I do it a different way : Add a new engine for each sound font you use (There's a little button, bottom left). Then editing channels is easy - it makes sense. You also get different outputs for you instruments which can be useful. Bruce. -----Original Message----- From: linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Winkler Sent: 29 December 2006 06:04 To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: QSynth dumb question So, I read the man page, I poked around on qsynth.sourceforge.net, I read Dave's article at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8354 and I must be missing something really obvious, because I'm stumped: How the heck do you use the channels dialog? (qsynth 0.2.5 by the way.) For example. I have added several soundfonts via the Soundfonts dialog. I click the Channels button. Per Dave's tutorial, I expect to see only names from the last font in my Soundfonts list. But I see a mishmash of names from various soundfonts. And I can't seem to DO anything with them. Per Dave's tutorial, I try right-clicking. I get a popup menu with Edit and Refresh options. Fine, I choose Edit for channel 1. I get a dialog labelled Channel 1. There doesn't seem to be any way to actually edit anything here. For example, right now I can select bank 0 or bank 2. Bank 0 includes this: prog Name SFID Soundfont ---- ---- ---- --------- 1 BritePiano 5 TrachtmanSteinC_XFade2_2001Aug16 0 GrandPiano-Multi 5 TrachtmanSteinC_XFade2_2001Aug16 And bank 2 includes this: prog Name SFID Soundfont ---- ---- ---- --------- 0 Roland 64VoicePiano 1 Roland_64VoicePiano I can't find any way to add other programs, or remove the ones that are showing. I seem to be permanently stuck with these. I don't even really know how I got them in there :-( As far as I can tell, what I'm actually hearing is bank 2 program 0. I have resorted to every combination of mouse buttons and keyboard modifiers I can think to try. Nothing I do has any visible or audible effect. Help! -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
