Qsynth

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Qsynth is a GUI frontend to FluidSynth.

Installation

Emerge

root #emerge --ask media-sound/qsynth

Usage

To start Qsynth from the command line:

user $qsynth

A soundfont will need to be specified for FluidSynth to use. Two soundfonts are provided by the media-sound/fluid-soundfont package, FluidR3_GM.sf2 and FluidR3_SM.sf2.

In Qsynth, the soundfont can be specified via Settings -> Soundfonts; once the media-sound/fluid-soundfont package is installed, FluidR3_GM.sf2 can be be found in /usr/share/sounds/sf2/.

To use Qsynth with PipeWire, specify PipeWire as the audio driver via Settings -> Audio.

See also

• FluidSynth — a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications
• MIDI controller guide — musical equipment including keyboards, pads, pot/fader controls and much more
• TiMidity++ — software synthesizer that can interpret MIDI information