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What soundfont is ffplay using to play MIDIs? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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I can't seem to figure it out. When it plays a MIDI file, it references Timidity++ in the output:

  Metadata:
    name            : Piano
    instrument      : Timidity GM patches
    sample          : Piano
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    extra info      : 51 patterns, 26 channels, 1/11 instrument, 12/12 samples
  Duration: 00:03:06.00, bitrate: 1 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s

Playing the file with Timidity++ results in nothing, as Timidity++ apparently isn't a soundfont, and searching "Timidity GM patches" brings up nothing.

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[–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Note: I can't share the specific MIDI file I was using as it's private, but in case it helps find the soundfont, here's a sample of ffplay playing onestop.mid from Windows ME. It sounds like chiptune at first, but after using the private MIDI file I can confirm that it isn't chiptune. The piano patch sounds kinda like an organ?

Here's a link to the onestop sample (Warning: it becomes ear grating after about 20 seconds due to ffplay misinterpreting percussion as notes; this is why I chose this specific song): https://files.catbox.moe/2ecdhq.mp3

This is what ffplay says when it plays onestop.mid: https://pastebin.com/SVuJai0H

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