FLUAJHO(1)

NAME
Fluajho - SF2 soundfont sample player for JACK based on Fluidsynth.

DESCRIPTION
usage: fluajho [-h] [-v] [-s DIRECTORY] [-p] [-m] [-V]

Fluajho - Version 1.7.3 - Copyright 2022 by Laborejo Software Suite - https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho

  options:

-h, --help
    show this help message and exit

-v, --version
    show program's version number and exit

-s DIRECTORY, --save DIRECTORY
    Use this directory to save. Will be created or loaded from if already present. Deactivates Agordejo/NewSession-Manager support.

-p, --profiler
    (Development) Run the python profiler and produce a .cprof file at quit. The name will appear in your STDOUT.

-m, --mute
    (Development) Use a fake cbox module, effectively deactivating midi and audio.

-V, --verbose
    (Development) Switch the logger to INFO and print out all kinds of information to get a high-level idea of what the program is doing.

USAGE
"Fluajho" (with jh as in pleasure) means fluid in Esperanto. It is a simple sf2 soundfont host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name. This program is feature-complete with version 1.7.1 in 2022. Further releases will be limited to maintenance and fixing problems. is still in moderate use today. Why does Fluajho exist? There are already many soundfont players for Linux, most of them even based on Fluidsynth. Fluajho was written for a clearly defined use case: Load an .sf2 in the New Session Manager (Agordejo) and save the soundfont in the session directory. This makes it possible to archive the session, for example as a backup or to share it. If you already have a DAW, host or plugin that reliably saves soundfont files together with the session you do not need Fluajho. You can load one soundfont file per Fluajho instance. Each instance holds 16 of the soundfonts instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. All access to MIDI parameters like Volume or Pan needs to be done via midi control changes. Finally connect external sequencers, such as Laborejo or Patroneo, through JACK-Midi to play the instruments. There is only one JACK-Midi input but each of the 16 midi channels has it's own stereo JACK audio output. Additionally there is a stereo mix output pair.

EXAMPLES
Start fluajho through NSM, e.g. through Agordejo. This will take care of all settings and save directories. Other modes of operations, mostly for testing, are: Run without session management and save in /tmp.
    fluajho --save /tmp Run without audio and midi. Skips all JACK checks. Used to just look at the GUI, e.g. to make screenshots
    fluajho --mute

REPORTING BUGS
https://www.laborejo.org/bugs

COPYRIGHT
Fluajho 1.7.3 - Copyright 2022 Laborejo Software Suite https://www.laborejo.org/

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for Fluajho is maintained as a multi-lingual html site to your systems doc-dir. For example:
    xdg-open file:///usr/share/doc/fluajho/index.html The documentation can also be found online https://www.laborejo.org/documentation/fluajho