$MIDISOUNDFONT

The now deprecated $MIDISOUNDFONT metacommand did enable MIDI support for _SNDOPEN in QB64-PE versions prior to v3.14.0, and was also considered unstable. It could only be used with the $UNSTABLE:MIDI flag set. Since v3.14.0 MIDI support is stable and you can use _MIDISOUNDBANK to load a soundfont.

Syntax

$MIDISOUNDFONT: {DEFAULT|"Filename"}

Parameters

• DEFAULT indicates that the soundfont provided by QB64-PE should be used to play MIDI files.
  • The provided soundfont is about 1MB in size.
• Filename can be used to provide your own soundfont for playing MIDI files.
  • The specified soundfont file is compiled into your program and is not required at runtime.

Description

• The use of this metacommand allows _SNDOPEN to open MIDI files.
• The selected soundfont is what is used to play all MIDI files.

Availability

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  none

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  v3.2.0

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  yes

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  yes

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  yes

• $MIDISOUNDFONT was deprecated in QB64-PE v3.14.0. Use _MIDISOUNDBANK instead.

Examples

$UNSTABLE:MIDI ' This line is only allowed when $UNSTABLE:MIDI is used $MIDISOUNDFONT: Default _SNDPLAYFILE "example.mid"

$UNSTABLE:MIDI ' Using a custom soundfont rather than the default $MIDISOUNDFONT: "soundfont.sf2" _SNDPLAYFILE "example.mid"

See also

• $UNSTABLE
• _MIDISOUNDBANK, _SNDOPEN

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