Sound fonts (was:Kalle's Nocturne

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jacky_ligon wrote:

> I just recently tried out sound fonts for the first time when I
> bought a new software sampler. There are many good free SF2s out
> there on the internet. Found some really good sounding guitars and a
> couple of banjos too.

Do you have the links?

> I downloaded the Vienna Sound Font Studio to see what would be
> involved in programming sound fonts, and was glad to learn that there
> is great tuning flexibility there. Haven't tried it yet though,
> mainly because I seek more instant forms of gratification - if you
> know what I mean.

You can get quartertones or 88CET very easily by setting the scale tuning
parameter. Unfortunately it's set to 1 cent granularity, so it can't do
general equal temperaments or realistic piano tunings. Other scales need
a lot more work, and with enough instruments together you have to worry
about running out of memory or pointers.

I few of us did think about writing a program that can automatically tune
up a sound font, but nothing came of it. If anybody knows of a library
that can read and write them, this could still be an option.

> I did do a bit of experimentation with using
> Robert's FTS with the SF2s though, which worked pretty well. I did
> experience some weird artifacts related to the pitch bends seeming to
> happen after the note ons. Need to play with it more to see if I can
> make it work better. I don't think this has anything to do with FTS,
> but is a result of midi routing through Midi Yoke, and into the DAW.

This is with a soft synth? I never noticed this problem with the AWE
series sound cards.

Graham