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Title: About soundfonts
Post by: SilverWizard_OTF on Sun 06/03/2005 18:54:03
Hello
I found some soundfonts that i wanted to improve my sound card's midi sounds.
I have SoundBlaster PCI 128.
Does anyone knows where should i put this soundfonts in order to be available to programs like Finale 2000?

Thanks for your help
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: ThunderStorm on Sun 06/03/2005 20:42:21
Erm - sorry to tell you, but the SoundBlaster 128 doesn't support soundfonts. The first SoundBlaster to use soundfonts is, as far as I know, the SB Live! Series.

The only solution would be to import the soundfonts into a software sampler such as the EXS24 that comes with Emagic's Logic, but we're talking about some really expensive stuff here.

Does anybody know of any free solutions?
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: strazer on Sun 06/03/2005 20:52:34
QuoteThe first SoundBlaster to use soundfonts is, as far as I know, the SB Live! Series.

I think the old SB AWE series supported soundfonts as well. I had one but didn't use this feature.

QuoteDoes anybody know of any free solutions?

For Linux, there's Timidity (http://timidity.sourceforge.net/), a software synthesizer supporting soundfonts.
There's also a Windows port called twsynth (http://twsynth.sourceforge.jp/).

Haven't used either, since I have a SB Live!.
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: DragonRose on Sun 06/03/2005 22:02:28
Okay, I've heard people talk about them all the time, but I've never figured it out. What's a soundfont?
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: BOYD1981 on Sun 06/03/2005 22:20:31
there is an 8mb midi sample patch for the SB128, it should be on your installation cd, or you can get it from soundblaster.com if you want to make midi sound a bit better...
you could use soundfonts if you were using something like FLStudio which has a soundfont player plugin, but it's not free...
also, a soundfont is like a sound sample, only it's lots of them in the one file that are triggered by different notes... just think of a font but instead of letters it has sounds.
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: SilverWizard_OTF on Mon 07/03/2005 19:45:52
It is a pity that SoundBlaster 128 doesn't support soundfonts.
Anyway, thanks for your suggestions.

Something last: Do new soundcards (such Creative Platinum) have midi that are high quality as the sounds of a synthesizer?
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: BOYD1981 on Tue 08/03/2005 02:25:00
i doubt it, some professional soundcards may have, but some top of the line synths/workstations have excellent midi sounds.
i have a Yamaha CS2x which was produced in 1996 and i think the midi sounds better than on my Audigy 2ZS which is a fairly decent and recent soundcard.
if i ever get that Yamaha sw100g i've got my eye on (or any other professional soundcard) i'll let you know :D
although now that i come to think of it, those soundcards probably use high quality soundfonts...
Title: Re: About soundfonts
Post by: SilverWizard_OTF on Tue 08/03/2005 20:34:39
Thanks for the information