Re: midi ok in windows but only drums in linux

[David Kastrup]

vector457 <address@hidden> writes:

> I have the same script extracted from the manuals which was written
> and working on a windows box.
> I got it home and put it on the ubuntu machine and only the drums
> sound. I have lost the "flute" notes? (when played with movie player)
> Have I not assigned the midi properly? or is it something weird on
> this ubuntu machine.
>
>
> \version "2.12.3"
> \score {
>   \new Staff <<
>     \new Voice \relative c''' {
>       \set midiInstrument = #"flute"

The Midi support changed shortly before 2.14, so this could be due to
different versions.

Or it could be due to the limited number of instruments supported by
free samples on Ubuntu.

If you try

timidity whatever.midi

you should likely get a warning on the terminal if the file contains
unsupported instruments.

-- 
David Kastrup