Welcome to the FluidSynth project
About
FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications.
Features
- Cross platform support (Linux, Mac OSX and Windows to name a few)
- SoundFont 2 support
- Realtime effect modulation using SoundFont 2.01 modulators
- Shared library which can be used in other programs
- Built in command line shell
- Playback of MIDI files
The Applications page has a growing list of other software which uses FluidSynth.
MadeWithFluidSynth is a page for users to post links to their Music and Audio creations made with FluidSynth.
There is currently a discussion about the future of FluidSynth. The following Wiki page can be used to gather ideas of what a FluidSynth 2.0 should look like.
NEWS
- Sun Dec 20 2009 - Josh Green - Released FluidSynth 1.1.1 - "Clarity", see Changes page for details. This is a rather major bug fix release to version 1.1.0.
- Tue Nov 3 2009 - Josh Green - It seems there are some pretty significant compatibility issues with FluidSynth 1.1.0 and QSynth. We are working to fix these problems and will have another FluidSynth release shortly.
- Mon Nov 2 2009 - Josh Green - Released FluidSynth 1.1.0 - "A More Solid Fluid", see Changes page for details. This is the result of a 6 month development cycle and is the most significant release since 1.0.0!
- Sat Apr 11 2009 - Josh Green - Released FluidSynth 1.0.9 - "A Sound Future", see Changes page for details. Recently there has been a lot of new development interest in the project. Some changes to the development process and additions to the team are already in progress. Stay tuned for a new era of FluidSynth!
- Sat Nov 17 2007 - Josh Green - Released FluidSynth 1.0.8 - "Its about funky time!", see Changes page for details.
- Thu Apr 19 2007 - Josh Green - First day of new Trac based FluidSynth web site. Working on converting project to using subversion.
DOWNLOADS
The Download page provides more information on getting FluidSynth.
DOCUMENTATION
The Documentation page contains information for both users and developers on FluidSynth.
Applications
FluidSynth currently has only a command line and shell interface which comes built in. Most users will likely want to use another application which interfaces to FluidSynth and provides a more friendly GUI.
The Applications page is a list of other applications which use FluidSynth.
Savannah
We use some Savannah resources for our project. The Savannah project summary page is a portal to these other services (including email lists and file releases).
LICENSE
The source code for FluidSynth is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
CONTRIBUTION
FluidSynth could really use more contributors. If you are interested in helping out, then a good start would be to join the fluid-dev mailing list and make a suggestion of what you could offer or ask what needs doing. You could also contribute to documentation by adding/modifying this wiki or contributing patches to open tickets.
MAILING LISTS
Currently there is only one email list for all discussions related to FluidSynth (developers and users). Pretty low traffic at the moment.
Current FluidSynth TEAM
- Josh Green - josh [at] resonance [dot] org
- David Henningsson - fluidsynth [dot] web [at] epost [dot] diwic [dot] se
- Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas - plcl [at] users [dot] sf [dot] net
- Bernat Arlandis i Mañó -
See AUTHORS file for a list of the many other individuals who have contributed to FluidSynth.
