this is great information! the yamaha sxg works on xp with sp3, you know. But then I come and install it here.. and then.. nothing happens. the device just never shows. I would really dislike to have to open 2 programs just to get decent quality in a midi file so your option of thigns that the computer sees as internal synths is a great idea, Ia m even willing to get some good interesting optoins even if Ihave to buy them.
2011/8/12, Raymond Grote <[email protected]>: > I have been looking for such a thing myself, and I'm using XP SP3 here. I'm > not sure if this would work on newer operating systems, but for now, I use > the Roland Virtual Sound Canvas. As you might know, the Microsoft synth is > just a stripped down roland SC55 sound set. The roland virtual Sound Canvas > has all the same sounds, plus aroun 700 others, which by today's standards > sound awful but compared to the crappy thing Microsoft gives you, it's > pretty good. The roland VSC also has effects like reverb, chorus, and delay, > although the delay I never really use. The reverb and chorus are acceptable. > the sampling rate of the sounds is still 22 K, even if you go into VSC's > control panel and change it, you can here that they are just being resampled > from 22 to 44, and it does sound a little better that way. > Overall it's nothing to get excited about, but I was so desperate for > something better that I didn't complain when someone gave it to me. > Since you don't want vsts, that rules out the Yamaha SYXG50 VSTI, which I > also have, and use occasionally. You can try Timidity, a relatively old > synth that supports soundfonts, and installs itself as a midi device like > the creative synths, however Timidity has so many problems with reading > loops in some soundfonts, and accepting program changes, that I didn't use > it for long. It allows you to configure the effects, and to load midis and > convert them to audio, but the above problems didn't make it worth playing > with the rest. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Juan Bello" <[email protected]> > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:52 PM > Subject: QWS List replacing microsoft gs wave-table synth > > >> -- >> Juan Pablo Bello >> Cel. 313-879-2884 >> Hi listers >> >> I had upgraded my system to windows 7 pro on this netbook and really >> am Missing the sound of the yamaha sxg 50 softsynth. I tried really >> hard to install it using compatibility mode ETC but the thing just >> will not work anymore, its quite outdated anyway, at least using my >> configuration had failed. Xp service pack 2 with admin privilleges on >> for setup but no luck at all. I have tried looking into the web and >> have found a bunch of vst plug ins which are great but they imply the >> oppening of another program and consequently more ram ETC ETC . so if >> there is any other soft synth or such replacement for the gs wave >> table from microsoft I would really apreciat your input. Note> >> replacing the sound card will be veyr very hard to do because this >> notebook has a realtec soundcard with USB jacks atatched to IT ETC so >> I really do not know if there are any other higher quality midi >> rendering cards out there that would work with this asus eee 1005ha . >> Suggestions? >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > -- Juan Pablo Bello Cel. 313-879-2884 To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
