1QSYNTH(1) General Commands Manual QSYNTH(1)
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6 Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface
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9 qsynth [options] [soundfonts] [midifiles]
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12 This manual page documents briefly the qsynth command.
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14 Qsynth is a fluidsynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around
15 the Qt framework using Qt Designer. Eventually it may evolve into a
16 softsynth management application allowing the user to control and man‐
17 age a variety of command line softsynths but for the moment it wraps
18 the excellent FluidSynth.
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20 FluidSynth is a command line software synthesiser based on the Sound‐
21 font specification.
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24 -n, --no-midi-in
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26 Don't create a midi driver to read MIDI input events [default =
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29 -m, --midi-driver=[label]
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31 The name of the midi driver to use [oss, alsa, alsa_seq, ...]
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33 -K, --midi-channels=[num]
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35 The number of midi channels [default = 16]
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37 -a, --audio-driver=[label]
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39 The audio driver [alsa,jack,oss,dsound,...]
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43 Attempt to connect the jack outputs to the physical ports
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45 -L, --audio-channels=[num]
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47 The number of stereo audio channels [default = 1]
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67 Turn the reverb on or off [1|0|yes|no|on|off, default = on]
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71 Turn the chorus on or off [1|0|yes|no|on|off, default = on]
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75 Set the master gain [0 < gain < 10, default = 0.2]
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83 Create and start server [default = no]
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91 Dump midi router events
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95 Print out verbose messages about midi events
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99 Show help about command line options
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106 Configuration settings are stored in ~/.config/rncbc.org/Qsynth.conf
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112 Qsynth is written by Rui Nuno Capela, Richard Bown, Chris Cannam, Pedro
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117 June 17, 2014 QSYNTH(1)