manual/include/bundled-plugins-instruments.html

<h2>ACE Fluid Synth</h2>

<p>
  This is a simple FluidSynth-based synthesizer that uses SF2 samples and comes
  with two built-in effects that are part of FluidSynth: reverb and chorus.
</p>

<figure>
  <img style="width:75%;" src="/images/a-fluidsynth.png" alt="ACE Fluid Synth">
  <figcaption>
    ACE Fluid Synth
  </figcaption>
</figure>

<p>
  Available settings are:
</p>

<ul>
  <li><strong>Reverb enable</strong>. Toggles the reverb effect.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus enable</strong>. Toggles the chorus effect.</li>
  <li><strong>Output level</strong>. Adjusts the output gain.</li>
  <li><strong>Reverb Room Size</strong>. Controls the room size of the reverb
  effect.</li>
  <li><strong>Reverb Damping</strong>. Controls the absorption of high
  frequencies in the reverb.</li>
  <li><strong>Reverb Width</strong>. Adjusts the stereo spread of the reverb
  signal.</li>
  <li><strong>Reverb Dry/Wet</strong>. Changes the mix in favor of either
  "dry" unprocessed signal that is being fed into the effect or the "wet"
  signal processed by the effect.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus Voice Count</strong>. The voice count of the chorus.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus Speed</strong>. The modulation speed in Hz.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus Depth</strong>. The modulation depth of the chorus.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus Level</strong>. The output level of the chorus signal.</li>
  <li><strong>Chorus Type</strong>. The type of the modulation wave, sine or
  triangle.</li>
</ul>

<h2>General MIDI Synth</h2>

<p>
  This is a convenience plugin for playing standard MIDI files. It uses the
  FluidSynth engine and the GeneralUser GS soundfont by S. Christian Collins.
  The plugin comes with a MIDI map for simple patch selection in the user
  interface. General MIDI Synth was developed outside Ardour and comes bundled
  with it as 3rd party software in the official builds available from Ardour's
  website.
</p>

<figure>
  <img style="width:75%;" src="/images/general-midi-synth.png" alt="General MIDI Synth">
  <figcaption>
    General MIDI Synth
  </figcaption>
</figure>

<h2>ACE Reasonable Synth</h2>

<p>
  This is a very minimal synth with a piano-like sound, developed primarily
  for auditioning MIDI files. It comes with no controls, however it can be used
  creatively with a number of effects running on top of it.
</p>