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.TH "AMSYNTH" "1" "October 2020" "amsynth 2.0.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
amsynth \- a two oscillator subtractive software synthesizer
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f[B]amsynth\f[R] [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\f[B]amsynth\f[R] is an easy\-to\-use software synth with a classic
subtractive synthesizer topology.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[CR]\-h\f[R]
show a help message
.TP
\f[CR]\-v\f[R]
show version information
.TP
\f[CR]\-x\f[R]
run in headless mode (without GUI)
.TP
\f[CR]\-b\f[R] <file>
use <file> as the bank to store presets
.TP
\f[CR]\-t\f[R] <file>
use <file> as a tuning file
.TP
\f[CR]\-a\f[R] <string>
set the sound output driver to use [alsa/oss/auto(default)]
.TP
\f[CR]\-r\f[R] <int>
set the sampling rate to use
.TP
\f[CR]\-m\f[R] <string>
set the MIDI driver to use [alsa/oss/auto(default)]
.TP
\f[CR]\-c\f[R] <int>
set the MIDI channel to respond to (default=all)
.TP
\f[CR]\-p\f[R] <int>
set the polyphony (maximum active voices)
.TP
\f[CR]\-n\f[R] <name>
specify the JACK client name to use
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-jack_autoconnect\f[R] <true|false>
automatically connect jack audio ports to hardware I/O ports.
(Default: true)
.TP
\f[CR]\-\-force\-device\-scale\-factor\f[R] <scale>
set the scaling factor to use for the control panel
.SH FILES
.TP
\f[CR]$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/amsynth/config\f[R]
Configuration for amsynth.
.TP
\f[CR]$XDG_DATA_HOME/amsynth/banks/*\f[R]
User preset banks.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
\f[CR]AMSYNTH_NO_GUI\f[R]
If AMSYNTH_NO_GUI is set, amsynth is started in headless mode (without
GUI).
.TP
\f[CR]AMSYNTH_SKIN\f[R]
Specifies the directory from which amsynth should load its skin.
.TP
\f[CR]GDK_SCALE\f[R]
Specifies the scaling factor to use for the control panel.
.SH BUGS & FEATURE REQUESTS
If you find a bug or if you would like to propose a new feature, please
report it at https://github.com/amsynth/amsynth/issues .
.SH AUTHORS
Nick Dowell and contributors.
See complete list in amsynth\(cqs \(lqHelp\(rq \-> \(lqAbout\(rq dialog.
.PP
The initial version of this manual page was written by Olivier Humbert
\c
.MT trebmuh@tuxfamily.org
.ME \c
\ on September 06, 2016 as a part of the LibraZiK project (and can be
used by others).