/* * This is a C99 program that outlines different usage examples for fluid_synth_process() */ #include #include #include int main() { // any arbitrary number of audio samples to render during on call of fluid_synth_process() enum { SAMPLES = 512 }; // ...creation of synth omitted... // USECASE1: render all dry audio channels + reverb and chorus to one stereo channel { // planar sample buffers that received synthesized (monophonic) audio float left[SAMPLES], right[SAMPLES]; // array of buffers used to setup channel mapping float *dry[1 * 2], *fx[1 * 2]; // first make sure to zero out the sample buffers every time before calling fluid_synth_process() memset(left, 0, sizeof(left)); memset(right, 0, sizeof(right)); // setup channel mapping for a single stereo channel to which to render all dry audio to dry[0] = left; dry[1] = right; // Setup channel mapping for a single stereo channel to which to render effects to. // Just using the same sample buffers as for dry audio is fine here, as it will cause the effects to be mixed with dry output. // Note: reverb and chorus together make up two stereo channels. Setting up only one stereo channel is sufficient // as the channels wraps around (i.e. chorus will be mixed with reverb channel). fx[0] = left; fx[1] = right; int err = fluid_synth_process(synth, SAMPLES, 2, fx, 2, dry); if(err == FLUID_FAILED) { puts("oops"); } // USECASE2: only render dry audio and discard effects // same as above, but call fluid_synth_process() like: int err = fluid_synth_process(synth, SAMPLES, 0, NULL, 2, dry); if(err == FLUID_FAILED) { puts("oops"); } } // USECASE3: render audio and discard all samples { int err = fluid_synth_process(synth, SAMPLES, 0, NULL, 0, NULL); if(err == FLUID_FAILED) { puts("oops"); } } // USECASE4: multi-channel rendering, i.e. render all audio and effects channels to dedicated audio buffers // ofc it‘s not a good idea to allocate all the arrays on the stack { // lookup number of audio and effect (stereo-)channels of the synth // see "synth.audio-channels", "synth.effects-channels" and "synth.effects-groups" settings respectively int n_aud_chan = fluid_synth_count_audio_channels(synth); // by default there are two effects stereo channels (reverb and chorus) ... int n_fx_chan = fluid_synth_count_effects_channels(synth); // ... for each effects unit. Each unit takes care of the effects of one MIDI channel. // If there are less units than channels, it wraps around and one unit may render effects of multiple // MIDI channels. n_fx_chan *= fluid_synth_count_effects_groups(); // for simplicity, allocate one single sample pool float samp_buf[SAMPLES * (n_aud_chan + n_fx_chan) * 2]; // array of buffers used to setup channel mapping float *dry[n_aud_chan * 2], *fx[n_fx_chan * 2]; // setup buffers to mix dry stereo audio to // buffers are alternating left and right for each n_aud_chan, // please review documentation of fluid_synth_process() for(int i = 0; i < n_aud_chan * 2; i++) { dry[i] = &samp_buf[i * SAMPLES]; } // setup buffers to mix effects stereo audio to // similar channel layout as above, revie fluid_synth_process() for(int i = 0; i < n_fx_chan * 2; i++) { fx[i] = &samp_buf[n_aud_chan * 2 * SAMPLES + i * SAMPLES]; } // dont forget to zero sample buffer(s) before each rendering memset(samp_buf, 0, sizeof(samp_buf)); int err = fluid_synth_process(synth, SAMPLES, n_fx_chan * 2, fx, n_aud_chan * 2, dry); if(err == FLUID_FAILED) { puts("oops"); } } return 0; }