fluidsynth/TODO

New features
------------
- Non-realtime MIDI file rendering
- Sample streaming, load/unload sample on demand
- Synth sample rate change after initial creation
- handle tuning sysex messages
- Audio level metering
- Active voice count monitoring

Synthesis
---------
- Improve voice stealing algorithm
- Dynamic voice killing (based on CPU usage)
- Batch voice activation (stereo synch. as per SoundFont spec)
- Pitch control on stereo samples not managed as should
- soft clipping, compressor, limitor, or automatic gain control

Drivers
-------
- libao audio output driver
- Windows DirectMusic component
- ASIO driver
- DirectSound 3D and EAX

Bugs to mash
------------
- Add byte swapping support (on synthesis or sample load?)
- Investigate why MIDI rendering causes burst of notes at start

Validation
----------
- Validation tests: create soundfont with basic wave forms [sine,
  square, triangle]; make test midi file; compare with SBLive output;
  "regression" test
- Validate chorus (often sounds rather crappy)
- Analyse performance

Documentation
-------------
- Write documention on tuning
- Add usage scenarios in the documentation
- User and system configuration file

Binaries
--------
- FluidSynth 
  * Linux 
  * Win
  * MacOS X
- fluid~  (Pd/Linux, MaxMSP/MacOSX, MaxMSP/Windows)
- fluidsynth~ (MaxMSP/MacOSX, MaxMSP/Windows)
- FluidXtra

Misc
----
- Remove dependency of settings on audio driver and other (see
  fluid_settings_init())
- When specifying -i -s (no console and TCP server) log to TCP clients
  with easier parsable messages ("warning:", "error:", etc)
- Pause and resume the synthesizer/audio thread (run synthesizer as a daemon)
- set loop on/off on a sample (set_gen GEN_SAMPLEMODE?)


FluidSynth Next Generation
--------------------------------------------

Top of the list
- Use FIFOs to send events to the audio thread
- Redo sfloader api using "interface" api
- 3D audio output

MIDI player
- Add API to manipulate and query MIDI file list
- generalize use of fluid_event_t, remove fluid_midi_event_t

Shell & command handler
- Add "note" command that plays a note with a duration (sequencer)
- MIDI file player commands (load/play/stop)
- Allow settings to be loaded before the synthesizer is created

MIDI Specs
- Omni and poly modes
- sample dump
- MIDI thru
- Scalable Polyphony MIDI (SP-MIDI)


Unsorted
- additional aux buses
- rewrite midi file using new sequencer
- direct access to audio buffer
Documentation updates, optimizations in audio drivers for non user callback case, more leaks plugged, warn when SF file on command line not found, replacement of string tokenizer, other improvements (hopefully). 2006-12-10 16:02:04 +00:00			`New features`
			`------------`
			`- Non-realtime MIDI file rendering`
			`- Sample streaming, load/unload sample on demand`
			`- Synth sample rate change after initial creation`
			`- handle tuning sysex messages`
			`- Audio level metering`
			`- Active voice count monitoring`

			`Synthesis`
			`---------`
			`- Improve voice stealing algorithm`
			`- Dynamic voice killing (based on CPU usage)`
			`- Batch voice activation (stereo synch. as per SoundFont spec)`
			`- Pitch control on stereo samples not managed as should`
			`- soft clipping, compressor, limitor, or automatic gain control`

			`Drivers`
			`-------`
			`- libao audio output driver`
			`- Windows DirectMusic component`
			`- ASIO driver`
			`- DirectSound 3D and EAX`

			`Bugs to mash`
			`------------`
Updated README-OSX. 2006-02-21 06:21:09 +00:00			`- Add byte swapping support (on synthesis or sample load?)`
Applied RAM sfont crash bug patch from Antoine Schmitt. 2005-09-05 02:45:34 +00:00			`- Investigate why MIDI rendering causes burst of notes at start`
Removed CCA_Use_Jack and CCA_Use_Alsa LADCCA flags. 2003-11-14 08:23:10 +00:00
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`Validation`
			`----------`
			`- Validation tests: create soundfont with basic wave forms [sine,`
			`square, triangle]; make test midi file; compare with SBLive output;`
			`"regression" test`
Documentation updates, optimizations in audio drivers for non user callback case, more leaks plugged, warn when SF file on command line not found, replacement of string tokenizer, other improvements (hopefully). 2006-12-10 16:02:04 +00:00			`- Validate chorus (often sounds rather crappy)`
ALSA sequencer driver opens several ports if midi channels bigger than 16. Filter on/off optimization is deactivated. 2004-05-05 20:27:22 +00:00			`- Analyse performance`
Added fluid_synth_program_select2() and fluid_synth_get_sfont_by_name() in fluid_synth.c. These functions are not in the public API, yet. 2004-02-28 13:20:07 +00:00
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`Documentation`
			`-------------`
Added fluid_synth_program_select2() and fluid_synth_get_sfont_by_name() in fluid_synth.c. These functions are not in the public API, yet. 2004-02-28 13:20:07 +00:00			`- Write documention on tuning`
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`- Add usage scenarios in the documentation`
			`- User and system configuration file`
Fixed the timing in the MIDI playback. Improved documentation in sfont.h. Removed unused is_number() in fluidsynth.c 2004-03-22 10:28:19 +00:00
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`Binaries`
			`--------`
			`- FluidSynth`
			`* Linux`
			`* Win`
			`* MacOS X`
			`- fluid~ (Pd/Linux, MaxMSP/MacOSX, MaxMSP/Windows)`
			`- fluidsynth~ (MaxMSP/MacOSX, MaxMSP/Windows)`
			`- FluidXtra`
Initial revision 2003-03-11 16:56:45 +00:00
Documentation updates, optimizations in audio drivers for non user callback case, more leaks plugged, warn when SF file on command line not found, replacement of string tokenizer, other improvements (hopefully). 2006-12-10 16:02:04 +00:00			`Misc`
			`----`
Verified TODO list after recent changes 2004-03-30 10:16:17 +00:00			`- Remove dependency of settings on audio driver and other (see`
			`fluid_settings_init())`
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`- When specifying -i -s (no console and TCP server) log to TCP clients`
			`with easier parsable messages ("warning:", "error:", etc)`
			`- Pause and resume the synthesizer/audio thread (run synthesizer as a daemon)`
Documentation updates, optimizations in audio drivers for non user callback case, more leaks plugged, warn when SF file on command line not found, replacement of string tokenizer, other improvements (hopefully). 2006-12-10 16:02:04 +00:00			`- set loop on/off on a sample (set_gen GEN_SAMPLEMODE?)`
Initial revision 2003-03-11 16:56:45 +00:00

Documentation updates, optimizations in audio drivers for non user callback case, more leaks plugged, warn when SF file on command line not found, replacement of string tokenizer, other improvements (hopefully). 2006-12-10 16:02:04 +00:00			`FluidSynth Next Generation`
Initial revision 2003-03-11 16:56:45 +00:00			`--------------------------------------------`

ALSA sequencer driver opens several ports if midi channels bigger than 16. Filter on/off optimization is deactivated. 2004-05-05 20:27:22 +00:00			`Top of the list`
			`- Use FIFOs to send events to the audio thread`
			`- Redo sfloader api using "interface" api`
			`- 3D audio output`
* empty log message * 2003-04-04 17:40:39 +00:00
Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`MIDI player`
			`- Add API to manipulate and query MIDI file list`
* empty log message * 2003-04-04 17:40:39 +00:00			`- generalize use of fluid_event_t, remove fluid_midi_event_t`

Commiting the changes made by me between 2004-03-22 and 2004-03-29 (included). Please check the ChangeLog file for the details. 2004-03-29 10:05:18 +00:00			`Shell & command handler`
			`- Add "note" command that plays a note with a duration (sequencer)`
			`- MIDI file player commands (load/play/stop)`
			`- Allow settings to be loaded before the synthesizer is created`

* empty log message * 2003-04-04 17:40:39 +00:00			`MIDI Specs`
Applied Sergey Pavlishin's patch that fixes a stack overflow in fluid_dsound_enum_callback 2004-05-14 13:45:22 +00:00			`- Omni and poly modes`
Initial revision 2003-03-11 16:56:45 +00:00			`- sample dump`
Applied Sergey Pavlishin's patch that fixes a stack overflow in fluid_dsound_enum_callback 2004-05-14 13:45:22 +00:00			`- MIDI thru`
			`- Scalable Polyphony MIDI (SP-MIDI)`

* empty log message * 2003-04-04 17:40:39 +00:00
			`Unsorted`
Initial revision 2003-03-11 16:56:45 +00:00			`- additional aux buses`
			`- rewrite midi file using new sequencer`
			`- direct access to audio buffer`