages make, and the gcc and C and C++ compiliers. I then went to the directory and followed the instructions and typed in /configure, and then make, and then make install. But after "make" i get this:
" depfile='.deps/output.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/output.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'output.c' || echo './'`output.c
source='playmidi.c' object='playmidi.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/playmidi.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/playmidi.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'playmidi.c' || echo './'`playmidi.c
source='quantity.c' object='quantity.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/quantity.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/quantity.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'quantity.c' || echo './'`quantity.c
source='raw_a.c' object='raw_a.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/raw_a.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/raw_a.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'raw_a.c' || echo './'`raw_a.c
source='rcp.c' object='rcp.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/rcp.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/rcp.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'rcp.c' || echo './'`rcp.c
source='readmidi.c' object='readmidi.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/readmidi.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/readmidi.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'readmidi.c' || echo './'`readmidi.c
source='recache.c' object='recache.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/recache.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/recache.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'recache.c' || echo './'`recache.c
source='calcnewt.c' object='calcnewt.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/calcnewt.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/calcnewt.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'calcnewt.c' || echo './'`calcnewt.c
gcc -O2 -mms-bitfields -o calcnewt.exe calcnewt.o -lm -ldl -lwinmm
./calcnewt > newton_table.c
source='resample.c' object='resample.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/resample.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/resample.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'resample.c' || echo './'`resample.c
source='reverb.c' object='reverb.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/reverb.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/reverb.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'reverb.c' || echo './'`reverb.c
source='sbkconv.c' object='sbkconv.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/sbkconv.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/sbkconv.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'sbkconv.c' || echo './'`sbkconv.c
source='sffile.c' object='sffile.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/sffile.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/sffile.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'sffile.c' || echo './'`sffile.c
source='sfitem.c' object='sfitem.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/sfitem.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/sfitem.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'sfitem.c' || echo './'`sfitem.c
source='smfconv.c' object='smfconv.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/smfconv.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/smfconv.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'smfconv.c' || echo './'`smfconv.c
source='smplfile.c' object='smplfile.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/smplfile.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/smplfile.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'smplfile.c' || echo './'`smplfile.c
source='sndfont.c' object='sndfont.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/sndfont.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/sndfont.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'sndfont.c' || echo './'`sndfont.c
source='tables.c' object='tables.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/tables.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/tables.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'tables.c' || echo './'`tables.c
tables.c:1685:3: warning: no newline at end of file
source='timidity.c' object='timidity.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/timidity.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/timidity.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'timidity.c' || echo './'`timidity.c
timidity.c: In function `timidity_play_main':
timidity.c:5333: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer ty
pe
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -O2 -mms-bitfields -c ./version.c
source='wave_a.c' object='wave_a.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/wave_a.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/wave_a.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'wave_a.c' || echo './'`wave_a.c
source='wrd_read.c' object='wrd_read.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/wrd_read.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/wrd_read.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'wrd_read.c' || echo './'`wrd_read.c
source='wrdt.c' object='wrdt.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/wrdt.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/wrdt.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'wrdt.c' || echo './'`wrdt.c
source='w32_a.c' object='w32_a.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/w32_a.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/w32_a.TPo' \
depmode=none /bin/sh ../autoconf/depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I../libarc -I../libunimod -I
../interface -I../utils -mms-bitfields -D__W32__ -DAU_W32 -O2 -mms-bitfields
-c `test -f 'w32_a.c' || echo './'`w32_a.c
w32_a.c: In function `GetBuffer':
w32_a.c:676: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
w32_a.c: In function `PutBuffer':
w32_a.c:707: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
gcc -O2 -mms-bitfields -o timidity.exe aiff_a.o aq.o au_a.o audio_cnv.o comm
on.o controls.o effect.o filter.o freq.o instrum.o list_a.o loadtab.o m2m.o mfi.
o miditrace.o mix.o mod.o mod2midi.o modmid_a.o mt19937ar.o optcode.o output.o p
laymidi.o quantity.o raw_a.o rcp.o readmidi.o recache.o resample.o reverb.o sbkc
onv.o sffile.o sfitem.o smfconv.o smplfile.o sndfont.o tables.o timidity.o versi
on.o wave_a.o wrd_read.o wrdt.o w32_a.o ../interface/libinterface.a ../libarc/li
barc.a ../libunimod/libunimod.a ../utils/libutils.a -lm -ldl -lwinmm
make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/timidity'
Making all in doc
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Making all in C
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make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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Making all in ja_JP.eucJP
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make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc'
rm -f timidity.1; ln -s ./C/timidity.1 .
rm -f timidity.cfg.5; ln -s ./C/timidity.cfg.5 .
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Making all in script
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make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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Making all in configs
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/configs'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
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And after "make install", I get this:
"home@home-PC /cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2
$ make install
Making install in autoconf
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/autoconf'
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/autoconf'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/utils'
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/utils'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in libarc
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/libarc'
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/libarc'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in libunimod
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/libunimod'
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/libunimod'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in interface
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Making install in motif_bitmaps
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/interface/motif_bitma
ps'
make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/interface/motif_bitma
ps'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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s'
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Making install in bitmaps
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/interface/bitmaps'
make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/interface/bitmaps'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in pixmaps
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/interface/pixmaps'
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Making install in timidity
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/timidity'
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/timidity'
/bin/sh ../autoconf/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin
/usr/bin/install -c timidity.exe /usr/local/bin/timidity.exe
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
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Making install in doc
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Making install in C
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc/C'
make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc/C'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in ja_JP.eucJP
make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc/ja_JP.eucJP'
make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc/ja_JP.eucJP'
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make[3]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/doc'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
/bin/sh ../autoconf/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/man/man1
mkdir -p -- /usr/local/man/man1
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./timidity.1 /usr/local/man/man1/timidity.1
/bin/sh ../autoconf/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/man/man5
mkdir -p -- /usr/local/man/man5
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./timidity.cfg.5 /usr/local/man/man5/timidity.cfg.5
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Making install in script
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make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/script'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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Making install in configs
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make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/TiMidity++-2.13.2/configs'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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"
And as I'm still too used to Windows, I can't tell when things go wrong in compilation. So what should I really do in order to install TiMidity++ on a Windows Vista machine??
ok and well, first things first - this is what i get when i type in ./configure - anything wrong here?
"$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether grep returns status... yes
checking if --enable-debug option specified... no
checking for emacs... emacs
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
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Lol, there are no errors. Timidity++ should be installed somewhere in the cygwin directory structure. Try to run it using tab completition of cygwin shell.
Alternatively, you can try this old windows build.
timidity is old and unmaintaned: if availabe on cygwin, you should really try fluidsynth. The syntax is easy:
# fluidsynth -ni soundfont.sf2 midifile1.mid
Okay, I downloaded fluidsynth (the win32 version actually) [and downloaded and loaded a random soundfont]. But then I run into this
"C:\fluidsynth-1.0.0-win32>fluidsynth 3ktheme.mid
fluidsynth: error: no MIDI in devices found
Failed to create the MIDI thread; no MIDI input
will be available. You can access the synthesizer
through the console."
okay actually i got timidity++ to work with freepats. are there any free soundfonts that emulate old computer soundcards then?
Nope. You're looking for FM OPL2/3 emulation, not wavetable. As far as I know, there is no software FM midi driver for the Windows system.
@leileilol: are there sound cards that provide MIDI trough real OPL-3 supported by xp?
Forte Media FM 801 AKA Terratec 512i
http://dev.kewl.org/fm801/Doc/ - driver and docs explaining how to setup the FM synth aspect of the card.
http://www.outletpc.com/c5208.html - one site of many that still sells the card.
Maybe you can do something with this:
http://www.geocities.jp/sam_kb/VOPM/
Assuming you are running any Windows version Windows 2000 and above you can use this program called VDMSound that emulates a Sound Blaster 16 for games that run in a Windows dos box (not to be confused with the emulator of the same name) and then all your Dosgames have sound
You missed the point.
O/T: Seeing Duff man or Jones isn't too uncommon with that
Why not use DosBOX and a Dos based midi player?
wrote:Why not use DosBOX and a Dos based midi player?
I think this guy's onto something. 😉
wrote:wrote:Why not use DosBOX and a Dos based midi player?
I think this guy's onto something. 😉
A low priority dosbox even with low cycles makes poor playback. Also, Midier and Cakewalk sucks
Sure it's not very user friendly, but it would give you very authentic music...
Didn't creative cards come with a midi player or something like that?
No, they came with a CMF player. The ones that did come with a MIDI player are Win16 apps that use the MIDI Mapper.
This thread might be helpful to the OP: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...
Another solution is to install Windows 95 or 3.1 in Dosbox. You can then use the Windows MIDI player to play back MIDI with FM synth. I tried it and e.g., Age of Empires sounds just like in the 90s!
Windows 3.1 is easier to install because it doesn't need a hard drive image, but it needs additional Sound Blaster drivers.
Some real hacker could take the OPL synth MIDI driver and make it run on modern OSes ;-)
edit: doh, leileilol mentioned Windows already :p
