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diff --git a/README.softsynth b/README.softsynth new file mode 100644 index 00000000..662ef423 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.softsynth @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +============================================================= + Short instructions to get the soft + synthesizer up and running +============================================================= + +1. Compile and install MusE + +3. Run MusE from an xterm with Option "-D"; + look at the debug output in the xterm; you should see something + like: + + 3 soft synth found + found soft synth <fluid> <fluid soft synth> + found soft synth <organ> <organ soft synth> + found soft synth <S1> <organ soft synth> + + +4. Configure Software Synthesizer + + Open Settings->MidiPorts/SoftSynth. + + - select a software synthesizer + - press "Add Instance" to create an istance of this + synthesizer; the synthi shows up in the list + of instances with a unique name + +5. Configure Midi Port + + To use the synthesizer instance you must + connect it to a MusE midi port: + + - click into the "Device Name" column of an empty midi port + (Device Name == "none") + - select the synthesizer from the dropdown menu. + + This connects the synthesizer to the selected midi port. + The instrument type is automatically set. + +6. Open the Audio Mixer + + You see a new mixer strip of type "Synthi" and the name + of the new created synthesizer instance. + + Route the audio output of this strip to "Output". + (per default the synthesizer is routed to the first Output strip) + +7. Now you are ready to play with the "organ" synthesizer + + - create midi track + - set the midi port to the synthesizer port + - click the "R" column in the tracklist to enable "Recording" + +8. Optional: open Configure->MidiPorts and click in column GUI + to show a GUI for the synthesizer instance. + There is no gui available for the S1 synth. + The iiwu gui enables you to enter a different sound font. + The organ gui has some "draw bars" to let you play with + sounds in real time. + +These are the software synthesizers currently available: + + - S1 a simple sythesizer skeleton as a guide for all who + want to code their own one: + - only one tone at a time + - simple sinus wave form + - no gui + The synthi may be used as a metronome. + + - organ, an adapted version of the LADSPA plugin + "Organ - Additive Organ Synthesizer Voice" from + David A. Bartold + + "organ" implements a gui connected bidirectional + to the synth via stdin/stdout + + - fluid, is the adapted version of Peter Hanappe´s + sample based fluid synthesizer (formerly known as iiwu) + - loadable sound fonts + - multi timbral + - 128 voices + - simple gui lets you load a different sound font + Fluid loads a default sound font determined by the + environment variable "DEFAULT_SOUNDFONT". + + + |