I tried the links below to the problematic files, but they don't appear to
work anymore.  Could the original author repost them somewhere else?

-Eric

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can confirm that this happens to me too, and can also confirm that it is
> indeed annoying!
>
> I've noticed it for all versions of Timidity as far back as I can remember
> using it, say from 2003....
>
> Best,
> AKJ
>
>
> A. Kalten wrote:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Timidity usually gives good results, but on some soundfonts it will
> > produce an annoying clicking sound.  As an example, I have uploaded
> > an MP3 of a wave file created with Timidity that contains the clicking
> > noise.  Also uploaded are the MIDI file and the soundfont used (there
> > is only a single instrument involved).
> >
> > http://firstbooks.biz/midi/beatgen.mp3   (MP3 file is about 3.4 Mb)
> >
> > http://firstbooks.biz/midi/beatgen.mid
> >
> > http://firstbooks.biz/midi/WT_Clarinet.sf2  (SF2 file is about 330 kB)
> >
> > Note: This is a microtonal composition, so if the tuning sounds a bit
> > off it is deliberate.
> >
> > If I render this file with fluidsynth the clicking noise does not
> > occur.  Also, if I tweak the attack or decay rates in the Timidity
> > configuration file, I can mitigate the clicking noise somewhat but
> > cannot eliminate it entirely.
> >
> > Could this be a problem with the soundfont or is Timidity just not
> > able to process SF2 fonts completely?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > AK
> >
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