Re: [fluid-dev] [ANN] Qsynth 0.3.3 Knobs Galore!

[O. P. Martin]

Hi, Rui,

Thank you for your response.

Yes, I looked to see if I could find an implib utility, but found a
Microsoft page that said that although there used to be one, none such existed
for the newer stuff.  Don't ask me why not.

Since you brought it up again, I decided to search some more, and I
found a free utility by Digital Mars.  I plan to try it at the next
opportunity.

Is there an equivalent utility for the Gnu toolchain?  If so, what is its name?

I hope you have a restful and pleasant vacation!

May the Lord bless you,
Philip





----- Original Message ----
From: Rui Nuno Capela <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:15:49 AM
Subject: Re: [fluid-dev] [ANN] Qsynth 0.3.3 Knobs Galore!

Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Seems that Rui is a bit busy now to answer your questions, but I am the  
> windows packager, so I feel the need to say something. First of all, thanks 
> for your interest in QSynth.
>

not quite as busy, but on vacation ;)

> On Sunday, July 20 2008, O. P. Martin wrote:
>> Do you have an import library for the fluidsynth .dll that would be
>> compatible with my VC6?  (fluidsynth.lib)  If I could get that, it
>> might be all I need.
>>
>> I don't even know if MinGW uses import libs the same way that Microsoft
>> does.
> 
> I'm sorry, I don't have VC6. MinGW generates a fluidsynth.dll.a import 
> library, with a different format that the MS linker can't understand. 
> 
> My suggestion is to build Fluidsynth yourself with your own compiler. The 
> winbuild/ directory has a .dsw workspace with three .dsp projects for vc6, 
> but I couldn't test them. There are also support files for more recent 
> versions, and you can download the VS express (gratis) from MS. For the same 
> price you can get also the free MinGW/MSYS, which is what I've used.
>

isn't there an implib utility anymore?

maybe vc has something integrated for that precise purpose, i can't 
really tell (and won't in the foreseeable future:) but back in the 90's 
there was this little utility program that takes a .dll and spits out 
the corresponding .lib file

i'm sure you'll have to dig more dirt :))


>> By the way, I couldn't figure out how to load and access more than one font
>> at once in QSynth without a bank offset option.
> 
> Maybe you can create several synth instances (using the green cross at the 
> lower left of the main window) loading different soundfonts into each one. 
> You should also open a different MIDI input port to each instance...
> 

exactly. each qsynth engine can stack more than one soundfont. bank 
offsets helps when you're loading several soundfonts with overriding 
bank/program mappings. otoh, you can have more than one qsynth engine, 
each one with its own soundfont and misi input port (16 midi channels) 
instance at once.

cheers
-- 
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
address@hidden


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