Levi Burton wrote: > I am currently using alsa 0.9rc7 with oss emulation, oss sequencer, virmidi > and ens1371. I have a ens1371 soundcard. I would like to create my own > soundfonts using smurf and play them with iiwusynth. Does anyone have some > insight into the best way to proceed with this process (workflow, devices etc > etc). I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of options there are for doing this. Using Swami (nee Smurf) is quite intuitive, so I'd say one good way to begin is by loading a favorite font into Swami and investigating how it (the font) gets to sound like it does. Check out its basic voice parameters, then take a look at any keyboard mapping that may be used. Try turning things on & off to discover what the various functions actually do. Revise a favorite font, then save it and try loading it into FluidSynth (nee iiwusynth). Take notes of your progress: editing and creating your own sounds is a learning process, so you'll want to start noting where changes in a font yield dramatic effect or where nothing at all seems to happen (though that "nothing" may come into play during performance, i.e., a parameter might only be effective after a certain velocity or key range). Another thing to do is read up on SoundFonts. I believe Josh Green has provided plenty of that sort of info on the Swami site: http://swami.sourceforge.net/ Above all, have fun, and when you make something nice let us know. ;) Best regards, == Dave Phillips The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
