Re: [fluid-dev] Some Questions About FluidSynth MIDI Player

[Zegelin Peter]

Thanks for your reply Julien,

	I've had a bit of a look at Timidity but unfortunately it is GPL and  
can't be used in a commercial app. I've had a bit of a closer look at  
the fluidsynth midi player and it looks like it will require quite a  
bit of modification to work how I need it. I may end up just using the  
timer part (which is probably the hardest part to get right) and synth  
pieces and building my own player.


On 30/09/2008, at 7:30 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:

> Hi!
>  I don't know too much about fluidsynth's inner workings. But this:  
> fluidsynth is mainly intended for live playing or simple midifile  
> playback. Surely you could fool around, if you know bit about  
> programming and MIDI, but I'm not sure, if that's what you want.
>  I have - on more than one occasion - noticed, that fluidsynth's  
> MIDI-file-player is very CPU-hungry. The crackle and stutter.
>  If you need a good midifile-player, take a look at timidity. It can  
> also play soundfonts, but in addition GUS-patches (its original  
> format), it can pass midi thourhg to another MIDI output, it sets  
> controllers correctly, you can start/stop rewind/forward. It also  
> supports JACK, ALSA and a few other audio outputs. I think that  
> timidity should work with OSX, I've definitely heard of Linux, other  
> Unices and windows. Well OSX is a kind of Unix today.
>  Drawback is: I think timidity's builtin reverb is not as nice as  
> fluidstynth's. But you can turn it off.
>  I hope it helps, although it answers in a completely different  
> direction.
>  Kindest regards
>           Julien
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