[fluid-dev] fluidXtra

[Antoine Schmitt]

Hi all fluid devs,
good news: the fluidXtra (plugin for Macromedia Director) is out. It 
is quite stable, as it has been under development and heavy use for 
the last 2 years in an internal project. Now, we decided to release 
it for free, and under the LGPL licence. Given the lack of 
professionnal sound synths in Director and the huge Director user 
base, this is going to put some light on fluidsynth.

Cheers,

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May 9 2004 : We are pleased to announce the availability of the fluidXtra

http://www.as-ci.net/fluidXtra/

The fluidXtra is an Xtra for Macromedia Director which integrates the 
fluidsynth software sound synthesizer into Director. It gives access 
to all the features of fluidsynth, and adds a few features, 
especially the ability to load sound files and sound cast members 
directly into the synth.

The fluidXtra is free software under the GNU LGPL licence.

Non-exhausitve feature-list :
- implements the full soundfont2 specification
- MIDI compatible
- uses sample file or sound cast member as intrument
- unlimited number of sound channels and voices
- realtime effects through generators (pitchbend, LFOs, loops, ...)
- global reverb, chorus
- independent sequencer (millisecond precision)

The fluidXtra has been developped by Antoine Schmitt (www.as-ci.net) 
as part of the "infiniteCD Author" project (www.infiniteCD.org) 
managed by Antoine Schmitt and produced by Hyptique 
(www.hyptique.com). It is now available for free and open source 
under the GNU LGPL licence.

The fluidsynth software synthesizer has been designed by Peter 
Hanappe, and is available under the LGPL licence. It emulates in 
software the SoundFont 2.01 Specifications (www.soundfont.com) 
designed by Creative Labs (SoundBlaster maker). It is basically a 
small, fast and robust wavetable synthesizer, with a MIDI-like 
interface, integrated scheduler and realtime effects.
For more information on the fluidsynth synthesizer: www.fluidsynth.org

The fluidXtra uses SoundFont banks. Free SoundFont banks can be found 
on the Net, for example on the HammerSound site or the Real Midi 
site. For a free SoundFont editor (Windows), check out Vienna.
ww.hammersound.net
realmidi.virtualave.net
http://developer.creative.com/music/DC_D&H_Music-sfmix.asp

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