TiMidity Initialization parameters Ubuntu 16.04

You could try tweaking the values for TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS and/or PARAMS in /etc/init.d/timidity

Would you please give me a step by step, or a link to the correct step by step article, on how a person who is new to Ubuntu Linux might go about doing that in order to achieve the specific task as outlined in this question.

You registered to Launchpad.net on 2013-05-26, so I am surprised hat you claim to be "new to Ubuntu Linux".

As far as I can see the startup script /etc/init.d/timidity contains the following assignments:
TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-B2,8"
PARAMS="${TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS} -iAD"

I suggest that you try editing that file and add the additional parameters (-Os1l -s 44100) to the assignment of PARAMS or TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS.

If that gives the desired result after a reboot, it is fine. If not then you should undo the modification by reinstalling the original version (sudo apt-get install --reinstall timidity-daemon).

Thank you Manfred for the response. I am not a computer geek, developer, nor programmer . And do not know how to correctly open such files for editing. So I haven's tried anything yet.

-- I believe I have stated in the past, that my real reason for switching to Ubuntu Linux was because within the span of a months time, Microsoft had used their 'security essentials' updates to BRICK three COA installs of Windows XP on three separate Machines, that had Microsoft's 'Advantage' on them: which computers at the time were being used with BOINC to help CERN Test for theory. At a time when Microsoft was Pushing to Increase Sales of what was Windows 8 at that time. How can you ever trust a company that Bricks COA installs just to push sales?

Try

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/timidity

and change the line

TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-B2,8"

into

TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100"

save the file, close the editor and restart the computer.

Additional Information:
Changing this line as suggested, Returned the following in Terminal, (although the changed line seemed to save correctly :
.(gedit:1916): Gtk-WARNING **: Calling Inhibit failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

** (gedit:1916): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-spell-enabled not supported

** (gedit:1916): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-encoding not supported

** (gedit:1916): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-position not supported

Advice also seems to be missing the iA Parameter
timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100

End Result: Didn’t work.
So I reset the Parameter back to its original state.

The -iA parameter is set in a later part of the startup script /etc/init.d/timidity

"...
 TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-B2,8"
...
 PARAMS="${TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS} -iAD"
..."

So there is a reason that I did NOT tell you to add it.

What exactly happens? "End Result: Didn’t work" does not tell whether the program crashed, whether the program ran but with wrong parameters, or ...

If you execute the command
ps ax | grep timidity
immediately after booting (before killall and new start), what output do you get?

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