sinethesizer 0.3.0

A digital additive synthesizer that provides a flexible way to create new virtual instruments with their own timbres.

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Overview

It is a digital additive synthesizer that provides a flexible way to create new virtual instruments with their own timbres.

The list of implemented and planned features is as follows:

• Balance between freedom for user and simplicity of input formats
• Stereo sound
• Sound effects (e.g., vibrato, overdrive, reverb, etc)
• Partial support of subtractive synthesis and FM synthesis
• Custom amplitude envelopes
• Noises and drums
• Rich collection of presets

Installation

To install a stable version, run:

pip install sinethesizer

Usage

This synthesizer converts MIDI files and special text files to WAV files with resulting audio tracks.

For a MIDI file, it can be done with the following command:

python -m sinethesizer \
    -i path/to/track.midi \
    -p path/to/presets.yml \
    -m path/to/mapping.yml \
    -o path/to/output.wav

However, MIDI files do not carry information about source location and sound effects. Here, TSV (Tab-Separated Values) files of special schema can be used as a more self-contained alternative to MIDI. To process such file, run:

python -m sinethesizer \
    -i path/to/track.tsv \
    -p path/to/presets.yml \
    -o path/to/output.wav

Below table provides links to detailed information about input files that are required from a user.

Option	Description	Example
-i path/to/track.tsv	Track definition	Scale
-p path/to/presets.yml	Timbres definition	Demo timbres
-m path/to/mapping.yml	Mapping from MIDI instrument IDs to timbres	Demo mapping

If something is still unclear, you can read the source code — it is structured and has built-in documentation. Also your questions are welcome.