Hi, Thanks a lot, that works! Is there also a way to send the commands in filename.sh to an already running instance of fluidsynth? That would open the possability to write a script in scala and tune a running fluidsynth from within scala. Stefano Cavallari <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Fluidsynth exits when it finds a EOF, so you have to keep the standard > input open; > > try this: > $ (cat filename.sh; cat ) | fluidsynth -m alsa_seq ~/gerrit.sf2 > > that will leave the fluidsynth shell ready for inputs after the commands > in filename.sh have been sent to it. -- gerrit