I am now starting to build soundfont libraries especially for live Receptor/sfz. Just installed the Sloundblaster, andwill be converting fonts from Gigastudio (I hope Translator will handle this, it should, though I've never tried this change.)
What do you all like for:
Brass
Strings - pad, not orchestral
acoustic guitars and electric contemporary jazz or 'smooth jazz' guitar
Electric bass
synth leads (jazz/fusion, NOT rok-alternative)
but especially - SOUND EFFECTS! All kinds - ambient, industrial, not sci-fi, but attention-grabbing...
I'll probably have some work to do to get the process streamlined, but it should be lots of fun...
Soundfonts - what do you like?
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- KVRian
- 524 posts since 25 Aug, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 3158 posts since 2 Jul, 2005 from Stuck in the closet
On www.hammersound.net there are beautiful sound FX drumkits. I think one was "Basement Noise" and then there's "Pringles Drums." There're others. Very cool drum kits.
Mizutaphile.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 524 posts since 25 Aug, 2005
I've played with basement noise - nice kit. I generally don't work with drum kits, I'll reach for RMX and REX loops (can't program drums to save my life...) But it's fun to take a 'noise' kit and play regular drum parts through 'em.
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- KVRist
- 309 posts since 11 Sep, 2005 from Virginia
Tower of Power Brass would be really nice.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 524 posts since 25 Aug, 2005
i just got their cheapest card, the Audigy SE, $29 at Circus City, just so Vienna would run. I have a computer I'm dedicating to soundfont editing and fractal graphics video creation. I also have a ton of Giga samples and Translator to convert to soundfonts if I choose. A lot of work ahead, but should be quite useful when the process is streamlined.
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- KVRAF
- 3944 posts since 7 May, 2004 from behind his workbench
it IS useful ...thesoundsmith wrote:i just got their cheapest card, the Audigy SE, $29 at Circus City, just so Vienna would run. I have a computer I'm dedicating to soundfont editing and fractal graphics video creation. I also have a ton of Giga samples and Translator to convert to soundfonts if I choose. A lot of work ahead, but should be quite useful when the process is streamlined.
I have four(!) SB cards (1xAudigy2,1xAudigy and 2xSBLive5.1) = 256 hardware voices playback, dozens of simultaneous realtime hardware FX - just unbelievable! 
EDIT: kX drivers are a godsend
