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 ======FluidSynth======
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-FluidSynth is a real-time sf2 sampler based on the SoundFont 2 specifications.
+FluidSynth is a real-time MIDI synthesizer, for use directly in CLI and as a background process and resource for other applications, including GUI wrappers.  It generates its tones using SF2 soundfonts, and is based on the SoundFont 2 specifications.
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-In addition, a lot of other applications use FluidSynth, in its shared library version, for sound synthesis. [[apps:all:qsynth|Qsynth]] and [[apps:all:fluidsynth-dssi]] for instance both provide GUIs for fluidsynth.
+Many use FluidSynth for sound synthesis. [[apps:all:qsynth|Qsynth]] and [[apps:all:fluidsynth-dssi]] both provide GUIs, and there are others.
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