No sound when importing a midi file

[Majik (Keith Milner)]

@Gps_4life

Maybe I need to start using jack without pulse audio.

Yes. PulseAudio support is for playback only in any case.

The first choice for audio system for Ardour should always be ALSA directly unless you have a specific reason to use Jack, which would be the second choice.

I see PulseAudio as a convenience option, it it’s generally not recommended.

Note that ALSA will reserve whichever audio interface you select for exclusive use.

Cheers,

Keith

[Gps_4life]

Thank you, so its Alsa, were I might have to look at.

Maybe hdmi is set as the default sound device.

I made a mistake in my precious post though. Were I said pulseaudio. I should have said pipe wire.

[Gps_4life]

Maybe I found the problem. When I look at alsa mixer there are 3 defaults.

Default 0 is hdmi (my vidcard)

Maybe I need to set the scarlett solo as default 1.

This might be a question for the openSUSE forums?

[tseaver]

I was going to suggest checking the LinuxMusicians forum, but it looks like you are already making progress there.

[Schmitty2005]

https://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Setting_the_default_device

This will help with setting a default card in ALSA.

[Gps_4life]

I think its fixed.

My usb sound card is now device 0.

For others:

https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=161605#p161605

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=224241

I also found a button in Ardour, which tells us what synth your using for the midi files.
I am using the general midi synth made by Robin Gareus.

So the install of that synth is now confirmed working on openSUSE and Ardour picks it up automatically.
You only have to select it in Ardour when importing a midi file.