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Linux/Steam Deck: Music Fix

By XelAttacK

The game has no music on Steam Deck, because Steam Deck's Linux has no General MIDI support. This guide will provide MIDI music to your Steam Deck.

In Desktop Mode:

Install "Qsynth", the MIDI engine from "Discover" app store.
Download the soundfont from the download section of this page: https://schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php and extract the sf2 file from the zip file you just downloaded.
Run Qsynth and click "Setup" button. Go to the "Soudfonts" tab. Click "Open" and select the sf2 file.
Back in the main interface, reduce the volume to 25% (it's very loud) then click "Options" and check: "Enable system tray" and "Start minimized to system tray". Open up the game in desktop mode to make sure music output is working.
For those having issues after following the instructions and sound output still not working, open Setup in Qsynth and look at the Audio tab. if the audio driver says "jack" try changing it to "alsa". (Thanks [^_^]Floydius)
Edit game's launch options for having music in Gaming Mode:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libcurl.so.4 flatpak run org.rncbc.qsynth & %command% ; killall -9 qsynth

Enjoy !

Edit: Thanks for such comments and rewards!
Edit2: This guide works for any game that uses General MIDI audio.
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laters_orb Nov 26, 2025 @ 1:16pm

Just started giving this game a go again and tried the suggested tweak that [^_^]Floydius has suggested for Qsynth and the music is now audible – thanks – and adding to the nostalgia of the video games of my youth!

[^_^]Floydius Sep 6, 2025 @ 10:37pm

for those having issues after following the instructions and sound output still not working, open Setup in Qsynth and look at the Audio tab. if the audio driver says "jack" try changing it to "alsa". this fixed for me.

AceHardlight Mar 21, 2025 @ 12:50pm

Was working but for some reason recently stopped working

Te Rex Mar 16, 2025 @ 1:27pm

It works for me too. That was a not at all obvious fix. Amazing!

laters_orb Jan 30, 2025 @ 1:13pm

Thanks for this but unfortunately, having followed your instructions about how to get the music in this (classic and great!) game it doesn’t work when I play it on Steam Deck: sound effects and speech are fine but still no music.

Qsynth flashes a green circle (bottom left) as if music is playing when the Indy game runs on my setup (which I tested in desktop mode and have volume up and the main Qsynth setting at 25) but no music.

Would appreciate some guidance on getting it to play the game music if possible.