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--- apps:all:fluidsynth [2010/09/01 11:21] – 83.233.18.148
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 ======FluidSynth======
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-FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer 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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-Features
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+Features:
-    * Cross platform support (Linux, Mac OSX and Windows to name a few)
+    * Produces audio signals from MIDI streams
     * SoundFont 2 support
     * Realtime effect modulation using SoundFont 2.01 modulators
     * Built in command line shell
     * Playback of MIDI files
+    * Cross platform support (Linux, Mac OSX and Windows to name a few)
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+\\
+Many different projects and environments use FluidSynth to deliver audio output from MIDI.  Desktop environments can be configured thus, for sound cards with no built-in MIDI capability.  [[apps:all:qsynth|Qsynth]] and [[apps:all:fluidsynth-dssi]] both provide GUIs, and there are others.
-In addition, a lot of other applications use FluidSynth, in its shared library version, for sound synthesis.
+{{tag>alsa_seq jack_midi Softsynths_And_Samplers LASH LADSPA JACK soundfonts_and_related}}
-{{tag>alsa_seq jack_midi FluidSynth Softsynths_And_Samplers Software_Sound_Synthesis_and_Music_Composition_Packages LASH LADSPA JACK}}
 ~~META:title=FluidSynth~~
-~~META:desc=an outstanding Soundfont synthesizer~~
+~~META:desc=MIDI synthesizer using SF2 soundfonts. Uses JACK and/or ALSA directly ~~
 ~~META:logo=~~
 ~~META:link=http://www.fluidsynth.org/~~
-~~META:screenshot=~~
-~~META:banner=http://www.fluidsynth.org/trac/chrome/site/fluidsynth_banner.png~~
 ~~META:author=Peter Hanappe etc.~~
 ~~META:download=http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/files/~~
-~~META:version=1.1.2~~
+~~META:version=1.1.6~~
-~~META:releasedate=2010-09-01~~
+~~META:releasedate=2014-06-07~~