Timidity++ locks my system

[Liquid Snake]

The softsynth plays midi files but if I start it with the -iA option to act as an Alsa client, then connect to it with a sequencer, it locks my system cold. The mouse won't move or anything. Any way to fix this?

[hard candy]

Look into using "jack" with alsa, jack (http://www.djcj.org/LAU/jack/) , hopefully it will allow both processes to exist peacefully. I think the lockup is because both applications are trying to access the soundcard using the same API. But then I'm not of a sound mind. :)