Linux music production workflows (was Re: How to use fluidsynth?)

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The package with aconnect should be called alsa-utils. That's the name 
of the package in both Arch and Fedora. I don't know that it has exactly 
the same name in Debian, but as far as I know it should. It isn't 
specific to fluidsynth. You can use it to connect any midi input device, 
for example a hardware controller or a virtual keyboard, with any midi 
output that can convert midi events to sound, most popular packages for 
doing this are TiMidity++ and Fluidsynth, but sound card or phone midi 
output is also supported.

~Kyle