SimpleSynth
(3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)
This is a simple soft synth built around the inbuilt DLS synth code in Mac OS X. It lets you plug in a MIDI interface and MIDI keyboard, load up a DLS or Soundfont and play.
Basically you should plug in your MIDI interface, start up SimpleSynth, select your MIDI input from the pop-up menu and start pounding away on your MIDI keyboard!
SimpleSynth accepts note data on any MIDI channel, as well as pitch and mod wheel data.
SimpleSynth can load SoundFonts and DLS files. Simply hit the “Open…” button and choose a file.
Clicking in the instruments list on the right changes the current instrument for the selected MIDI channel. Instruments can also be changed using MIDI bank select and program change messages from your MIDI controller. The bottom of the instruments list shows the appropriate bank and program numbers for the currently selected instrument.
MIDI Channel 10 is treated as a special percussion channel by General MIDI instrument sets including the built-in set. The displayed instrument name for this channel may not match the instrument being played.
http://pete.yandell.com/software/ (660 clicks)
Popularity: 2%
January 9th, 2007 at 4:15 am
[...] It requires Mac OS X 10.3 and some kind of MIDI synthesizer. If you don’t have MIDI hardware, you can use a software synthesizer like Pete Yandell’s excellent SimpleSynth (1 click). [...]