On 11/16/2013 08:53 PM, Dave wrote: > David, > > Thank you for the reply. I should have realized the 16 channel is a midi > limit, not Fluidsynth. In looking through the Fluidsynth on-line > documentation, I see that there are direct "noteon" and "noteoff" commands. > Would it be possible to drive the engine with a config file (instead of a > midi file) containing these commands?
Not really, sorry. The closest thing is the sequencer, but that would require you to write code for using the sequencer - there is no "config file" way to use that either. > I suppose I could just try it, but I > don't see a method to specify when a note is played (or turned off). So I > assume these commands are for real-time devices, not for a file-based > approach. > > Regards, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: fluid-dev-bounces+dkrinkel=comcast....@nongnu.org > [mailto:fluid-dev-bounces+dkrinkel=comcast....@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of > David Henningsson > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:33 PM > To: FluidSynth mailing list > Subject: Re: [fluid-dev] More than 16 instruments? > > On 11/15/2013 03:14 AM, Dave wrote: >> I am using FluidSynth to create raw sound files from midi files (LOVE >> FluidSynth, works great!). The midi file are generated from an >> algorithm, and can contain multiple tracks and channels. The program >> also creates a FluidSynth configuration file which links the channels >> to soundfonts and instruments (via the "select" command). >> >> >> >> Is it possible to have more than 16 instruments? For example, could >> two different tracks use channel 0, and somehow assign a different >> instrument to each track-channel combination? > > It is possible to have more than 16 instruments within the FluidSynth > engine, but you would then have to use the engine directly rather than using > midi files. I e, the problem is that the midi file specification allows for > 16 channels only (and we have not implemented any non-standard extension > that would do what you suggest). > > // David > > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-dev mailing list > fluid-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev > _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
