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#release announcements, entries in software directories etc. |
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"tagline" : 'SF2 soundfont sample player for JACK based on Fluidsynth.', |
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"version" : "1.7.0", |
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"year" : "2021", |
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"version" : "1.7.1", |
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"year" : "2022", |
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"author" : "Laborejo Software Suite", |
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"url" : "https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho", |
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"Fluajho" (with jh as in pleasure) means fluid in Esperanto. It is a simple sf2 soundfont |
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host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name. |
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This program is feature-complete with version 1.7.1 in 2022. |
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Further releases will be limited to maintenance and fixing problems. |
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.sf2 is an old file format for making MIDI signals audible through virtual instruments, although it |
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is still in moderate use today. |
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Why does Fluajho exist? There are many soundfont players for Linux, |
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Why does Fluajho exist? There are already many soundfont players for Linux, |
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most of them even based on Fluidsynth. Fluajho was written for a clearly defined use case: |
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Load an .sf2 in the New Session Manager (Agordejo) and save the soundfont in the session directory. |
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This makes it possible to archive the session, for example as a backup or to share it. |
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If you already have a DAW, host or plugin that reliably saves soundfont files together with the |
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session you do not need Fluajho. |
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You can load one soundfont file per Fluajho instance. Each instance holds 16 of the soundfonts |
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instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. Finally connect external sequencers, such as |
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Laborejo, Patroneo or Vico, through JACK-Midi to play the instruments. |
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instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. All access to MIDI parameters like Volume or |
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Pan needs to be done via midi control changes. |
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Finally connect external sequencers, such as Laborejo or Patroneo, through JACK-Midi to play the |
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instruments. There is only one JACK-Midi input but each of the 16 midi channels has it's own stereo |
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JACK audio output. Additionally there is a stereo mix output pair. |
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""", |
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"dependencies" : "\n".join("* "+dep for dep in ("Fluidsynth", )), |
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