(Win)Īlive Soundfont Editor by Soundfaction (Win),

Vienna SoundFont Editor by Creative Technology Ltd. LiveSynth Pro DXi and Crescendo from LiveUpdate (Win), Sounds (DLS)' that closely ressembles the Soundfont Specifications, The MIDI Manufacturers Association has a standard called 'Downloadable Introduction to SoundFonts, by Josh Green, Synthesizer), stayed small (ideally one file) and didn't dependent If the project stayed very focussed on it's goal (a Soundfont For these reasons I've decided it would be easiest

) and integrate it into (game) frameworks (Crystal Wanted to make the synthesizer available as a plugin (jMax, LADSPA, It had to be easy to integrate the synthesizer modules in variousĮnvironements, as a plugin or as a dynamically loadable object. Important that the code didn't rely on any platform specific It had to be multi-platform (Linux, MacOS, Win32). The synthesizer was designed to be as self-contained as possible for In order to make Soundfonts available on all platforms (Linux, Mac,Īnd Windows) and for all sound cards, we needed a software Soundfont It seemed like a good combination to use for an (online) game. MIDI sequencers are available on all platforms. Soundfont editors are available on PC and on Linux (Smurf!), and Graphical editors are available for both file format: various MIDI files are small and Soundfont2 files can be made small thru the Hardware acceleration is possible if the user owns a SoundfontĬompatible soundcard (important for games!) Wave table synthesis is low on CPU usage, it is intuitive and it can Standard combined with an intelligent use of midifiles. Johnathan Lee proposed to use the Soundfont InĪddition, users had to be able to extend the game with their own Sound (and music) was considered a very important part of the game.

Peter Hanappe, and later joined by Johnathan Lee, that aimed at The synthesizer grew out of a project, started by Samuel Bianchini and The place to look if you are looking for the latest information onįor documentation, please see the links below.įor information on how to build FluidSynth from source, please see our wiki page. FluidSynthĬan also play midifiles using a Soundfont. It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer.

FluidSynth is a software real-time synthesizer based on the Soundfont 2 specifications.įluidSynth reads and handles MIDI events from the MIDI inputĭevice.