Software synthesizer

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ZDoom offers a variety of software synthesizers for MIDI playback, which make using custom MIDI instruments possible. They can be selected through the MIDI device entry of the sound options menu. In addition to whatever MIDI devices are offered by the operating system used, these five choices are available:

• FMOD
• TiMidity++
• OPL synth emulation
• GUS (development version r2862+ only)
• FluidSynth (development version r2560+ only)

System-wide synthesizers

Note: information about the Linux or MacOS equivalent would be welcome.

ZDoom can use any synthesizer set up as a MIDI driver. Typically, there will be only one (e.g. "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" on all Windows systems since DirectMusic was developed), but additional ones can be present. Some global synthesizers that you may try to add to your system as alternatives to the ZDoom synths include:

• BASS MIDI driver, for Windows systems (more information)
• TiMidity++ Windows Synth, for Windows systems (more information)
• Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynthesizer, for Windows XP systems (not compatible with Vista/7) (more information)
• MIDI Yoke and LoopBe1, for Windows systems, both allow to redirect MIDI output to any MIDI application rather than to a normal driver.