1 Dec
2006
1 Dec
'06
7:17 p.m.
Hi,
I'd like to be able to play a MIDI file with fluidsynth and have ardour record the
output to I can mix other tracks into it. The two approaches I could think of were:
1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import that into ardour. I haven't been
able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output driver that writes to a file.
2. Connect the output of fluidsynth to the ardour track with jack. This is also
problematic because I can't use qjackctl to make the connection until fluidsynth is
started but I don't seem to be able to start fluidsynth and give it a MIDI file
without it starting to play the file immediately so by the time I've made the
connections and hit "record" it is half way through.
Does anyone please have ideas how I can do this?
Steve.
1 Dec
1 Dec
9:29 p.m.
Steve Fosdick wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to be able to play a MIDI file with fluidsynth and have ardour record the
output to I can mix other tracks into it. The two approaches I could think of were:
1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import that into ardour. I haven't been
able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output driver that writes to a file.
2. Connect the output of fluidsynth to the ardour track with jack. This is also
problematic because I can't use qjackctl to make the connection until fluidsynth is
started but I don't seem to be able to start fluidsynth and give it a MIDI file
without it starting to play the file immediately so by the time I've made the
connections and hit "record" it is half way through.
Does anyone please have ideas how I can do this?
Steve.
You have to use a program that sync with jack transport. Both Rosegarden
and Muse can do this, and both come with fluidsynth.
c.
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2 Dec
2 Dec
2:06 a.m.
Steve Fosdick wrote:
I'd like to be able to play a MIDI file with
fluidsynth and have ardour record the output to I can mix other tracks into it. The two
approaches I could think of were:
1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import that into ardour. I haven't been
able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output driver that writes to a file.
Check out jack_capture. It doesn't work on my system, but I don't think
I have my midi stuff set up properly, anyway.
2. Connect the output of fluidsynth to the ardour
track with jack. This is also problematic because I can't use qjackctl to make the
connection until fluidsynth is started but I don't seem to be able to start fluidsynth
and give it a MIDI file without it starting to play the file immediately so by the time
I've made the connections and hit "record" it is half way through.
Hmmm, can't you set up your connections in jack before you feed the midi
to fluidsynth to play it?
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3 Dec
3 Dec
10:56 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Recording Fluidsynth playing a MIDI file with ardour
El Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:15:27 +0000
Steve Fosdick <lists(a)pelvoux.nildram.co.uk> escribió:
1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import
that into ardour.
I haven't been able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output
driver that writes to a file.
i haven't found an option for fluidsynth that writes directly to a
file. normally i use timidity -Ow -o file.wav file.mid, it renders the
midi file in a fraction of its real time duration. but timidity has
some bugs when using soundfonts, so i wanted to try fluidsynth. after
searching the documentation, i was under the impression that fluidsynth
only knows how to output to the soundcard in real time, which is a
pity. for me at least that makes it useless. i think it would be a good
idea if the developers considered the possibility of including output
to a file.
best,
lj
11:16 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Recording Fluidsynth playing a MIDI file with ardour
luis jure wrote:
i haven't found an option for fluidsynth that
writes directly to a
file. normally i use timidity -Ow -o file.wav file.mid, it renders the
midi file in a fraction of its real time duration. but timidity has
some bugs when using soundfonts, so i wanted to try fluidsynth. after
searching the documentation, i was under the impression that fluidsynth
only knows how to output to the soundcard in real time, which is a
pity. for me at least that makes it useless. i think it would be a good
idea if the developers considered the possibility of including output
to a file.
Hi luis,
Agree++.
Meanwhile I continue to record MIDI files played in realtime from
Fluidsynth (QSynth actually) into ecasound via JACK.
Btw, I think TiMidity ignores performance characteristics of soundfonts.
I stopped using it as you described because the same fonts were rendered
differently than in QSynth/Fluidsynth.
Best,
dp
11:32 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Recording Fluidsynth
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:48:04 -0300, luis jure wrote:
i haven't found an option for fluidsynth that
writes directly to a
file.
It's a little bit hidden, but it exists, try:
fluidsynth -i -a file <soundfount> <midifile>
you can optionally specify an output-filename with -o audio.file.name=name.raw
The output of fluidsynth is raw-data - so if you need .wav, use sox to
convert the raw data to wave - for default fluidsynth output this would look
like this:
sox -r 44100 -w -c 2 -s fluidsynth.raw fluidsynth.wav
Enjoy :)
Nicolai
8:39 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Recording Fluidsynth
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:32:15 +0100
Nicolai Lissner <nlissne(a)linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:48:04 -0300, luis jure
wrote:
That's well worth knowing for the future.
Meanwhile thanks for the suggestion to use Muse. That worked a treat and syncronised with
ardour nicely.
Steve.
i haven't found an option for fluidsynth that
writes directly to a
file.
It's a little bit hidden, but it exists, try:
fluidsynth -i -a file <soundfount> <midifile>
4 Dec
4 Dec
5:06 a.m.
On Friday 01 December 2006 23:15, Steve Fosdick was like:
1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import
that into ardour. I
haven't been able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output driver
that writes to a file.
Use timemachine or some similar sound recording utility.
2. Connect the output of fluidsynth to the ardour
track with jack. This is
also problematic because I can't use qjackctl to make the connection until
fluidsynth is started but I don't seem to be able to start fluidsynth and
give it a MIDI file without it starting to play the file immediately so by
the time I've made the connections and hit "record" it is half way through.
Drive fluidsynth with a MIDI sequencer like Rosegarden
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