sfxload
You can load samples in your DRAM on the sound card with the sfxload
tool. Note that you can only load one sample file per bank, with bank 0 as
default. So, after sfxload synthgs.sbk, the only samples on your
sound card are the GS samples. If you want to load additional Sound Font
Banks, you have to use the -b option, for example:
# sfxload synthgs.sbk
# sfxload -b1 sample.sbk
# drvmidi sfx.mid
You can load a default Sound Font Bank automatically with installing the module. Just append a line like
post-install sound /usr/bin/sfxload synthgm.sbk
to your /etc/conf.modules file.
See the documentation for more details about sfxload.
drvmidi
With the drvmidi program, you can use your AWE Driver to play MIDI
files. Just specify the name of your midi file after the command:
# drvmidi waltz.mid
See the documentation for more details about drvmidi