Solution 1:

The MIDI (and FM synth) devices are not enabled by default, probably because earlier versions of the YMF-7xx chip did not have Plug&Play support for those.

To enable these devices, add a line like the following to some file in /etc/modprobe.d/, most likely alsa-base.conf:

options snd-ymfpci mpu_port=1 fm_port=1