If you want to hear what a "PC speaker soundfont" sounds like, search YouTube for: "PC speaker General MIDI" or "PC speaker Bohemian Rhapsody" The result is always monophonic, beepy, and surprisingly charming for 8-bit demoscene music.
#!/bin/bash # PC Speaker GM mapper – maps MIDI program to frequency table declare -A instruments instruments[0]="Piano" # will use arpeggio instruments[56]="Trumpet" # pure square Frequency table for note numbers 21-108 (A0 to C8) declare -A freq freq[60]=261.63 # C4 freq[64]=329.63 # E4 freq[67]=392.00 # G4
case $instrument in Piano) # Arpeggio: C-E-G rapid for i in 1 2 3 4; do echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$note]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$((note+4))]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$((note+7))]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console done ;; Trumpet) echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$note]\x1b[11;$duration" > /dev/console ;; esac
"pc speaker" midi mapper OR "pcsp" config A PC Speaker soundfont is not a soundfont in the sample playback sense—it's a synthesis directive table . For retro computing or extreme minimalism, it works. For any serious MIDI music, use a real soundfont (SF2) with FluidSynth.
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If you want to hear what a "PC speaker soundfont" sounds like, search YouTube for: "PC speaker General MIDI" or "PC speaker Bohemian Rhapsody" The result is always monophonic, beepy, and surprisingly charming for 8-bit demoscene music.
#!/bin/bash # PC Speaker GM mapper – maps MIDI program to frequency table declare -A instruments instruments[0]="Piano" # will use arpeggio instruments[56]="Trumpet" # pure square Frequency table for note numbers 21-108 (A0 to C8) declare -A freq freq[60]=261.63 # C4 freq[64]=329.63 # E4 freq[67]=392.00 # G4
case $instrument in Piano) # Arpeggio: C-E-G rapid for i in 1 2 3 4; do echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$note]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$((note+4))]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$((note+7))]\x1b[11;50" > /dev/console done ;; Trumpet) echo -e "\x1b[10;$freq[$note]\x1b[11;$duration" > /dev/console ;; esac
"pc speaker" midi mapper OR "pcsp" config A PC Speaker soundfont is not a soundfont in the sample playback sense—it's a synthesis directive table . For retro computing or extreme minimalism, it works. For any serious MIDI music, use a real soundfont (SF2) with FluidSynth.
