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    2 Real time sound synthesis for Linux i586/i686 systems.
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    4 RTSynth is a polyphone real time string synthesiser with 
    5 integrated audio effects.
    6 A large number of synth and effect patches are included.
    7 The real time midi/audio interface is pre-alpha and may not 
    8 work perfect under all circumstances. 
    9 The theoretical time delay between a midi input event
   10 and the corresponding audio output is about 3 ms.
   11 The output sampling rate is 44100 samples per second.
   12 Midi events are read from /dev/midi00 or a pipe. 
   13 Currently only NoteOn, NoteOff, AllNotesOff/SoundsOff, NoteVeloc,
   14 MidiHoldPedal, MidiVolume and MidiPan are implemented.
   15 The binary is pentium optimised. 
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   17 RTSynth is developed on an "old" Cyrix i686 166+ CPU based
   18 system. On more up to date pentium systems it should perform
   19 much better (especially when using several audio effects).
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   21 You should set RTSynth to owner root by:
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   23 	su
   24 	chown root RTSynth
   25 	chmod +s RTSynth
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   27 This is necessary for RTSynth to be controlled by the real time 
   28 scheduler! 
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   31 RTSynth needs the following libraries:
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   33  libX11.so.6
   34  libXext.so.6
   35  libc.so.5
   36  libm.so.5
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   38 linux version 2.0.x or greater and OSS free with a 16 bit soundcard.
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   40 It is statical link with the FLTK user interface toolkit 
   41 (www.cinenet.net/users/spitzak/fltk) Fltk ©1998 Bill Spitzak.
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   44 If you have any suggestions feel free to contact me.
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   47 Stefan Nitschke  
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   49 (nitschke@fzi.de)
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