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From: Gunnar Pruessner <pruess@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: HELP: Sound
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:59:02 +0000
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Hi!
I have a soundcart: Something Soundblaster Pro 3.1 compatible
And now: I want to hear some sound ... How can I do it?


I installed playmidi, but whenever I try to use it, it says:

pruess@pruess:~> playmidi demo0002.mid
playmidi: No playback device set.  Aborting.
pruess@pruess:~> 

What the hell is a "playback device"? 

Is it /dev/sb0 or something else? 
And how can I tell playmidi to use this device? By EnvVar? 
And how can I test my soundcart if it works well?


Thank you for your help ...
Gunnar Pruessner