The biggest killer-feature for me would be the ability to playback multiple midi files simultaneously in sync (to work around the 16 track limitation).
Audio format-wise, I think mp3 is fine. I doubt anyone particularly cares about lossless quality for their general midi soundfont playback. On Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 10:34 AM Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Urs, > > I'm thinking you mean here "Frescobaldi on Linux" right (since you also > say fluidsynth)? I use Frescobaldi primarily on Windows. And though one > can use Cygwin, etc. to install an app like timidity, Frescobaldi does > not "see" it. But I can, and to, have lame installed because I can use > VirtualMidiSyth to manually convert midi to mp3. > > Just putting this out there so you know. > > Regards! > > On 10/17/2019 9:19 AM, Urs Liska wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've just started looking into how Frescobaldi provides support for > > "exporting" scores to audio. > > > > Until now this was hardcoded to use TiMidity (and had to be activated as > > "experimental feature"). > > > > I have so far created functionality that > > > > * checks whether timidity, fluidsynth and lame are available > > * populates the filter of the file dialog with all registered file > > formats for the available converters (=> if (and only if) Lame is > > installed the .mp3 filter will be added). You can see a screenshot > > at > > > https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/pull/1205#issuecomment-543155209 > > > > After clicking the Save button there will be a configuration dialog like > > we already have for the file *import* functionality. Depending on the > > chosen converter/exporter tool it will be possible to configure selected > > settings like for example audio quality, alternative soundfont (in > > fluidsynth), effects. > > > > However, since that's not my area of expertise I'd like to ask for > > suggestions (possibly with the corresponding command line invocations) > about > > > > * which audio formats Frescobaldi should support (I don't think it's > > good to clutter the interface with stuff that noone needs) > > * which options we should make configurable for the three converter > tools > > * if there are other converters we should consider supporting > > > > Best > > Urs > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > lilypond-user@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > -- > “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end > of human existence.” > ― Aristotle > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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