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freeztar · Post by **freeztar** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:43 pm

You can use soundfonts on mac.

Download SoundfontSynth AU for Mac here!

Load any soundfont into the soundfont synth in your host. Send it some midi notes and enjoy.

digitaldoom · Post by **digitaldoom** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:53 pm

Thanks man!

VicDiesel · Post by **VicDiesel** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:41 pm

Krakatau wrote:Thank for the advice, but the thing is ( aouch !!!) i'm Mac based !

No problem. There is Bismark and SoundFontSynth. Both pretty cheap. Just save the file and load it in either of them.

V.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:47 pm

TennesseeVic wrote: No problem. There is Bismark and SoundFontSynth. Both pretty cheap. Just save the file and load it in either of them.

Also, almost any softsampler out there will happily load/convert soundfonts. Sometimes the results might sound lousy (in case it's supposed to be a synth patch with some SF2-only options used) but for natural samples usually only some minor tweaks are required to make it sound all well.

Emerald Tablet · Post by **Emerald Tablet** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:53 pm

tkraft wrote:Here's my violin for you to try. Its got 2 layers...
the lighter touch being straight notes and the heavier touch some of my licks...If anybody wants to tweek it..go ahead..I think a couple heavier samples are a little loud..just haven't had the time to do it..

Demo
www.tedjordan.com/violindemo.mp3
soundfont

www.tedjordan.com/violin.sf2

Thanks

Talker

thank you mate
i decided to thank you by writing a small piece
of music for you in the "remco style"
i hope you will like it

http://www.panicnow.net/~remco/thanks.mp3

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:13 pm

So, would some kind soul host this soundfont as long as the link is down?

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:19 am

Krakatau wrote:Thank for the advice, but the thing is ( aouch !!!) i'm Mac based !

a soundfont is a sound bank containing samples(wav)

It started on the cheap creative labs' sound-cards on the pc as a beginners tools for playing back midi track using a pallette of non-synth sound(at the time they all sucked...most sounfont still suck because they are compressed..16bit anyone?)

The samples in those days were loaded into some hardware ram on the sound-card itself, thus crappily acting like a sampler(yeah right!)

DO you Have a Vst or Au sampler at all?..All soft samplers support the shitty soundfonts

No soundfonts on the Mac? How can you ever make music then?

btw. I hope you have a small Mac. I heard big Macs can be quite fattening.

--HansM

only fitting that the pc side of things they stuck to this amateurish format.
presets for people who can't (or won't) learn true decent samplers....even with all the very nice software VSTies that makes it such a breeze.

Fine if you like uneditable preset playing

P.C. ...hummm ... Preset Composers

Emerald Tablet · Post by **Emerald Tablet** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:08 am

Sascha Franck wrote:So, would some kind soul host this soundfont as long as the link is down?

i wouldn`t mind
but the link is not down !

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:09 am

realmarco wrote: only fitting that the pc side of things they stuck to this amateurish format.
presets for people who can't (or won't) learn true decent samplers....even with all the very nice software VSTies that makes it such a breeze.

Fine if you like uneditable preset playing

P.C. ...hummm ... Preset Composers

I am unfortunately not sure whether you're joking or not.
In case you AREN'T, you should better get a freaking clue!
SF2 is a format understood and used by MANY samplers for good reasons - because it IS some sort of standard.

Also, whenever you buy a sample library these days, you often won't be able to tweak it either, because it's coming with the samples in some large data file rather than in individual samples - and those aren't even convertable.
But uhm.... ok, yes, I assume you're correct, people using Stylus RMX and QL string libraries are "Preset Composers".

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:14 am

emerald tablet wrote: i wouldn`t mind
but the link is not down !

Just doesn't work for me, neither on 98/IE or XP/Firefox. Using GetRight doesn't help either.
FWIW, www.tedjordan.com doesn't work either.

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:35 am

Krakatau wrote:Thank for the advice, but the thing is ( aouch !!!) i'm Mac based !

Free soundfont player for mac :
FluidsynthZERO from jk : http://www.sonoria.pl/jk/pluggox.html

First of all you need to install the (also free) app Pluggo 3.1.2 runtime installer for Mac OS X (updated 12 February 2004) from here :
http://www.cycling74.com/products/dlpluggo.html

This will create (amongst other things) a folder called "Pluggo" in your VST folder (Library - audio - plugins).

Download FluidsynthZERO , put it in the "Pluggo" folder, and you're all happening.

marce · Post by **marce** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:49 am

Nice violin Sound. The second layer is a good option, but maybe it can be like a second preset instrument. A second louder layer without the appogiatura thing can made even better your soundfont.

Thanks.

dougsyo · Post by **dougsyo** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:20 pm

Krakatau wrote:Thank for the advice, but the thing is ( aouch !!!) i'm Mac based !

I believe that Halion, Kontakt and Kompakt all play soundfonts. Not sure about EXS. I know there's a free one for the Mac as well (probably in one of the other posts here).

Doug

tkraft · Post by **tkraft** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:29 am

" A second louder layer without the appogiatura thing can made even better your soundfont."
Marce...THanks guy...now that i"m playing with fonts..it could be a good idea. Since I perform on the violin..having that second layer comes in handy...if you listen to the demo...you can see where I put in the
second layer notes..to embelish the melody.
Hey..It's Christmas...
Give my mandolin a try...
www.tedjordan.com/mandolin.sf2

I'll have more instruments in the new year.

Season's Greetings!!!

Talker

tkraft · Post by **tkraft** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:44 am

thank you mate
i decided to thank you by writing a small piece
of music for you in the "remco style"
i hope you will like it

Hey Mate...I love the tune!! Enjoy...and here's a mandolin for you too...

www.tedjordan.com/mandolin.sf2

My Violin Soundfont! Try it!