How To Install polyphone on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyphone on Ubuntu.

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. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

polyphone have the following dependencies:

References

polyphone website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyphone package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.