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diff --git a/audio/freepats/README b/audio/freepats/README index b13128741638..5dd1591209a5 100644 --- a/audio/freepats/README +++ b/audio/freepats/README @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ -Freepats is a project to create a free and open set of instrument patches. +freepats is a free and open set of instrument patches. A patchset is +required for MIDI files to be audible through TiMidity++. These patches +also work with applications that use SDL_mixer for MIDI audio. + +To use freepats with TiMidity++ and/or SDL_mixer, edit /etc/timidity.cfg +and make it look like this: + source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg -To use these patches with TiMidity++, add the following line to -/etc/timidity/timidity.cfg (minus the quotes): - 'source $basedir/freepats.cfg' Alternatively, use crude.cfg instead of freepats.cfg to use substitute patches that fill in missing entries in the tone bank. |