Hey Raymond, I'm thinking about creating my own soundfonts as well and thus would like to discuss it off list. It is indeed not really qws-related, may be we need sorta place where we can discuss things like that on another mailinglist, or just on this one. it's how the moderators like it. -- Regards, Leonard de Ruijter Playing in the dark
Sunday, August 14, 2011, 2:59:24 AM, you wrote: > Well, I found a way, but it's certainly not easy. > currently what I use is Sf2comp. what it does, is it decompiles a soundfont > into wav file, and a text file describing how the wavs should be used, like > key ranges, velocity ranges, instruments, etc. Then, you can make changes to > the wavs or the text file and recompile. You can make your own soundfonts > with it, however i always decompile a simple one first and then modify it. > If you've got a ton of musical experience, it shooudlnt' be a problem once > you get the simple code down, but you'll still have t o play around a bit > with the peramitors to get the exact result you want. It's like making > Dectalk do things, if you're familiar with that. You don't really quite know > what you'll get until you listen. > Maybe we can talk about it off list? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayson Smith" <[email protected]> > To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 7:53 PM > Subject: Re: QWS List replacing Microsoft gs wave-table synth >> Hi, >> >> Okay, now that this has come up... Is there an easy way to create your own >> soundfont from samples you have laying around? Just want to do stupid >> stuff like playing MIDI files with weird samples. >> Jayson >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Raymond Grote" <[email protected]> >> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 7:18 PM >> Subject: Re: QWS List replacing Microsoft gs wave-table synth >> >> >>> Definitely agreed. I haven't tried larger than 8 meg soundfonts, but the >>> voice cutting out problem is more likely a bassmidi thing, and not >>> anything having to do with how much system resources you have. >>> I'm on hydrogen audio forums, and I made some suggestions there, since it >>> was pretty big on those forums. I'm waiting to here back. >>> Congrats to the author of the midi plug-in for xM play, and to the one >>> who turned it into a synth driver. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Juan Bello" <[email protected]> >>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 7:02 PM >>> Subject: Re: QWS List replacing Microsoft gs wave-table synth >>> >>> >>>> alright, I simply don't know why list filters do not regular whether >>>> the subject is {qws} re: something and re: [qws} something. in any >>>> case, the driver has been working just great for me. My notebook has >>>> got ... this 1.6 ghz processor, 1 gig of ram and the thing works most >>>> OK with most midis using the fluid r3 gs soundfont, a decent >>>> alternative. YOu can surely load de 2gb crisis one and expect much >>>> more worse performance! it works real nice with qws, but band in a box >>>> seems to lag jsut a bit. i need to find a soundfont a bit under 142 mb >>>> which is the size of the soundfont I am currently using. In any case, >>>> problem solved, period. I think, and my suggestion is for this synth >>>> to be put under the "misc" sectionw here the articles are ETC at the >>>> qws home page, I am sure many will apreciate this information! and >>>> perhaps, out of all of the ones who get this, we may commend or >>>> recognize the author's work in some way. >>>> >>>> 2011/8/13, Raymond Grote <[email protected]>: >>>>> Yes, it has nothing to do with midi volume, it just changes the volume >>>>> of >>>>> Bassmidi's sound. By efault it's all the way up, which is to me, a >>>>> pretty >>>>> comfortable level for an average midi. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:57 PM >>>>> Subject: RE: QWS List replacing Microsoft gs wave-table synth >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Then the important question is, will this volume control respond to >>>>> MIDI >>>>> volume? (Continuous Controller 7) >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>> Raymond Grote >>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 4:57 PM >>>>> To: QWS list >>>>> Subject: Re: QWS List replacing microsoft gs wave-table synth >>>>> >>>>> And yet even some more information, the bassmidi driver is in fact, a >>>>> realtime implementation of XM Play's midi plug-in. That's why they are >>>>> so >>>>> similar. >>>>> There is a volume control in Bassmidi's config window, you just have to >>>>> look >>>>> around for it. There are two tabs in the window, one called soundfont >>>>> and >>>>> one called advanced, in the advanced tab there is a volume control. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Raymond Grote" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 4:22 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: QWS List replacing microsoft gs wave-table synth >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Whoa guys, the bassmidi driver is certainly a sttep forward! >>>>>> It sounds almost exactly like xM play, which is what I was looking >>>>>> for. >>>>>> Very nice reverb and chorus! Very responsive without Asio drivers, a >>>>>> nice >>>>>> accessible config window, and no instrument issues or looping issues >>>>>> to >>>>>> complain about. And some other advanced controllers are supported too. >>>>>> Sometimes it can be a bit of a struggle to get it to work, just load >>>>>> up a >>>>>> midi in winamp or something that will use it, then load in QWS and it >>>>>> should work garenteed. >>>>>> The only complaints I have are, A, the volume is loud, which is good, >>>>>> but >>>>>> you might want to watch out for distortion. It's not overly loud, just >>>>>> loud enough you have to be careful if you're pushing it as loud as it >>>>>> can >>>>>> go. And b, there seems to be a voice limit, because when loading a >>>>>> custom >>>>>> 8 meg soundfont, instruments were cutting out left and right with some >>>>>> really heavy midis. I had the same problem with XM Play before they >>>>>> updated the midi plug-in and added an adjustable voice limit, so notes >>>>>> cutting out is something you might want to watch out for. But it >>>>>> shouldn't >>>>>> be bad if you stay relatively simple >>>>>> Thanks for the driver, it's the best yet and I will definitely share >>>>>> with >>>>>> friends! >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Juan Bello" <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:21 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: QWS List replacing microsoft gs wave-table synth >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> alright.. and, there is more! as of March 2011 some people have been >>>>>>> working hard at this already! the following link points to a driver >>>>>>> that replaces the microsoft gs wavetable sofsynth by installing an >>>>>>> "empty" midi driver. You can then configure the driver through a >>>>>>> really simplistic and accessible interface which will let you load a >>>>>>> soundfont file and you can even give some of them priority above >>>>>>> others. This driver, this thing, enables any sound card that cannot >>>>>>> use sound fonts to dinamically load any of your preferred sound fonts >>>>>>> into ram memory, called bass mmidi driver: >>>>>>> https://github.com/mudlord/bassmididrv >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2011/8/13, Alfredo The Writer of music scores <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>> I meant reverberation. >>>>>>>> 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] >>>>>> >>>>>> 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] >>>>> >>>>> 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] >>> >>> 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] > 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]
