(Solved) No sound from MIDI Keyboard and Zyn/Yoshimi

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(Solved) No sound from MIDI Keyboard and Zyn/Yoshimi

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So this is a weird one.

I can see the keyboard in zyn-fusion light up when I press the keys on my keyboard (and all other synths and plugins work with it), but I get no sound when I do it. If i however press the keys with my mouse in zyn-fusion it works. It's the same for all the zyn/yoshimi apps. Ditto with setBfree when I think about it.

They do recieve the signal, but they dont play sound. All of them work if I use mouse or send midi signals through sequencers or daw.

Edit: I am running manjaro right now, but it was the same on Solus and Ubuntu Studio.

Anyone have an idea of what I'm doing wrong here?
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Re: No sound from MIDI Keyboard and Zyn/Yoshimi

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What happens in LMMS? How about Amsynth? Anywhere else? Do you get tones from your midi input there?

Is there a volume slider on the keyboard that is set to zero?
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milo wrote:What happens in LMMS? How about Amsynth? Anywhere else? Do you get tones from your midi input there?

Is there a volume slider on the keyboard that is set to zero?
EDIT: Solved

So, it seems the keys send midi over channel 4, so I had to go to the mixer and select 4 on channel. (Alesis V49)
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Re: (Solved) No sound from MIDI Keyboard and Zyn/Yoshimi

Post by milo »

Ah, yes! The old midi channel caper. I'm glad you got it working!
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