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Installing a good soundfont

Default JVM soundfonts usually are of low quality. We recommend installing a good freeware soundfont like FluidR3 to make your MIDI instruments sound a lot nicer.

A variety of popular freeware soundfonts, including FluidR3, are available for download here.

Mac / Linux

For your convenience, there is a script in this repo that will install the FluidR3 soundfont for Mac and Linux users.

Grab a copy of the script:

curl \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alda-lang/alda/master/scripts/install-fluidr3 \
  -o /tmp/install-fluidr3

chmod +x /tmp/install-fluidr3

Take an opportunity to review the script, if you'd like, before you run it:

/tmp/install-fluidr3

This will download FluidR3 and replace ~/.gervill/soundbank-emg.sf2 (your JVM's default soundfont) with it.

Windows

Replacing the JVM soundfont on Windows

To replace the default soundfont on a Windows OS:

  1. Locate your Java Runtime (JRE) folder and navigate into the lib folder.
    • If you have JDK 8 or earlier installed, locate your JDK folder instead and navigate into the jre\lib folder.
  2. Make a new folder named audio.
  3. Copy any .sf2 file into this folder.