Updated ChangeLog

fluidsynth/AUTHORS

@@ -44,16 +44,17 @@ author. Below you'll find a summery of contributions.
   to define the synth's ALSA sequencer client name. files:
   iiwu_midi.c, iiwu_alsa.c, iiwusynth.c, iiwusynth.h.
 
-* Tim Goetze sent many patches and implemented the all_notes_off.
-  files: iiwu_synth.c, iiwu_chan.c, iiwu_voice.c
+* Tim Goetze sent many patches and implemented the all_notes_off. He
+  also sent his code for the new ALSA driver. files: iiwu_synth.c,
+iiwu_chan.c, iiwu_voice.c, iiwu_alsa.c
 
 * Norbert Schnell from Ircam's jMax Team wrote most of the jMax/FTS
   interface in a record time. He also pointed me to the technique of
   using a lookup table for the interpolation coefficients.  file:
   iiwu_fts.c, iiwu_synth.c
 
-* The alsa driver was based on the jMax alsa driver by Francois
-  Dechelle and his Real-time Team at Ircam
+* The initial alsa driver was based on the jMax alsa driver by
+  Francois Dechelle and his Real-time Team at Ircam
   (http://www.ircam.fr/jmax). The jMax code was based upon Ardour's
   alsa_device.cc by Paul Barton-Davis.  file: iiwu_alsa.c
 

fluidsynth/ChangeLog

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-19  Peter Hanappe <peter@hanappe.com>
 
+	* src/fluid_midishare.c: Applied Stephane Letz patch: MidiShare is
+	now connected to fluidsynth by default so that received MIDI
+	events directly trigger the synth
+	
 2004-02-28  Peter Hanappe <peter@hanappe.com>
 
 	* src/fluid_synth.c: Added fluid_synth_program_select2() and

fluidsynth/THANKS

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ would simply not exist. Many thanks!
 
 In alphabetic order:
 
+Paul Barton-Davis
 Samuel Bianchini <biank@online.fr>
 Raoul Bonisch <jkl345@gmx.net>
 Jake Commander <jakec@ukfirst.co.uk>
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Johnathan Lee <jlee@music.columbia.edu>
 Stephane Letz <letz@grame.fr>
 Juergen Mueller
 Markus Nentwig <nentwig@users.sourceforge.net>
+Dave Phillips
 Daniel Pressnitzer <pressnit@ircam.fr>
 Norbert Schnell <Norbert.Schnell@ircam.fr>
 Joshua Scholar

fluidsynth/TODO

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ already been done.  - Josh Green 2003-08-25
 - When specifying -i -s (no console and TCP server) log to TCP clients
   with easier parsable messages ("warning:", "error:", etc)
 
+JG:
+> Well actually, it almost seems like every instrument is kind of flat. It
+> just doesn't sound real nice. 
+
+JG:
+> Its often hard to get the right Reverb/Chorus/Gain settings as
+> well, so often I end up turning off Reverb and Chorus which can help.
+
 - GM soundfont? 
 - MacOS X MidiCore component
 - Windows DirectMusic component

fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth-v10-devdoc.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
                   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
 
+<!--
+
+  I am currently using 'xsltproc' to generate the HTML files. I use a
+  stylesheet contained in the docbook-xsl-stylesheets Debian package:
+
+  $ xsltproc /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh/html/xtchunk.xsl \
+    fluidsynth-v10-devdoc.xml
+
+  An alternative would be to use the Linux Documentation Project's
+  style sheets. See
+  http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/usingldpxsl.html.
+
+  Suggestions are welcome!
+
+  [PH]
+
+-->
+
 <article>
   <articleinfo>
     <title>
@@ -11,16 +29,47 @@
     <author>
       <firstname>Peter</firstname>
       <surname>Hanappe</surname>
-      <!-- affiliation>
-        <address><email>peter-REMOVE-THIS-@hanappe.com</email></address>
-      </affiliation -->
     </author>
 
+    <revhistory>
+      <revision>
+        <revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
+        <date>2003-12-11</date>
+        <authorinitials>hanappe</authorinitials>
+        <revremark>First attempt.</revremark>
+      </revision>
+    </revhistory>
+
     <copyright>
       <year>2003</year>
       <holder>Copyright Peter Hanappe</holder>
     </copyright>
 
+    <legalnotice>
+      <para>All the source code examples in this document are in the
+      public domain; you can use them as you please. This document is
+      licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view
+      a copy of this license, visit
+      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ or send a letter to
+      Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
+      94305, USA. The FluidSynth library is distributed under the GNU
+      Library General Public License. A copy of the GNU Library
+      General Public License is contained in the FluidSynth package;
+      if not, write to the Free Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
+      Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.</para> </legalnotice>
+
+    <keywordset>
+      <keyword>FluidSynth</keyword>
+      <keyword>software</keyword>
+      <keyword>synthesizer</keyword>
+      <keyword>SoundFont</keyword>
+      <keyword>Linux</keyword>
+      <keyword>audio</keyword>
+      <keyword>development</keyword>
+      <keyword>documentation</keyword>
+      <keyword>HOWTO</keyword>
+    </keywordset>
+
     <abstract>
 
       <para>FluidSynth is a software synthesizer based on the
@@ -35,37 +84,31 @@
   </articleinfo> 
 
   <sect1>
-    <title>Using the synthesizer as a plugin</title>
+    <title>Disclaimer</title>
+
+    <para>This documentation, in its current version, is probably
+    outdated and most certainly incomplete. As always, the source code
+    is the final reference.</para>
+
+    <para>SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc.</para>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1>
+    <title>Introduction</title>
 
     <para>FluidSynth can easily be embedded in an application. It has
     a main header file, fluidsynth.h, and one dynamically linkable
     library. FluidSynth runs on Linux, MacOS 9, MacOS X, and the Win32
     platforms. It has audio and midi drivers for all mentioned
     platforms but you can use it with your own drivers if your
-    application already handles audio and MIDI IO. This document
-    explains the basic usage of FluidSynth and provides and example
-    that you can reuse. </para>
+    application already handles audio and MIDI input/output. This
+    document explains the basic usage of FluidSynth and provides
+    examples that you can reuse. </para>
 
   </sect1>
 
 
-  <sect1>
-    <title>License</title>
-
-    <para>All the source code examples in this document are in the
-    public domain; you can use it as you please. This document is
-    licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view a
-    copy of this license, visit
-    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ or send a letter to
-    Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
-    94305, USA. FluidSynth is distributed under the GNU Library
-    General Public License. A copy of the GNU Library General Public
-    License is contained in the FluidSynth package; if not, write to
-    the Free Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
-    02111-1307 USA. </para>
-
-  </sect1>
-
   <sect1>
     <title>Creating and changing the settings</title>
 

fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth.1

@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@ Turn the chorus on or off [0|1|yes|no, default = on]
 .B \-g, \-\-gain
 Set the master gain [0 < gain < 10, default = 0.2]
 .TP
-.B \-s, \-\-server
-Start a TCP/IP server for remote shells [default=no, port=9800]
+.B \-o setting=value
+Set the value of the setting. Can be used any number of times.
+Ex. -o midi.oss.device=/dev/midi00
 .TP
 .B \-i, \-\-no-shell
 Don't read commands from the shell [default = yes]
 .TP
+.B \-s, \-\-server
+Start a TCP/IP server for remote shells [default=no, port=9800]
+.TP
 .B \-v, \-\-verbose
 Print out verbose messages about midi events
 .\" .SH "SEE ALSO"