How To Install polyphone on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install polyphone on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is polyphone
polyphone is:
Polyphone is an open-source soundfont editor, available for platforms supported by Qt5 (GNU/Linux, MacOS X, Windows). It can be used to create musical instruments by putting together a multitude of audio samples and configure them appropriately, which can then be used by synthesisers such as FluidSynth (also in MuseScore) and Timidity and played using a MIDI keyboard or other instrument. Polyphone provides a simple, efficient and portable interface for creating and editing soundfonts in various formats, and tools to facilitate and automate the setting of different parameters, making it possible to handle a large amount of data. It is available in several languages.
Features include:
- import from SF2, SF3, SFZ and sfArk file formats
- export to SF2, SF3, SFZ file formats
- support of SF2 format v2.01 and v2.04 (with 24-bit samples)
- compatible with JACK and ASIO audio servers
- built-in synthesiser, controlled by a virtual keyboard or MIDI signals
- automatic recognition of root keys, sample pitch and correction
- automatic loop of samples
- simultaneous editing of parameters
- specific tools for musical instrument creation
- sound recorder to keep track of what is played in a WAV file
- soundfont browser connected to the online repository
There are three methods to install polyphone on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install polyphone Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install polyphone using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install polyphone
Install polyphone Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install polyphone using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install polyphone
Install polyphone Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install polyphone using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install polyphone
How To Uninstall polyphone on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the polyphone package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove polyphone
Uninstall polyphone And Its Dependencies
To uninstall polyphone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove polyphone
Remove polyphone Configurations and Data
To remove polyphone configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge polyphone
Remove polyphone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove polyphone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polyphone
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install polyphone package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
