fluidsynth Command Examples

Synthesize audio from MIDI files. More information: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/wiki/UserManual.

• Play a MIDI file:

fluidsynth {{path/to/soundfont.sf2}} {{path/to/file.midi}}

• Specify the audio driver:

fluidsynth {{[-a|--audio-driver]}} {{pipewire|pulseaudio}} {{path/to/soundfont.sf2}} {{path/to/file.midi}}

• Display help:

fluidsynth {{[-h|--help]}}