Hi,
While I see your point, not every free sample out there is what you'd
call usable. That's just what you get in the world of freebies. Of
course if you're absolutely desperate you'll use just about anything.
But I am spoiled rotten and picky. So it's ridiculously difficult for me
to find a freeby I actually like although when you get lucky it is
pretty awesome. It's amazing how a thousand dollar keyboard saves my
life every time though, because I know a lot of people who would pay a
lot more for something like that and still complain loads about it.
Anyway, back to the translator. Have you used it much? anything useful
with regards to QWS usage?
Nicole Massey wrote:
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.
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