adljack

OPL3/OPN2 synthesizer using ADLMIDI and OPNMIDI

This is a standalone synthesizer for ADLMIDI and OPNMIDI on the text console. It is based on libADLMIDI and libOPNMIDI.

• adljack is the version for the Jack audio system.
• adlrt is the portable version for Linux, Windows and Mac.

Feature list

• Real time, low latency FM synthesizer
• Support of multiple FM chip emulators
• Support of multiple chips for extended polyphony
• Loading instrument banks in WOPL and WOPN formats
• General MIDI level 1 and 2
• Multi-channel MIDI playback
• Automatic bank reloading when the file changes on disk
• User interface for the terminal with dynamic controls
• Session management with the NSM protocol (adljack only)

Usage

This is how you use adljack in the console.

• -h: Show a help message, and lists available players and emulators
• -p [player]: Selects the player. (ADLMIDI, OPNMIDI)
• -n [chips]: Defines the number of chips.
• -b [bank]: Loads the indicated bank file.
• -e [emulator]: Selects the emulator. (by number, as listed in -h)
• -L [latency]: (adlrt only) Defines the audio latency. The unit is milliseconds. Default 20ms.

Development builds

Find automatic builds of the development branch here (Windows).

Build instructions

Installed required dependencies:

• a C++ compiler for the 2011 standard
• at least one development package for audio, and one for MIDI: ALSA, PulseAudio, Jack
• either: (n)curses for a terminal interface, or SDL2 for a PDCurses pseudo-terminal (needed on Windows)

Compiling

git clone --recursive https://github.com/jpcima/adljack.git
mkdir adljack/build
cd adljack/build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build .

Installing

sudo cmake --build . --target install

Questions

Why are the colors odd-looking in a X11 terminal?

The default terminal setting may prevent the program from being able to define its own colors. In the initialization of your shell, try setting a 256-color terminal type: test "$TERM" = "xterm" && export TERM=xterm-256color

How to force the AdlRt to work with ALSA?

You can run the AdlRt with the -A alsa command-line argument:

adlrt -A alsa

which forces it to select ALSA as a sound system instead of PulseAudio.

Change Log

Dev

• ability to set initial volume using the option -v

Version 1.3.1

• fixed build on Arch Linux
• updated libADLMIDI, libOPNMIDI, and other modules

Version 1.3.0

• support for different channel allocation modes
• support of YMFM OPN2 and YMFM OPNA emulators at libOPNMIDI
• updated versions of libADLMIDI and libOPNMIDI
• support for newer RtAudio 6.x
• configuration will be saved in the config file and reloaded if not overriden by command-line arguments
• experimental support for GTK system tray icon with context menu and file dialogues

Version 1.2.0

• support of new emulators
• support of MIDI portamento
• support of OPN2 soft panning
• resolved a possible crash occurring on the PDCurses build

Version 1.1.0

• ability to connect audio ports automatically using the option -a

Version 1.1.0-rc.1

• fidelity improvement of DosBox, MAME and Gens emulators by processing at native sample rate
• update of the DosBox OPL emulator
• support of MIDI aftertouch
• fixed issues with pitch bend and pitch bend sensitivity
• support of Roland SC-55 sysex: text insert
• improved computation of the optimal 4 operator channel setting for OPL3
• fixed long notes cutting prematurely
• translation support on Windows
• various fixes

Version 1.0.0

This is the initial release.