Soundfonts

[Steve]

I was quite surprised, and more than a little pleased! to see that soundfonts are still being used. I recently picked up a cheap Creative Xfi soundcard, and started looking for a decent gm soundfont! There are hundreds out there and the business seems to be flourishing! Anybody else using soundfonts? What do you think of them? Can you recommend a good GM set?

[john]

Hey Steve

I haven't used sound fonts for ages (as far as I am aware. That said I do have an Emu sound card on my laptop so it probably uses soundfonts. I should have some decent soundfont banks somewhere. I'll have a look

Cheers

John

[Steve]

What type of soundfonts are you looking for?

Not sure4. I'd like to get a good GM set. But I'd have a go at anything interesting!

[Retrosaurus Rex]

hammersounds.net & soundfonts.it have some interesting stuff, but they're mostly instruments .sf2 files, rather than GM mapped sets. Worth checking out. Also, the redoubtable KVR.com has a soundfont "master list" in their forum. Quite a few broken links but also worth looking at. I hope this helps...

[Steve]

hammersounds.net & soundfonts.it have some interesting stuff, but they're mostly instruments .sf2 files, rather than GM mapped sets. Worth checking out. Also, the redoubtable KVR.com has a soundfont "master list" in their forum. Quite a few broken links but also worth looking at. I hope this helps...

Yeh thanks retro. I'll take a look.

[Steve]

Nucleus Soundlab offers a lot of their products in soundfont format. Great sounding waveforms and such and not too expensive.

Steve

Thanks Steve. I'll go have a look!