I find the contention that the sounds don't exist to be a bit spurious. With the vast amount of public domain samples out there, and tools like Translator Free to convert them at no cost, it sounds like it's more a matter of effort than availability of the needed data.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond Grote Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:15 AM To: QWS list Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi Yes, that is a definite factor. But, another factor is simply not having the sounds the GS standard calls for. Some of the sounds that the GS/XG standards call for are hard to find, especially free ones. And the paid ones are too expensive to be worth putting into the old soundfont format, according to some. Truthfully I don't think soundfonts are half bad especially since the format hasn't really changed for many years. In any case even professional synths sometimes don't follow the standard as tightly as they used to. For instance my keyboard's GM instruments are fine, but some of the other instruments like XG ones are not, because they are still using older sounds for those. Yet some of the front panel voices specific to that keyboard would be totally fine to be XG instruments. Nicole Massey wrote: > Right -- a lot of folks making soundfonts don't know the breadth and > depth of the GS standard, so they don't account for everything it has > in a normal patch and feature set. So it's a YMMV situation to be sure. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Raymond Grote > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:03 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi > > Hi, > It's also worth noting that when a soundfont says it's GS, XG, or > whatever, it isn't fully compatible with that standard, it just has > some of those instruments. For instance, the general User GS soundfont > might have some GS instruments, but not every single one. I haven't > used that font in a very long time, so I can't tell you what it will > do, but if you go over an instrument that the soundfont doesn't have, > Bassmidi will just use the last one you selected before that. For > instance, if you go to a regular piano, and then to a piano on a > different bank that the soundfont doesn't have, it will just use the regular piano. > > Nicole Massey wrote: >> Okay, then go to the Options menu, select Instruments, and assign the >> GS definition file to your Bassmidi port. This will give you patch names. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Dewald >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:43 PM >> To: QWS list >> Subject: Re: QWS List Bassmidi >> >> Hi, yes, i downloaded a GS font. >> It's called GeneralUser_GS_1.44-MuseScore >> >> >> On 2012/08/20 06:26 PM, Nicole Massey wrote: >>> You don't have an INF file associated with it. >>> What sound font did you download? Is it a General MIDI, XG, or GS >>> font? If so, then you can set the instrument definition to one of >>> those. If it isn't, then you'll have to use something to find the >>> patch names and build your own inf file -- it's fairly easy, but you >>> have to know what it entails. I put up a good explanation of how to >>> do it using Excel to make everything a lot easier a while ago here. >>> For now, go to the properties, set the patch to a number between 0 >>> and 127, then see what plays. Move that number around in properties >>> and you can get a good feel for what's playing and where you have > patches. >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Dewald >>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:06 AM >>> To: QWS list >>> Subject: QWS List Bassmidi >>> >>> Hi list. >>> I downloaded my first font. >>> Importet it into Bassmidi,, set the ports to Bassmidi. >>> In the tracks list it's also selected. >>> >>> It shows no instruments. >>> In the instrument list under options, what do i have to select there? >>> I don't know which programmes or banks to use for the instruments. >>> >>> It is the .sf2 file. >>> >>> What should i do from there on? >>> >>> Can i just record a violin part and listen to how it sounds like? >>> >>> I'm not sure how to use another synth like Bassmidi with QWS. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dewald. >>> >> 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] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
