Problems getting started
Very newbie question.
I've got ubuntu 9.10. I pulled musescore from the package manager and got 0.9.4. The application comes up, but no sound. I look in forums and lots of people talk about getting JACK running. I try getting that running, but no luck. "cannot create engine" or "cannot connect to server as client". I look in MuseScore preferences in the I/O tab and have internal synthesizer set. It points to /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 and the file is there in the directory.
I added myself to user group "audio".
Still no sound.
Can someone point me to a good link to get started and get sound working?
Thanks for any help.
Comments
For most users it is best to use the default sound settings instead of worrying about JACK. However you need to upgrade to a more recent version of MuseScore. Either upgrade your version of Ubuntu or see the instructions on the download page of this website for the stable backports.
In reply to For most users it is best to by David Bolton
What version of MuseScore and Ubuntu do you recommend?
What versions do you use?
In reply to Version of MuseScore by aprochaska
The latest version of MuseScore is listed on the download page of this website (version 0.9.6 as of this writing).
In reply to The latest version of by David Bolton
Ubuntu last version is 10.04 Lucid Lynx. It's a long term support version.
In reply to Ubuntu last version is 10.04 by [DELETED] 5
How much time and how problematic was it upgrading to 10.4? Generally, I'm very happy wtih Ubuntu, but I don't want to underestimate a major version update like this and have the rest of the family saying "Dad, why are you STILL doing that?"
Thanks for any guidance.
In reply to The latest version of by David Bolton
I updated to 0.9.6 (the package manager finally picked it up after I restarted - still have to figure out how that all works...) and it works. Sometimes switching between note and play mode I can't get the play to work. However, terminating and restarting the application usually solves it.
So, I'm running. Now I have to learn how to use it.
Thanks for the help.
In reply to Problems getting started by aprochaska
"Sometimes switching between note and play mode I can't get the play to work."
Please post steps so that others can reproduce the behavior you are describing.