Oh, and PLLLEASE add reeverb. These sounds are nothing without it.. Soundfont list
STRINGS:
-Cadenza Strings
VERY good natural sounding strings. All of these are mono, so you had better bust out the stereo inhancer.The violin sounds drunken on low notes near G (lowest a violin can play) but it sounds natural in the high area. Viola is the same. Still natural. Sound is ABIT crowded on the right side, but that can easily be fixed with panning (unless it's just my crappy headphones). The big string section is pretty nice, but the attack is akward. That can be fixed too. Overall I'd use this to layer with some other ones, just to beef the sound and hide the looping. It's pretty good, I reccomend a download.
-Parts 1 and 2 Ultimate Strings
Nice sound. Mono again. I'd say better than Cadenza strings, but all it has is a big essemble. Part 1 and 2 is to split it up across the scale, one is high notes, the other is low. I think that's kinda pointless, but whatever. You can just layer these two and it will work just as good as one soundfont. I reccomend layering this one with Cadenza Stirings. It hides the loop in both of them, so that you can play long sustained notes without the sound of a short loop.
-Tron Strings (# 4 result)
Panning is REALLY inconsistant. It's all over the place. Stereo enhancer should hide this, but otherwise it's kinda a hassle. But it also is the best sounding one of these three so far. Risky, but if you can fix the panning, it's worth it.
-Roland Fast Attacks
Hmm, sounds pretty good. It's the best you're gunna get with freeware. The panning is respective to where the instruments would be on stage (lows on right, highs on left) so you don't have to worry about realism. The attack is really wierd though, its not beefy enough. You can fix this by increacing the attack by a TINY bit. It will beef it up. All across the scale is pretty good sounding.
-+Symphony (#4 result)
For picked (pizzcatto) strings. Well, ok. It sounds like crap. BUT, I havn't heard any better in freeware. Each instrument is seperated, (Violin, Viola, Cello, Basses) and they are set at different octaves, so you can't layer effectively. You can always just put notes one by one in each channel, which would make it sound more orchestrated and less "layered". Mono, so use stereo enhancer. Also a great stereo harp.
-Musica Theoria
I used this for violins (before I got EWQL, but I can't even use it. I have to make every instrument a soundfont, which takes a long time) Viola sounds EXACTLY like the violin, so don't bother with that one. Violin sounds pretty good. Nice strong vibrato, but the loop is disgusting. Increace the MOD wheel and it will help it a bit, but good luck playing a slow relaxing melody with this one. It's great for fast stuff though.
-Strings DXS Super Orchestra
OMG. I almost forgot this one!!! BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST!!! For a big, natural sound, download this. The sound is BARELY muffled, but you can just EQ it to fix that. PLEASE, for the sake of...of... something... DOWNLOAD THIS!
BRASS:
-Anttu Brass (#2 result)
Just a big brass essemble. Good and clean, nice attack, very good. BUT, the looping isn't seamless. AHHGG! It takes a while for the looping to kick in, so in the midst of all you other instruments, you won't be able to hear it very much... It still ruins a great free soundfont.
--Musica Theoria
I gotta hand it to them, this has the BEST french horns essemble!!!!! It's melo, but you can make it sound like it was played louder by boosting the mid-high range with Parametric EQ. The tuba sounds good too. Trumpet sounds like a duck.
-adv_gm7
Good trumpet, trombone, and decent tuba. I reccomend it just to have good trumpet and trombone sounds.
-Anttus French Section
AWWWWSSSSOMMMMMEEEEEEE French horns. Even though Music Theoria is pretty sweet, NOTHING can compare to this soundfont. This thing can hang with the proffessionals. HUGE AND HEAVY to light and smooth velocity layers... Please download this... I always us this one... ... sometimes...
-Fat Trombones
Great FREE trombones. I said FREE. You get what you pay for, and this is one of the only trombone sections I could find. It's FAAAT, so re-EQ it.
WOODWIND:
-+Symphony (#4 result)
Great for woodwinds. Just in general. I LOVE the piccolo. It's awsome. DOWNLOAD THIS ONE FOR WOODWIND!!!
PERCUSSION:
-RolandOrchestralRythm
AWSOME!!! Get this for crashes, bd rolls, timpani rolls, and snares. Great quality stereo samples. The best of the best in freeware.
-Jnsgm2 drums Orchestra
With crashes and timpanis, it doesn't come close to RolandOrchestralRythm, but with other misc perc hits, get this. Pretty good quality. Overall it's great for just fillers.
-Trilogy
Ethnic Texture and Hand drums. AWSOME. Great bongos and good quality.
FINALLY DONE!!! Ok, if you have any questions, you can just ask me here.
.Would like to learn that well, as my samples are recorded by myself and not with the best equipment, and any further mistake can't be good then...