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Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:34 pm

reprznt wrote:Kriminal....

if u need a Bass Guitar sound... what do u use? Do u use a soundfont? I have been looking for a good bass guitar SF2/sampleset on the internet.. do u know of anything i could download? I do intend on buying the Manystation eventually.. but now i do not have extra $$$. thanks.. and sorry if this post was off-topic

I have some really good bass guitar sounds i got with Orion, some fretless bass, an Ovation plus some other stuff, Fender Jazz and an upright and double bass.

If i was you, i'd wait for Many Guitar, that should cover all your needs (Manystation has some excellent guitars too tho)

I dont really use 'real world' sounds much tho...

TechnoWeeniePas · Post by **TechnoWeeniePas** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:30 pm

I have two files that they used to give away free. splendid_72.sfpack and splendid_136.sfpack. I never knew that Akai gave them away...hell I never even messed with these ones. $15 isnt bad though for it if you are really going to use it.

Patrice Brousseau · Post by **Patrice Brousseau** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:44 pm

Programentalist wrote:
Cyrosis wrote:Is this library available anymore? I know of the 72mb SF2, but Id really like the larger version if possible.

Thanks alot guys
You mean the 128mb SF2 I guess? It may be something like 72 meg when compressed, but it's 128mb in SF2 form.

There once was (for a short short time though) a 256 mb version on the SoundCreation site...

Gladly, I had the time to pick it!

If you search for a good piano, there are a couple big on Audioshots site (www.audioshots.com)

DJ_Bach · Post by **DJ_Bach** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:49 pm

I just download this download from Sound Creations. Yesterday I downloaded the free SFZ by rgc:audio. I was able to use it to play a .wav file. But I still haven't figured out how to use it with soundfont samples since I'm so new with this.

Anyways, Sound Creations says to uncompress the Splendid Grand soundfont using SFPack, which I also downloaded. Since the company that put out SFPack no longer exists, I really don't have a clue how to do this. I also read there are other software solutions similar to SFPack.

I would love to be able to do all the steps it takes to get this Splendid Grand soundfont working in sfz. I'm thinking that having a good soundfont player would be a cool thing. If anyone has any pointers or suggestions, it would be much appreciated.

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:26 pm

DJ_Bach wrote:I just download this download from Sound Creations. Yesterday I downloaded the free SFZ by rgc:audio. I was able to use it to play a .wav file. But I still haven't figured out how to use it with soundfont samples since I'm so new with this.

Anyways, Sound Creations says to uncompress the Splendid Grand soundfont using SFPack, which I also downloaded. Since the company that put out SFPack no longer exists, I really don't have a clue how to do this. I also read there are other software solutions similar to SFPack.

I would love to be able to do all the steps it takes to get this Splendid Grand soundfont working in sfz. I'm thinking that having a good soundfont player would be a cool thing. If anyone has any pointers or suggestions, it would be much appreciated.

Hey

Download SFPack HERE

Extract the zip file to your program files folder (e.g. C:/Program Files/SFPACK). No installation is required.

Launch the program using sfpack.exe. After the first run it will create a Start Menu shortcut and will add suitable options when right clicking soundfonts or sfpack files.

Now you can expand the sfpack file: either open the program and drag the files or double click the file after the first run.

You will now have a .sf2 file.

Load sfz in your favorite VST host (or run it as standalone) and load the sf2 file by either browsing (clicking the 'file' field) or by dragging the file to sf2 interface

Play.

Enjoy.

DJ_Bach · Post by **DJ_Bach** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:57 am

spacefox

Thanks for your great tips! I'm now sittin' here playing a splendid grand. And it sure sounds good. Great bass and nice even quality across the whole piano range. To think yesterday I was downloading sfz and tonight I have a free grand piano...well the internet and kvraudio are great resources.

Now, if I could only find a great real string ensemble soundfont sample!

Thanks again.....

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:11 am

While we're more or less on the subject, wasn't there a 512 MB version as well?

Cyrosis · Post by **Cyrosis** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:30 am

Jafo wrote:While we're more or less on the subject, wasn't there a 512 MB version as well?

not that I know of, and havent seen it mentioned in my search for the file, but maybe it was 512 before they made it free?

robenestobenz · Post by **robenestobenz** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:11 am

DJ_Bach wrote:spacefox

Thanks for your great tips! I'm now sittin' here playing a splendid grand. And it sure sounds good. Great bass and nice even quality across the whole piano range. To think yesterday I was downloading sfz and tonight I have a free grand piano...well the internet and kvraudio are great resources.

You should register at the Audioshots community. A great place to post your music, learn techniques and - most pertinent to this topic - there is lots of excellent sample packs and soundfonts over there. There's a few really good quality grands over there as well, which you could probably convert to SF2 with Chicken Systems' translator free.

Cyrosis · Post by **Cyrosis** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:42 am

robenestobenz wrote:
DJ_Bach wrote:spacefox

Thanks for your great tips! I'm now sittin' here playing a splendid grand. And it sure sounds good. Great bass and nice even quality across the whole piano range. To think yesterday I was downloading sfz and tonight I have a free grand piano...well the internet and kvraudio are great resources.
You should register at the Audioshots community. A great place to post your music, learn techniques and - most pertinent to this topic - there is lots of excellent sample packs and soundfonts over there. There's a few really good quality grands over there as well, which you could probably convert to SF2 with Chicken Systems' translator free.

yep, the maestro translates 'ok' useing the chicken system, also tried the V-Sampler demo, but I couldnt get the other patches (other then the main piano) to work, and couldnt get the pedal noise at patch to actually have the pedal sounds

no big loss tho, pretty good piano, pretty thin sound tho, missing alot mid/low end.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:09 pm

DJ_Bach wrote:To think yesterday I was downloading sfz and tonight I have a free grand piano...well the internet and kvraudio are great resources.

Yes - like car boot sales are great resources buying knocked off and illegal CDs, videos, DVDs, etc.!

Steve

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:10 pm

DJ_Bach wrote: Now, if I could only find a great real string ensemble soundfont sample!

Thanks again.....

Hey there,

Welcome to the awesome world of SFZ and SF2!

yes i also recommend getting those pianos from auditorium... especially the Mis-Tui one. its amazing.

for string ensembles, I recommend:

http://www.sf2midi.com/index.php?page=sdet&id=6070

try checking this site with a search for "strings"... this site is really neat, man.

also google "hammersounds" they have a lot of sf2's too. its hit or miss.

enjoy!
RonC

reprznt · Post by **reprznt** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:22 pm

do you happen to know of any particularly good bass guitar SF2s???? thank you kindly. Perhaps u could tell me the name and i could find them via google. Or... what are some of the better sounding bass guitars? i can search on google for sf2's... thanks

flugel45 · Post by **flugel45** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:07 pm

reprznt wrote:do you happen to know of any particularly good bass guitar SF2s???? thank you kindly. Perhaps u could tell me the name and i could find them via google. Or... what are some of the better sounding bass guitars? i can search on google for sf2's... thanks

Reprznt,

Go to the RGCAudio forum and look for the sticky (permanent) thread near the top that lists recommended soundfonts. The thread is ten pages long, been around awhile, so no doubt some of the links are dead, but there's still enough there to keep you very busy.

JD

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:13 pm

You can find a Kontakt/EXS version of my Musicman bass sampled here:
http://sascha.presetbank.com/
Nothing special but sits fine in a mix. If you use Kontakt, better don't bother with the version using release samples.
The patches should be translatable to SF2 more or less easily, using one of the common conversion programs.

Regarding the Splendid Grand: I don't think it's all that special. For my taste it lacks of high end definition. Not exactly justifying the large size IMO. Working quite well for the occasional jazzy ballad though.

looking for the 256mb akai splendid grand..