20 Mar
2011
20 Mar
'11
1:39 a.m.
Research tells me that QSynth seems to be the only currently
available/usable GUI for FluidSynth, but I get big xruns whenever I try and
use it. FluidSynth itself doesn't cause me problems (I know because I'm able
to use the FluidSynth-DSSI plugin fine in Rosegarden etc). The problem is
that I want to use FluidSynth with Ardour3, but Ardour3 doesn't support DSSI
plugins yet. So the only solution I have is to find a standalone interface
for FluidSynth and then to link up using Jack. I looked at the old GUI
'FluidGUI' but it seems to be so old that it won't properly install on
recent versions of Ubuntu.
So does anyone know of:
1) A GUI for FluidSynth other than QSynth and FluidGUI?... or
2) An application other than the above 2 which would allow me to load
soundfonts?
Thanks in advance.
- Dan
20 Mar
20 Mar
4:19 a.m.
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Luke Peterson
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On Mar 19, 2011 8:39 PM, "Dan Capp" <reflectremain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Research tells me that QSynth seems to be the only currently
available/usable GUI
for FluidSynth, but I get big xruns whenever I try and
use it.
Just a guess here... but iirc qsynth loads some in-line effects by default
(reverb and overdrive maybe?) I remember having ridiculous xruns until I
removed everything but the patches themselves from the chain. Maybe this is
it?
10:33 a.m.
That worked Luke. So simple and I never even tried it. Thanks for thinking
outside the box for me... or rather, smack bang in the middle of the box as
the case may be!
Dan
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Luke Peterson <luke.peterson(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
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Luke Peterson
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On Mar 19, 2011 8:39 PM, "Dan Capp" <reflectremain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Research tells me that QSynth seems to be the only currently
available/usable GUI
for FluidSynth, but I get big xruns whenever I try and
use it.
Just a guess here... but iirc qsynth loads some in-line effects by default
(reverb and overdrive maybe?) I remember having ridiculous xruns until I
removed everything but the patches themselves from the chain. Maybe this is
it?
9:36 a.m.
Excerpts from Dan Capp's message of 2011-03-20 01:39:33 +0100:
Research tells me that QSynth seems to be the only
currently
available/usable GUI for FluidSynth, but I get big xruns whenever I try and
use it. FluidSynth itself doesn't cause me problems (I know because I'm able
to use the FluidSynth-DSSI plugin fine in Rosegarden etc). The problem is
that I want to use FluidSynth with Ardour3, but Ardour3 doesn't support DSSI
plugins yet. So the only solution I have is to find a standalone interface
for FluidSynth and then to link up using Jack. I looked at the old GUI
'FluidGUI' but it seems to be so old that it won't properly install on
recent versions of Ubuntu.
So does anyone know of:
1) A GUI for FluidSynth other than QSynth and FluidGUI?... or
2) An application other than the above 2 which would allow me to load
soundfonts?
Thanks in advance.
- Dan
Depending on what you need from a fluidsynth GUI the one that comes with
the calf plugins might be sufficient. Last time I checked it was rather
minimal.
Another alternative might be Linuxsampler which isn't a fluidsynth GUI
but afaik another engine + GUIs that supports sf2.
11:26 a.m.
On Sunday 20 March 2011, Dan Capp wrote:
Research tells me that QSynth seems to be the only
currently
available/usable GUI for FluidSynth, but I get big xruns whenever I try and
use it. FluidSynth itself doesn't cause me problems (I know because I'm able
to use the FluidSynth-DSSI plugin fine in Rosegarden etc). The problem is
that I want to use FluidSynth with Ardour3, but Ardour3 doesn't support DSSI
plugins yet. So the only solution I have is to find a standalone interface
for FluidSynth and then to link up using Jack. I looked at the old GUI
'FluidGUI' but it seems to be so old that it won't properly install on
recent versions of Ubuntu.
So does anyone know of:
1) A GUI for FluidSynth other than QSynth and FluidGUI?... or
2) An application other than the above 2 which would allow me to load
soundfonts?
Thanks in advance.
- Dan
There is a list of applications using Fluidsynth in this page:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/wiki/Applications
A few of them are GUI interfaces: FluidGUI, FluidSynthGUI and Gluid. FluidSynthGUI is for
windows only, and the Gluid web site is down now...
Anyway, I see that you already solved your problem. I want only to explain that the same
libfluidsynth engine is used (as a shared library or DLL) by the fluidsynth CLI program
and the QSynth GUI. You should be able to use the same settings on both front-ends,
getting the same results. The default settings may be different, though. To see the
current settings with the command line program, use the "settings" command at
the internal shell prompt. You can see the same data in QSynth: Setup button->Settings
tab.
Regards,
Pedro
11:39 a.m.
On 03/20/2011 01:39 AM, Dan Capp wrote:
1) A GUI for FluidSynth other than QSynth and
FluidGUI?... or
LinuxSampler from CVS can load Soundfonts. And not sure about the status
of the Soundfont synth of the Calf plug-in pack regarding the detuning
issues at sample rates other than 44,1 Khz but as long as you use it at
44,1Khz it should work.
Best,
Jeremy
11:49 a.m.
Hi Dan,
Take a look at Sound Crab:
http://code.google.com/p/juced/wiki/ApplicationSoundCrab
Best,
dp
12:54 p.m.
Thanks Dave. I gave SoundCrab a go but it caused me even bigger xrun
problems than QSynth, plus constant 'alarm bells', so to speak. Shame - it
looked promising.
(I should point out that I'm fairly new to Linux, so the problems I'm having
may not be inherent in the applications themselves - I may just not be
configuring things correctly due to the limited time and knowledge I have).
-Dan
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi Dan,
Take a look at Sound Crab:
http://code.google.com/p/juced/wiki/ApplicationSoundCrab
Best,
dp
12:54 p.m.
On 03/20/2011 11:49 AM, Dave Phillips wrote:
Hi Dan,
Take a look at Sound Crab:
http://code.google.com/p/juced/wiki/ApplicationSoundCrab
Best,
dp
Hello Dave,
I've played around with that one but never got it to work in a stable
manner. It's working for you?
Best,
Jeremy
1:25 p.m.
Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
On 03/20/2011 11:49 AM, Dave Phillips wrote:
Well, I've tested it in JOST, but that was a while ago. It worked okay
for simple stuff, I can't say I gave it an extensive run-through. The
last JOST itself wasn't especially stable either, again too bad. A lot
of nice concepts there.
Best,
dp
Hi Dan,
Take a look at Sound Crab:
http://code.google.com/p/juced/wiki/ApplicationSoundCrab
Best,
dp
Hello Dave,
I've played around with that one but never got it to work in a stable
manner. It's working for you?
21 Dec
21 Dec
4:32 p.m.
Sorry for the late reply to this thread. I couldn't find anything that
worked for me either, so I just wrote an alternate GUI for fluidsynth. If
it's useful, I posted the code at github (see screenshots):
https://github.com/sevkeifert/fluidsynth-gui
I tested it on xubuntu 14.04, though in theory it should work on Windows and
Mac as well. It's just a Python/wx app. Also, it uses fluidsynth's socket
API (over port 9800) so you can run fluidsynth separately from the GUI if
you want.
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