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Re: [fluid-dev] Some Questions About FluidSynth MIDI Player
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Zegelin Peter |
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Re: [fluid-dev] Some Questions About FluidSynth MIDI Player |
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Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:29:48 +1000 |
Thanks for your reply Julien,
I've had a bit of a look at Timidity but unfortunately it is GPL and
can't be used in a commercial app. I've had a bit of a closer look at
the fluidsynth midi player and it looks like it will require quite a
bit of modification to work how I need it. I may end up just using the
timer part (which is probably the hardest part to get right) and synth
pieces and building my own player.
On 30/09/2008, at 7:30 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hi!
I don't know too much about fluidsynth's inner workings. But this:
fluidsynth is mainly intended for live playing or simple midifile
playback. Surely you could fool around, if you know bit about
programming and MIDI, but I'm not sure, if that's what you want.
I have - on more than one occasion - noticed, that fluidsynth's
MIDI-file-player is very CPU-hungry. The crackle and stutter.
If you need a good midifile-player, take a look at timidity. It can
also play soundfonts, but in addition GUS-patches (its original
format), it can pass midi thourhg to another MIDI output, it sets
controllers correctly, you can start/stop rewind/forward. It also
supports JACK, ALSA and a few other audio outputs. I think that
timidity should work with OSX, I've definitely heard of Linux, other
Unices and windows. Well OSX is a kind of Unix today.
Drawback is: I think timidity's builtin reverb is not as nice as
fluidstynth's. But you can turn it off.
I hope it helps, although it answers in a completely different
direction.
Kindest regards
Julien
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Re: [fluid-dev] Some Questions About FluidSynth MIDI Player, Josh Green, 2008/09/30