1QSYNTH(1)                   General Commands Manual                  QSYNTH(1)
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NAME

6       Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface
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SYNOPSIS

9       qsynth [options] [soundfonts] [midifiles]
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

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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37       -a, --audio-driver=[label]
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39              The audio driver [alsa,jack,oss,dsound,...]
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41       -j, --connect-jack-outputs
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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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49       -G, --audio-groups=[num]
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53       -z, --audio-bufsize=[size]
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57       -c, --audio-bufcount=[count]
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61       -r, --sample-rate=[rate]
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65       -R, --reverb[=flag]
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67              Turn the reverb on or off [1|0|yes|no|on|off, default = on]
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77       -o, --option [name=value]
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85       -i, --no-shell
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89       -d, --dump
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93       -V, --verbose
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95              Print out verbose messages about midi events
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97       -h, --help
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99              Show help about command line options
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101       -v, --version
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103              Show version information
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FILES

106       Configuration settings are stored in ~/.config/rncbc.org/Qsynth.conf
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SEE ALSO

109       fluidsynth(1)
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AUTHOR

112       Qsynth is written by Rui Nuno Capela, Richard Bown, Chris Cannam, Pedro
113       Lopez-Cabanillas.
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117                                 June 17, 2014                       QSYNTH(1)