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AMSYNTH(1)			  User Commands 		      AMSYNTH(1)

NAME
     amsynth - a two oscillator subtractive software synthesizer

SYNOPSIS
     amsynth [options]

DESCRIPTION
     amsynth is an easy-to-use software synth with a classic subtractive synthe-
     sizer topology.

OPTIONS
     -h     show a help message

     -v     show version information

     -x     run in headless mode (without GUI)

     -b <file>
	    use <file> as the bank to store presets

     -t <file>
	    use <file> as a tuning file

     -a <string>
	    set the sound output driver to use [alsa/oss/auto(default)]

     -r <int>
	    set the sampling rate to use

     -m <string>
	    set the MIDI driver to use [alsa/oss/auto(default)]

     -c <int>
	    set the MIDI channel to respond to (default=all)

     -p <int>
	    set the polyphony (maximum active voices)

     -n <name>
	    specify the JACK client name to use

     --jack_autoconnect <true|false>
	    automatically  connect jack audio ports to hardware I/O ports.  (De-
	    fault: true)

     --force-device-scale-factor <scale>
	    set the scaling factor to use for the control panel

FILES
     $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/amsynth/config
	    Configuration for amsynth.

     $XDG_DATA_HOME/amsynth/banks/*
	    User preset banks.

ENVIRONMENT
     AMSYNTH_NO_GUI
	    If AMSYNTH_NO_GUI is set, amsynth is started in headless mode (with-
	    out GUI).

     AMSYNTH_SKIN
	    Specifies the directory from which amsynth should load its skin.

     GDK_SCALE
	    Specifies the scaling factor to use for the control panel.

BUGS & FEATURE REQUESTS
     If you find a bug or if you would like to propose a new feature, please re-
     port it at https://github.com/amsynth/amsynth/issues .

AUTHORS
     Nick Dowell and contributors.  See complete list  in  amsynth's  "Help"  ->
     "About" dialog.

     The  initial  version  of	this  manual page was written by Olivier Humbert
     trebmuh@tuxfamily.org on September 06, 2016  as  a  part  of  the	LibraZiK
     project (and can be used by others).

amsynth 1.13.3			  October 2020			      AMSYNTH(1)

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