FmSynth ...

• ... by ma.ke. 2021
• ... is a hobby project with no warrenty
• ... use at your own risk
• ... do what ever you want with this
• ... be happy ;-)

core features FMSYNTH:

• fmsynth.c / fmsynth.h in directory fmsynth

  • library to use adlibemu (Ken Silverman) as midi synth on windows

• adlibemu can use as voice or midi synthesizer

• voice: 9 voices, provide complete register writing (drum mode not implented)

• midi : dynamic voice handling to use 16 midichannels max. 9 polyphonic

• full stereo and delay

• support for sound patches

  • SBI, IBK
  • default MIDI soundbank with 128 "GM" instruments (SBI) + 128 "GM" drums (SBI)

• MIDI implementation:

  • channel messages:
    • NOTEOFF 0x8
    • NOTEON 0x9
    • CTRLCHG 0xB
    • CC_VOL 7
    • CC_BAL 8 (same as pan)
    • CC_PAN 10 (same as balance)
    • CC_DELAY 91
    • PRGCHG 0xC
    • PITCHBEND 0xE
  • internal instrument (soundblaster timbre with 16 bytes) for midi channel can set with PRGCHG
  • system exclusive for modify midi channel instrument
    • one voice parameter per sysex msg or
    • complete voicedata per sysex msg

• C-API (well documented, see source code fmsynth.c and fmsynth.h)

  • API WINDOWS audio
  • API FMSYNTH general
  • API FMSYNTH midi support
  • API FMSYNTH sound patches

extended features - MIDI:

• mkMidi.c / mkMidi.h in directory mkmidi

  • library to create and play midifile (type 0, 1) on windows midi devices,
  • specially: use internal fmsynth (adlibemu) to play or render to wave file

• create, save, load and play midifile type 0 or 1

• render midi file through fmsynth to a wav file

• provide running mode by reading midi file

• complete channel messages

• meta event tempo

• sysex data (F0 ... data ... F7)

• provide midi output interface or internal fmsynth (adlibemu) inkl. sysex

• provide midi input interface (WIP)

• limitations:

  • time devision only ppqn
  • without other meta events except tempo
  • sysex request not supported

extended features - TCL/TK:

• mk.c

  • wrapper library to use mkMidi.c to create and play midifile (type 0, 1) on windows midi devices
  • specially: fmsynth (adlibemu)

• fmsynth.tcl

  • GUI for FMSYNTH

• commands:

  • mk::help view this help
  • mk::list get device list
  • mk::open open device -> get new cmd for midi device or fmsynth
  • mk::track create and processing midi tracks -> get new command
  • mk::play play / render midi file
  • every command can show help informations: cmd ?

• bonus:

  • collection of instrument and bank files I've found over the internet see directory instruments or unzip instruments.zip
  • documentation see directory doc
  • sample midi files in directory smf
  • sample rendered file "Hier_kommt_Alex.mp3"

todo:

• implement a simple music script language (SMS)
• bug fixes

TRY IT ;-)

I hope you have fun.

Greetings - kmatze (aka ma.ke.) - 12.02.2021