On Wednesday 16 March 2011, Edenyard wrote: > David - many thanks for your response! > > > Hmm, I don't think it's currently possible to specify those parameters > > on the command line. Try running fluidsynth without the "-i" switch, > > you'll get a shell. In that shell, you can issue the "help reverb" > > command. Then try putting outrageous values in and it'll tell you the > > maximum values. Looks like there is room for improvement in the user > > friendliness here :-) > > > > You could also try things like > > echo "rev_setlevel 10" | fluidsynth (still without the -i switch) > > My problem is this: I have a script file that firstly starts Fluidsynth > and secondly starts another program which feeds MIDI data into > Fluidsynth. This all happens at boot-up and there isn't a keyboard or > monitor connected to the system in the ordinary way. Therefore I'm > unable to issue any shell commnds after Fluidsynth has been run. This is > why I have all of those parameters on the command line. > > Would it be possible for Fluidsynth to be modified for the next release > so that the reverb can be controlled via command-line parameters? > > Failing that (or in the meantime), is there another way of controlling > Fluidsynth's reverb in my situation?
There is a server mode (command line switches "-s" or "--server"). By default, FS listens in this mode by the TCP/IP port number 9800 using a simple protocol similar to telnet. You can send commands to FS using this port as it would be done in the normal shell. Regards, Pedro _______________________________________________ fluid-dev mailing list fluid-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev
