[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #9920: BSynth upgrade
- From: "Pete" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:24:07 -0000
#9920: BSynth upgrade
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Reporter: Pete | Owner: korli
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Kits/Midi Kit | Version: R1/alpha4.1
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by Pete):
Replying to [comment:41 bonefish]:
> I was under the impression that there are (or can be) applications that
work with multiple sound fonts or there's at least a use case that a user
may switch between multiple installed sound fonts on a somewhat regular
basis. If that is not the case and having only a single sound font
installed is the only thing that makes sense, I would already declare that
as conflicts at the package level, so that installing a sound fount would
automatically uninstall the previous one. In that case a symlink with a
well-known name in data/synth is an option. Or the sound font file could
simply be named like this in the first place.
>
From my experience there are likely to be two main ways soundfonts will be
used.
There's the user who just wants to play Midifiles, so he just wants a font
that "sounds good". "Sounding good" may well be a matter of personal
choice, but once found that will be the standard one to use in future. It
will necessarily be a GM (or better) set of instruments.
Then there are the "specialist" fonts that provide some sort of custom
sound, like the "Might wurlitzer" and "Vintage Synth" packs that I found.
In general these bear no relation to GM, so aren't much use for playing
standard Midifiles. OTOH, I like to plug them into the MusicWeaver Synth
module (which is independent of BSynth, BTW; it connects straight to
fluidsynth), for some "interesting" live playing. They are so unrelated
to BSynth requirements that I don't think they need to be bothered with in
this context. Perhaps best to keep them out of the .../data/synth
directories entirely.
For the BSynth system font, I think any of your suggestions would be fine.
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