Java Sound Synthesizer missing / Gervill not supported

[emnullfuenf]

On OS X 10.8.5 and Processing 2.2.1 (Java 1.7.0_55) there's no Java Sound Synthesizer anymore in order to play notes without external synthesizer. Is that caused by themidibus? Is there a workaround? I already tried with MMJ.

[emnullfuenf]

Got it working via javax.sound.midi without themidibus. It would be only some lines of code to add the Java Sound Synthesizer to themidibus again:
https://github.com/ixd-hof/Processing/tree/master/Examples/Sound/Midi_Javasynth_Simple

[sparks]

Thanks for the bug report and follow up. I'm quite busy currently, but I can try and address this soon. If you'd like to submit a pull request with the necessary changes that would also be great.

[arminbw]

I liked the Midibus. Will there be an update?

[sparks]

I'll probably make an update at some point when I have a bit of spare time. If I get some pull requests I'm happy to put them out in an update sooner!

[daslicht]

What do you use the Java Sound Synthesizer for?

[emnullfuenf]

I use it to quickly generate tones. Like the standard piano sounds.

[sparks]

I was looking into this a little. It appears that Java Sound Synthesizer has been removed and replaced with Gervill. Gervill docs here.

I took a quick look and it doesn't seem like you can just use Gervill directly like you could with the Java Sound Synthesizer. When I send it midi messages I don't get any sound. It seems like you have to access it via the Synthesizer class and set up the sound bank you wish to use before it will make sound.

I only looked quickly so I could be mistaken. If someone knows otherwise please let me know.

You can take a look at this sample code if you want to see how to use it.

I'll think about possibly adding some wrapper for the Synthesizer class in the MidiBus, however I feel like maybe that would take away from the simplicity of the library.

[jsmcx]

Any joy with this? Gervill is still not supported in the build that gets pulled in by Processing 3.