[PlanetCCRMA] [Fluidsynth] How to select some arbitrary instrument in a soundfont?

Martin Tarenskeen m.tarenskeen at zonnet.nl
Mon May 11 04:21:30 PDT 2009


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 09:51:41AM +0000, Thomas Baruchel wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM "Martin Tarenskeen" <m.tarenskeen at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> > > >Assuming I have a MIDI file that I want to convert to WAV with a 
> > > >soundfont FROM THE COMMAND LINE (for batch processing). Say for 
> > 
> > To use timidity with a soundfont create a small and simple cfg file with 
> 
> Well, it was not the exact question. Anyway, I could solve my problem. 
> The easiest way was to pipe the MIDI file through a tiny script before 
> sending it to fluidsynth and to add at the beginning of the channel a 
> "program change" event.

With timidity this can be accomplished using the --force-program=xxx 
option. 

But I understand you have it working with a little script now.

-- 

Martin



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