syntheditor(1) syntheditor(1) NAME syntheditor - application for editing midisynth parameters and preset files SYNOPSIS syntheditor [Options] [PresetFile] DESCRIPTION syntheditor allows users to edit and modify the active presets and voices in midisynth in real time, and also functions as an editor for modifying or creating synthesizer preset files (see synthpreset(4)). syntheditor has the following command-line options: -help Display the available options and flags. -channel <chan> Listen on MIDI channel <chan>. Default is channel 1. -nomidi Do not communicate with midisynth(1) via MIDI. This mode is useful when editing and/or creating synthpreset(4) files independent of the synth. -nofork Do not run the application in the background. PresetFile Specifies the synthpreset(4) file to load at startup. If none is specified, syntheditor will load the same preset file as midisynth has loaded on the given channel. If -nomidi was specified, then a default preset is loaded. MENUS File Menu Commands related to creating, reading, writing, or naming files. Contains: New command Creates a new, unnamed default preset containing one Sawtooth sample with 2 detuned siblings, plus one envelope with no sustain. Open... command Brings up browser to let you pick a preset file to load. Syntheditor will tell midisynth to load the same preset. Save command Write the current preset out to its current file name. Note that the preset name and file name are not the same thing: The name is the identifying preset label; the file name is the path to the on- disk preset file. Save As... command Brings up a browser to allow you to save the file under a new file name. Change Preset Name... command Queries the user for a new preset name. This is the string that will be displayed when the preset is loaded via synthpanel(1). Exit command Quit the application. You will be queried if the current preset has been modified and not saved. Archectecture Menu Submenus for setting the number of Oscillator, Filter, and Envelope modules in the current preset. MIDI Menu Submenus for setting the current MIDI channel and the MIDI interface to send messages on. Options Menu Toggle menu items for indicating whether the panels should display Filter cutoff plots and/or Envelope curve plots. Both default to On. Sounds Menu Items and submenus for popping up dirview(1X) windows of sample MIDI song files, various synthesizer preset files, and synthesizer sound sample files. MIDI Songs Listing of sample MIDI data files which can be played back using soundplayer(1). Just double-click to listen. These files will only be present if the optional subsystem dmedia_eoe.data.music has been installed. Presets Contains three submenus: General MIDI..., which displays the default General MIDI Preset Bank used by midisynth, Golden Analog..., which displays some example presets which imitate analog synth patches, and Miscellaneous..., which displays a number of example presets which demonstrate various features of the Software Synthesizer. Sound Files Contains four submenus: General MIDI Sound Set..., which displays the samples used for the default GM Preset Bank, General MIDI Percussion Map..., which displays the sample set for the GM Percussion map used on MIDI channel 10, Cycles..., which displays a set of single-cycle-waveform samples used for the Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) modules, and Prosonus Sampler..., which displays a set of example sound files (these will only be present if the optional subsystem dmedia_eoe.data.prosonus has been installed). Utilities Menu Menu items for invoking each of the various other MIDI applications. BUGS SEE ALSO midisynth(1), synthpreset(4), synthpanel(1), midikeys(1), midi(3dm) Page 3