an fluidsynth autostart script for raspberrypi

autostartsynth.sh

#! /bin/sh
# rasbian 
# add the following line to /etc/rc.local above the "exit 0" line to start on boot
# /home/pi/autostartsynth.sh &

killall fluidsynth

# set sound
export DESIRED_SOUNDFONT=/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 
# start fluidsynth with desired sound
fluidsynth -si -p "fluid" --audio-driver=alsa --gain 5 ${DESIRED_SOUNDFONT} &
sleep 10 
# auto-connect midi
python /home/pi/scripts/connectmidicontroller.py