SoundFont is a brand name that collectively refers to a file format and associated technology that uses sample-based synthesis to play MIDI files.
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Does AUSampler support reverb implementation with a SoundFont file?
I have successfully loaded SoundFont (.sf2) files in an AUSampler in my IOS app but any programmed reverb is missing. The SF2s contain parameter data for things like pan, envelope and filter cut-off values. These are all preserved apart from the…

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How to load Sound Font
I'm having no luck loading a Sound Font file (.SF2) in my IOS app. I initially tried using Apple's code from Tech note TN2283
- (OSStatus) loadFromDLSOrSoundFont: (NSURL *)bankURL withPatch: (int)presetNumber {
OSStatus result = noErr;
// fill out…

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Loading a Soundfont file in objective C SpriteKit project
The app I am creating is for Mac OS X using SpriteKit, although this probably doesn't make much of a difference. I am trying to load a Soundfont file, but it is not loading and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. The Soundfont file is called "Grand…

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How to stop a soundfont MusicDeviceMIDIEvent from completing on iOS
I've an app that successfully uses the AUSamplerGraph to play soundfont sounds.
The main sound is guitar.
If a 'lower' note on the same string is played, I stop the previous note from playing through.
The default behaviour is like plucking a string…

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Library to export a subset of sound fonts from sf2 to a new sf2 file
I am building a Python library where in one component I want play certain instrument sounds with FluidSynth. My goal is to bundle an sf2 file with my library to make it self contained. I am currently using the sf2 sound font file from the Debian…

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Can you export a .midi file with a sf2 sound font file in python using fluid synth?
Using fluidsynth, can you open a midi file with a soundfont (sf2) and export the file into a .wav or a mp3 or some sort of flattened audio file?
I know you can use the -T flag which seems to export into a specified type of file but when I run…
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Tone Generator With SoundFonts in Xcode, Is It Possible?
I am creating a musical app which needs to generate musical notes. The app needs the ability to produce pitches that sound like realistic instrument based on changing input from the user. These pitches could also be between note (ex. Ab 5 cents…

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Core Audio MIDI Synth AU & MusicPlayer - Cannot be pulled by AudioUnitRender programmatically
I have an AUGraph with AudioUnits. My MIDI Synth AudioUnit was created by this:
AudioComponentDescription midiSynthDesc;
midiSynthDesc.componentType = kAudioUnitType_MusicDevice;
midiSynthDesc.componentSubType =…

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How to generate sound from a soundfont in C# with fluidsynth
I have a list of variables [bank number, patch number, note number, length and velocity] for every note extracted from a MIDI beforehand and I want to use a SoundFont to generate the correct sample from each note based on those variables, so a…

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Playing CDN Soundfonts on Mobile Devices
I have developed my first ever Laravel web application, which you can find at: www.sharpguitartraining.com, and that uses .mp3 files from gleitz/midi-js-soundfonts CDN to play guitar notes one at a time, and it works fine on desktop computers, but…

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How to create a soundfile with Timidity++ specifying a particular soundfont sf2 file?
I have a midi file scale.mid that I can play via
timidity my-midi-file.mid -Ow
How can I play this using the instruments of my own soundfont .sf2 file?

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How to convert sets of wav files to .sf2 format
I have an instrument program written in python that creates 88 .wav files for a set of instruments. I am trying to convert these .wave files to .sf2 so that I can read it into a piano program I stumbled across. Are there ways to do this using code…

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Soundfont js files not loading on rails 4
I'm somewhat new to rails (been using it for about a month), and I'm having a problem trying to get some assets loading in development. The assets are a soundfont folder that I've placed in app/assets/javascripts. It contains…

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