Re: [fluid-dev] Rerouting output

[Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas]

Hi Mike,

On Saturday 05 March 2011, mike wrote:
> Sorry I forgot to mention I have a Cakewalk branded MIDI/USB interface.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> On 03/05/2011 09:13 PM, mike wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > This is a related very noobie question.  What I would like to do is 
> > very simple I hope namely play my keyboard controller if possible into 
> > fluidsynth or an app that feeds fluidsynth and generate audio in real 
> > time on a Windows XP laptop.  Doing it in Linux is impractical in this 
> > instance.  From what I've read it's not clear to me if fluidsynth can 
> > read from Windows' MIDI input interface.  I've been trying to figure 
> > this out for a long time and there is loads of info out there but it's 
> > way too much for me to get started with.
> >
> > I'll be very grateful for any pointers that can help me get started.
> >
> > Cheers in advance,
> > Mike

Yes, FluidSynth can read from Windows MIDI ports. Using the command line 
interface program (fluidsynth.exe), you need to provide the exact port name 
(including spaces) in the command line:

C:> fluidsynth.exe -o midi.winmidi.device="port name"

The list of available port names are listed in the sound settings of the 
windows control panel.

It is much easier to use QSynth, a GUI interface of FluidSynth for this. In 
this case, there is a combo box in the MIDI tab of the synth setup dialog.

Regards,
Pedro