Well, your best bet then is to build your own sound font bank. Viena is somewhat accessible and is free, so you can assemble your bank as you like. It'll also output a list of all the sounds, so you can use that to build your inst file for QWS. I've done this, and it's not that hard though it can get to be sort of tedious if you have a lot of sounds you want to do. On the other hand, you can pick and choose exactly the sound you want to use -- if the base GS sound font you're using has a substandard open trumpet sound, you can find one that you like better, snip the weak one from the SF2 bank, then import and map the one you like in there instead. I suggest you start off with a GS or XG sound map, though, and fill things in around those sounds. This'll give you the most flexibility. Also keep in mind that you're limited in number of samples per SF2 bank, so you may have no choice but to use more than one bank to get your sounds all there. I'm running 15 banks of sounds in BassMIDI with no problem, though some of that is because I didn't merge certain banks of sounds, preferring to keep them out so I can control where they go. (I've got converted sounds from back when I was doing my own samples, for instance) I posted a step by step method to create inst files from a patch list, using Notepad and Excel, that turns out very clean and fast inst files. Let me know if this needs reposting. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tyrone Thompson Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:29 AM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: QWS List best soundfonts?
just so I won't be looking around everywhere, since I'm using coolsoft, I'm looking for a good, high quality sounding sf2 set. I like my sounds all in one, cause IDK how this would do if I add multiple soundfonts at ones. I like my sounds in 1 sf2 file. if any of you have used sebilius or musescore before, you know how good those soundfonts sound, and the vast majority of instruments they serve. I want something similar. plenty of piano, pitch percussion, a lot of drums (symphony, marching band, regular sets and more), strings, winds and brass. heck, I'm even looking for some that they didn't have, like a band organ, caliopi, penny whistle, slide whistle, springs or whatever that instrument they use to make like those boings in country/cartoon, same with those bells you shake and use some mechanism to make the ring slide, and ratchets of course. sorry if much to ask, but been playing around with a few soundfonts here and there, and they're OK, but was looking for something more. I'd like to be free if possible. thanks in advance if anyone can help. here's an example of the sound I was looking for. was quite impressed at the quality here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_5jMXT7eLM 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]
