Hi gain,
--- Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Most soundcards allow only one application access to the playback hardware. If you want to run more, you will need to use the Jack sound server (or a similar solution, but Jack is best.)
In windows xp I was able to get sound from multiple softwares simultaneously. Shouldn't I be able to do so in linux as well?
Install "jackd" and "qjackctl" with Synaptic, stop the Gnome soundserver using the Audio preferences of Ubuntu and instead launch qjackctl and through that, the jackd server. Then Pd and fluidsynth need to be started to use the jackd server. Normally jack is autodetected, otherwise use "pd -jack" or so.
I will try that.
Or instead use the [fluid~] external which makes fluidsynth available as a Pd object.
I will try that as well...
thanks for the hints.