Re: [fluid-dev] More commits on the way to 1.1.1

[josh]

Quoting Rui Nuno Capela <address@hidden>:
> On 12/03/2009 10:21 AM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:30:32 -0800, address@hidden wrote:
> > > I committed some changes which adds a new function
> > > fluid_synth_unset_program() and finalizes API for
> > > fluid_synth_get_channel_info().
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > With the other changes I just committed and provided no one complains,
> > > version 1.1.1 should be released shortly.  Speak up if there is
> > > something I overlooked, that you think should be in 1.1.1.
>
> (qsynth 0.3.4.11 is in its svn trunk now.)
>
> meanwhile, i still have (qsynth that is) some issues which are probably
> either new features or bugs of the fluidsynth 1.1.x series
>
> the short list:
>
> - all 16 channels are always assigned initially even though one loaded
> soundfont has fewer instruments (bank, programs); on previous fluidsynth
> < 1.1.0, channels in excess of soundfont instruments remained initially
> unassigned.

Yes, previous FluidSynth versions assigned incremental program numbers  
to each channel.  Starting with 1.1.0, the default bank/program  
numbers are 1/1 to be compatible with the MIDI GM standard.  This  
probably isn't going to be changed back to the old way, since there  
wasn't a strong justification for the previous functionality and it  
would break MIDI GM files which expected Grand Piano to be already  
selected.

> - fluid_synth_program_reset() seems to disregard all previous calls to
> fluid_synth_unset_program(), reassigning the default/initial bank and
> program setting to any explicitly unassigned channels.

Yes, I know.  I had mentioned this previously and suspected that you  
probably wanted the channel to be unset for good.  I'll check and see  
what this will entail.

> - i may be doing something wrong but i'm having a hard time wrt. bank
> offsets specially on soundfont initial load and/or early channel
> assignment (presets).


Hmm.  What sort of problems are you having with this?  Are the bank  
offsets not working as expected, as far as which preset gets assigned?


> hope all these gets clarified before final 1.1.1 (all issues refer to
> fluidsynth svn trunk r275)


Yes, lets get these resolved before 1.1.1 release.


> cheers
> --
> rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
> address@hidden


Josh