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Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound

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Pedro,

thank you for your detailed explanation.

I can confirm that, after upgrading libdrumstick packages to 2.7.1-1, 
configuring a FluidSynth MIDI connection restores functionality. The 
missing step was to configure a sound font: the default "default.sf2" 
does not exist. You might consider enhancing VMPK by changing the 
default or autodetecting or even recommending a well-known sound font 
package.

For the benefit of other users:

- I had installed fluid-soundfont-gm and thus had symlinks including:

     /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2 -> 
/etc/alternatives/default-GM.sf2
     /etc/alternatives/default-GM.sf2 -> 
/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2

- For this test, I started from a clean installation, but this step may 
not be necessary:

     rm -rf ~/.config/vmpk.sourceforge.net

- I pressed Edit / MIDI Connections / MIDI Out Driver (now automatically 
set to "FluidSynth") and then "..." to configure and saw:

     Audio Driver: pulseaudio
     [...]
     Sound Font: default.sf2 (which does not exist)
     FluidSynth Version: 2.2.8
     Initialization Status: Failed

- I changed sound font with "..." to:

     Sound Font: /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default-GM.sf2

- I pressed OK and status changed to:

     Initialization Status: Ready

VMPK functionality was then restored.

Kind regards,

-- 
Ash Joubert (they/them) <ash@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand

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Bug#1017960: vmpk stopped producing sound Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-08-23 02:30 +0200
  Bug#1017960: vmpk stopped producing sound Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-08-24 01:30 +0200
  Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 11:00 +0200
    Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-08-29 00:00 +0200
      Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 01:40 +0200
        Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 23:10 +0200
  Bug#1017960: (no subject) snd <snd@y0o.de> - 2022-08-26 14:30 +0200
  Bug#1017960: libdrumstick 2.7.1-1 causes vmpk to stop making sound Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas <pedro.lopez.cabanillas@gmail.com> - 2022-10-01 22:20 +0200

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