Re: [fluid-dev] What Aere has been working on

[David Henningsson]

On 2014-06-12 05:49, Aere Greenway wrote:
> FluidSynth Developers:
>
> I've been working for a long time on a project which makes use of
> FluidSynth (Qsynth) on Linux.
>
> If you are interested in my project, there is a link below you can
> click-on, and view (and hear) the demos and material there.
>
> In a nut-shell, it's a software application that converts your computer
> (with only a typing-keyboard) into an amazing musical instrument, and is
> much easier to learn to play than other musical instruments.
>
> The fingerings are the same in every key-signature (both chords and
> melody), and you can finger the next chord while the current chord is
> playing.  You can change instruments and/or key-signatures (even while
> holding out notes and a chord) with a single key-stroke.

Interesting stuff. For me, who already can play piano, it would have 
been interesting to have something when you're away from home and don't 
have a piano in your backpack.

This approach would not fit me, though. Not so much for the lack of 
touch sensitivity as for the lack of keys out of the scale decided by 
the chord. There is no way, AFAICT, to play a D7#5#9 or a C13#11, as the 
scale you play is determined by the current key and/or chord. But then 
maybe this software is mainly targeted towards beginners, rather than 
people like myself.

Btw, a link to FluidSynth somewhere would have been nice (but not 
required). And I assume you follow LGPL so that it will be possible for 
users of your software to recompile and update FluidSynth independently.

// David