Request/suggestion: automount usb-storage (soundfonts etc) for offloading sdcard read/writes

jofemodo · September 18, 2019, 11:34am

Hi @zynthianers!

I just commited an implementation of this. Now you can access presets & soundfonts stored in a USB drive. Simply plug the drive and that’s all. The presets & soundfonts from the external USB-drive will be shown in the zynthian UI with “EX” prefix (external).

You have to use this directory structure:

soundfonts
- GIG
  - bank-1
    - soundfont-1 (file)
    - …
    - soundfont-n (file)
  - …
  - bank-n
- SF2
  + soundfont-1 (file)
  + …
  + soundfont-n (file)
- SFZ
  - bank-1
    - soundfont-1 (directory)
    - …
    - soundfont-n (directory)
  - …
  - bank-n
presets
- zynaddsubfx
  - bank-1
    - preset-1
    - …
    - preset-n
  - …
  - bank-n
- puredata
  - bank-1
    - patch-1 (directory)
    - …
    - patch-n (directory)
  - …
  - bank-n
- etc.

Some volunteer to write a brief explanation on the wiki?

Enjoy!