Play SoundFonts in your DAW
Copy the plugin files into the DAW's search path
TODO
Check that GLib is installed (which FluidSynth depends on)
In Debian based systems
sudo apt install libglib2.0-dev
Note to self, building dpf (UI) examples requires
sudo apt install libcairo2-dev # cairo
sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev # filehandling
Now, we build
git clone --recurse-submodules <this-repo>
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build
- replace helloworld example with soundfont (libfluidsynth) renderer
- remove set(DPF_EXAMPLES) from CMakeLists.txt
- hardcode soundfont sf2 file for testing
- soundfonts may contain 128 banks of 128 presets per bank, so should our dpf plugin demand 128 programs
- disable unnecessary features of libfluidsynth to minimize compilation, eg. GUI stuff, audio output stuff, etc. Look at FluidSynth CMakeLists.txt, specifically "Options enabled by default" section
- determine which GUI to use for the plugin
- add a license?
- add screenshots?
- correct macros in the DistrhoPluginInfo.h
- instrument parameters
- 1 x filename
- 128 x banks (edge case = no banks)
- 128 presets (per bank) - is this DPF program
- ADSR (4)
- chorus (?)
- reverb (?)