DISTRHO - DIE Fluid Synth

Digging online - looks like the bank switch messages vs fluidsynth are kind of tricky to get right. Got the presets switching working with mindi but no luck with the banks. Should be easy enough to just avoid them.

Think I will wind up using something like SWAMI to edit my sound fonts to simply not use banks and split them into separate files instead.

Cheers!

Been using this happily for a while - mindi works well for preset switching on pedal board load - thanks for the recommendation - but one drawback I have noticed is performance - this plugin eats up the CPU if you send it a lot of notes (say from an arp).

For example if I send 3 notes chords every 1/16th @ 130 bpm it eats 100% cpu even if it is the only plugin on the board.

Thanks again!

Are you using it in which device? Duo, DuoX or Dwarf?

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Sorry for not specifying - I’m on the duo x. Still waiting for my dwarf - I chose the last group in the kickstarter survey :slight_smile:

I’m using an external controller to send the midi notes over USB - but could probably whip up a demo board using internal sequencers - basically just noticed the crunchy sound of max CPU when I send this thing many notes at a higher speed.

Cheers!

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Only today I have found this post. This has got to be the single most desirable plugin for me. Thanks a MILLION !!!

Now I need to find a way to convert my libraries to SF2! (Have a few in SFZ but most are Kontakt and Logic stuff…)

Thanks again!

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An SFZ plugin (sfizz) is coming soon, just so you know.

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Can I start crying now? :upside_down_face:

I actually use Sforzando on Mac and used Sfizz briefly, so it’s a somewhat familiar plug for me. Great addition to the library!

I still need to learn better how to set up soundfonts properly…

Thanks a million for the DIE and the upcoming sfizz!

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I’m using this plugin a lot with the Dwarf.

The only issue I noticed is that with certain soundfonts it gets “stuck” and it sounds always the same even if you change to another soundfont. But maybe it’s a problem with the soundfont.

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I can confirm it happens a lot, at least for me, when I change to several soundfonts it gets stuck and the sound doesn’t change anymore, I need to delete the plugin or reboot the Dwarf.

Just for you to know in case it’s a possible bug (or maybe it’s related to the soundfont itself), I don’t know if it happens to anybody else.

Can you share with us the particular soundfonts that are triggering the issue on your side?

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Of course @jon . I’ll do that these evening. I’ll try to find out first if it happens with some particular soundfonts, or it happens with all of them.

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I have also had this problem. I’m not quite sure if this always happens with the same soundfonts. I have to observe this a bit more closely and if I find soundfonts where this is reproducible, I’ll email them to you. Like others I am using the library here: Ultimate SoundFont Pack | SoundPacks.com

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Can you send us the sf2 that you have issues with?
This will help us replicate the issue.

Hello, unfortunatly my entire computer crashed so I had to reinstall it. I have only been able to access the Dwarf again for a few minutes. It may take a while until I can experiment with soundfonts again.

Oh! I hope that you didn’t lose anything really important.
Anyway, the request works for you or any other user facing this issue. If you happen to face it again, please share the sf2 files if you can.

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WOW, :+1: When will sfizz be released? :slight_smile:

After we have some time dedicated to a few others that are first in the queue.
Need to recheck again, but while the performance was quite okay on a duox, it was not like that on the dwarf.

In any case, the full/reverb IR plugin will come first, as more people have asked about that one.

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Can you give me some details about that? I try Mindi, but I don’t know what channel/messagge type/ note/number and value use to change the current sound of a multibank sf2…
Thanks
Claudio

P.s. the reverb and chorus part doesn’t work for me…

Reverb and Chorus depend on the sf2 file, some provide no reverb at all, some provide a lot.
So the reverb/chorus details will vary depending on which sf2 file you have loaded.

For the program changes I have not tried this myself on MOD to be honest, but I know MIDI program change messages supposedly works. Can Mindi generate those? Finding out the correct program number to set might be tricky for some non-GM soundfonts.

Yes it can :wink:

Maybe the Fluid Synth is a good one for the priority list on documentation. I’m being quite busy, but I actually would really like to help with that. It would actually help me getting better knowledge of the plugins :slight_smile: