TineFune Running on Linux Linux users have the most options and will have the best performance. Here are the choices: ALSA Plugs in to ALSA for audio and MIDI Pro: Should be able to talk with any ALSA compatible MIDI hardware Con: requires installation of Fluidsynth Con: some systems can have problems with Fluidsynth audio Fluidsynth Talks directly to the fluidsynth process. Con: No external MIDI devices Con: requires installation of Fluidsynth Con: some systems can have problems with Fluidsynth audio Java Plugs in to Java Midi System 1 Pro: Will detect MIDI devices through Java’s interface Pro: Can use the same SoundFont as Fluidsynth Con: requires Java Wine This uses wine (https://wiki.winehq.org/Main_Page) to run the Windows version of TineFune. Pro: Does not require installation of Fluidsynth because it comes with the package. Pro: Can avoid Fluidsynth and run the Java portion natively on Linux (see the MacOS Wine notes) Installation Prerequisites: • 64bit Linux. • Fluidsynth is required for the ALSA and Fluidsynth configurations mentioned above. It is also required for configurations that generate audio. On debian based systems try: sudo apt-get install fluidsynth NOTE: fluidsynth installs the FluidR3_GM.sf2 If you do not want to have a duplicate on your system, you can remove the one from the tar and link to the system file. For example: cd TineFune-0.0.0 rm FluidR3_GM.sf2 ln -s /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 • Java is not required to run but is necessary for generating the graphics for samples. • ffmpeg is also required for generating graphics for samples. sudo apt-get install ffmpeg Next: Download the TineFune-0.0.0.tar.xz from https://TineFune.com/ NOTE: “0.0.0” refers to whatever the latest version is. Execute: tar -Jxf TineFune-0.0.0.tar.xz to extract the TineFune-0.0.0 directory. Running Start in the TineFune directory. cd TineFune-0.0.0 2 If you wish to avoid this step in the future, delete the TINEFUNE_PATH in the env*bashrc and add TINEFUNE_PATH to your personal environment. Choose one: ALSA Execute: ./init.alsa.sh restart Start your favorite web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8181/ Fluidsynth Execute: ./init.fluid.sh restart Start your favorite web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8181/ Java Execute: ./init.java.sh restart Start your favorite web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8181/ Wine Follow the Windows instructions for extracting the ZIP. Assuming you are in the TineFune-0.0.0 folder and that your WINEPREFIX environment variable is correct, execute: wineconsole TineFune.bat Browse: (THIS IS THE CRITICAL LAST STEP!) Start your favorite web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8181/ WARNING: Not all browsers are created equal. #1. FireFox runs smoothly. (versions 67 and up) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/windows/ #2. Google Chrome is slightly slower. No other Linux browsers offer the performance necessary to enjoy using TineFune. 3.