Re: [fluid-dev] Audio files copyrighted.

2018-01-23 Thread Jim Henry
These are just general observations, not legal advice. I am fairly sure that under U.S. law there is copyright in a MIDI file only to the extent that it represents a creative expression. That creative expression would still be present in an audio file, so the copyright would persist. If the

Re: [fluid-dev] Channel handling

2018-01-01 Thread Jim Henry
n. If you can arrange to mix only a few MIDI channels into one of a large number of speakers, then your final mixing is air mixing, which doesn't distort. Everything before you get into the air is subject to electrical distortion that can be challenging to manage. Best, Jim Henry ___

Re: [fluid-dev] About MIDI mode messages: OMNI on/off, POLY on/off

2015-03-22 Thread Jim Henry
Of the various on-line explanations I looked at, I thought this was the best: http://www.philrees.co.uk/articles/midimode.htm Jim Henry _ From: fluid-dev-bounces+jim.henry=sbcglobal@nongnu.org [mailto:fluid-dev-bounces+jim.henry=sbcglobal@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of CERESA

Re: [fluid-dev] New ticket for Sostenuto patch

2015-03-11 Thread Jim Henry
e the note to legacy MIDI hardware. Jim Henry -Original Message- From: fluid-dev-bounces+jim.henry=sbcglobal@nongnu.org [mailto:fluid-dev-bounces+jim.henry=sbcglobal@nongnu.org] On Behalf Of R.L. Horn Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:09 PM To: FluidSynth mailing list Subject: Re: [

Re: [fluid-dev] How can I start fluidsynth playback with certain cc commands specified from the very start?

2014-01-18 Thread Jim Henry
expression control, then you can use CC 11 to control the channel volume to mix the channels. Jim Henry On 1/18/2014 1:58 PM, Martin Larsson wrote: Yes, I can confirm that this is the case for my midi files (which are generated from Lilypond). My CC commands aren’t printed anywhere, but in the

Re: [fluid-dev] Default sustain behaviour question (Aere Greenway)

2013-11-14 Thread Jim Henry
The effect of the sustain pedal is determined by the sound font. On 11/14/2013 10:39 AM, Eric Gagnon wrote: EG: I think (and hope) it is the expected behavior. In performing with such an instrument sound (oboe, for example), I sometimes use the sustain pedal to hold out a note while I shift m

Re: [fluid-dev] Making MIDI player read from a buffer

2010-10-19 Thread Jim Henry
On 10/19/2010 12:27 PM, David Henningsson wrote: On 2010-10-19 09:47, Graham Wykes wrote: Would there be value in looking at the patch than Jim Henry mentioned (given that it has been effectively tested for many years by hundreds of users of Miditzer) to see whether it is compatible with the

Re: [fluid-dev] Making MIDI player read from a buffer

2010-10-18 Thread Jim Henry
an playing them, I certainly support such an effort. Jim Henry On 10/18/2010 3:02 PM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: Talking about my personal interests, MIDI applications often need to parse MIDI files to manipulate MIDI events (sometimes interactively) before sending the events to the MIDI

Re: [fluid-dev] Are we release ready?

2010-08-28 Thread Jim Henry
There are no reports of problems from any of the 9 Miditzer testers. Jim Henry On 8/28/2010 5:55 AM, David Henningsson wrote: A few more weeks have passed and I've had a lot to do (both work-wise and family-wise), but I've updated the documentation, and I don't think we have an

Re: [fluid-dev] FS 1.1.2 alpha sound rendering issue

2010-08-20 Thread Jim Henry
re as short as those that Bernd suspect are causing the crackle he observes. Jim Henry ___ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev

Re: MIDI Bank Select proposal (was Re: [fluid-dev] Re: Son of ticket#65)

2010-08-12 Thread Jim Henry
is so difficult to anticipate what they will try to do and to grasp the level of understanding or lack thereof. I do front line support of the Miditzer, which has a lot of users who know almost nothing about MIDI. The experience gives you a very different perspective on what software needs to

Re: MIDI Bank Select proposal (was Re: [fluid-dev] Re: Son of ticket #65)

2010-08-10 Thread Jim Henry
ntended to continue using MSB unchanged? Jim Henry ___ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev

Re: [fluid-dev] New voice overflow code committed

2010-08-05 Thread Jim Henry
The Miditzer testers confirm the fix for increasing polyphony. Thanks for the quick work with such minimal information! Jim Henry On 8/4/2010 1:58 PM, David Henningsson wrote: 2010-08-04 04:07, Jim Henry skrev: We have also discovered that there is probably something more required as a

Re: [fluid-dev] New voice overflow code committed

2010-08-03 Thread Jim Henry
s. Can anyone make a suggestion of what that might be? Thanks, Jim Henry ___ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev

Re: [fluid-dev] VS2010 Express build environment

2010-07-29 Thread Jim Henry
ddity. Initially I got "Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed". I had the FluidSynth and build directories down in my directory tree about 5 levels. Moving these directories to the top, i.e. C:\fluidsynth, made the problem go away. Best Regards, Jim Henry On 7/26/2010 10:34 AM, Pedro L

Re: [fluid-dev] VS2010 Express build environment

2010-07-26 Thread Jim Henry
at is, not the ocean. Well I do know where the ocean is too. OK, maybe this explains why I got VS2010 all screwed up.) Best Regards, Jim Henry On 7/26/2010 10:34 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: Hi, I've tried VS2010 Express to build FluidSynth, without incidents. I've used a

Re: [fluid-dev] Need help with CMake for Windows VS 10

2010-07-26 Thread Jim Henry
Visual Studio uses the Windows system environment variable INCLUDE to set the directories for included headers. Can Cmake find those files or do the include directories need to be on the PATH? Jim Henry ___ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev

Re: [fluid-dev] Need help with CMake for Windows VS 10

2010-07-25 Thread Jim Henry
"__inline" succeeds? This change also made the big endian check fail, which failed originally but worked when I used the VS command prompt. Jim Henry Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works Detecting C compiler ABI

Re: [fluid-dev] Need help with CMake for Windows VS 10

2010-07-25 Thread Jim Henry
that are needed for Windows. Thanks, Jim Henry On 7/25/2010 5:32 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: On Sunday, July 25, 2010, Jim Henry wrote: Performing Test _have_inline - Failed Performing Test _have___inline__ - Failed Performing Test _have___inline - Failed There is a problem

[fluid-dev] Need help with CMake for Windows VS 10

2010-07-24 Thread Jim Henry
When I run CMake I got the report below. Are the various "not found" messages things I need to correct? Or just the error messages in red? Any thoughts on where I should be looking for my problems? Thanks, Jim Henry Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 Check for work

Re: [Bulk] Re: [fluid-dev] FluidSynth 1.1.2 release planning

2010-07-16 Thread Jim Henry
This sounds good to me. Jim Henry On 7/16/2010 11:02 AM, Graham Goode wrote: Hi Guys, With Pedro's help I was able to generate an MSVC build system and succesfully build fluidsynth today. So I think that it should be ok to get rid of the winbuild directory so long as there was a small H

Re: [Bulk] Re: [fluid-dev] FluidSynth 1.1.2 release planning

2010-07-16 Thread Jim Henry
arily." Unfortunately I won't have time to do any testing of FluidSynth with the Miditzer before this release but if MSVC is not supported that will likely defer updating FluidSynth with the Miditzer until the MSVC side of things are addressed. Jim Henry On 7/16/2010 12:13 AM, Elimar Green wrot

Re: [Bulk] Re: [fluid-dev] Migration of services

2010-05-18 Thread Jim Henry
I add a hearty second to this advice. Jim Henry Miditzer author On 5/18/2010 2:11 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: I would like to advice against using another random hosting service, risking to lose control again in the future. It's better to be stuck in some stablished service provider

Re: [Bulk] Re: [fluid-dev] What is the best way start fluidsynth with zero/low latency?

2009-05-23 Thread Jim Henry
doesn't give you a percentage but it does tell you that there are quite a few users who need low latency. One thing that helps us is that real organs have a noticeable latency too. So sometimes we just tell people to suck it up. Jim Henry Louis B. wrote: Does any body have an any idea

Re: [fluid-dev] ASIO Freature Request

2009-01-17 Thread Jim Henry
release before I'd care to comment on anything as I suspect that most if not all of these things have already been addressed. The version of FluidSynth we are using is at least 2 years old. Obviously nothing is terribly wrong as we have many happy users. Best, Jim Henry Miditzer author

[fluid-dev] Virtual Theatre Organ Using FluidSynth Available

2005-12-10 Thread Jim Henry
. The integration of FluidSynth with the Miditzer has taken the Miditzer to new heights of ease of installation that will open this program to a whole new class of users who previously found the task of using sound fonts daunting. Jim Henry

Re: [fluid-dev] Compiling FluidSynth on Windows with Visual Studio 6.0

2005-09-27 Thread Jim Henry
nnels" where the result is obvious. Hope this helps, Jim Henry CERESA Jean-Jacques wrote: After building FluidSynth 1.0.5 (from the .tar files) using VS 6.0 on a Win 98 plattform and lauching FluidSynth.exe from a command line requesting to play a midifile has the following behavior: The