I then have some pretty decent sounding instruments to hear for playback. So these are the ones that I tend to be pickiest about :-) I have a couple of soundfonts that sound ok for guitar when I'm trying out a file, so I might load the drum kit from one soundfont, a guitar from a special "guitar only" soundfont, a bass from yet another "bass only" soundfont, and clarinet from another particular soundfont (if I'm doing this in Composer, I load GPO's clarinet :-) ). I play mostly steel and nylon string guitar, electric bass, whistle, and bowed psaltery (a bit of hammered dulcimer and some hand percussion, too). You can then hear how the file sounds with whatever soundfont you choose to use.įor example, I have a large number of soundfonts that I've downloaded for free.
#CLARINET SOUNDFONT HOW TO#
You will need to designate a default soundfont (you will be given directions on how to do this) that will be the default for each track, unless you specifically change the font to something else for any given track. There is a link on the SynthFont site to a very small size but nice sounding (so he says - I haven't tried it) GM soundfont that you can use for testing purposes.įrom Musician, save your file as a MIDI file (and as your xxxx.not file), then open the file in SynthFont.
#CLARINET SOUNDFONT INSTALL#
Then, download and install the SynthFont program. If you want to try this out, first do all the work that you want to do on your file in Musician or Composer or Pro. There are also soundfonts that may be one instrument, with varying technique or dynamics (such as double bass with arco, pizzicato, tremelo, etc).
#CLARINET SOUNDFONT PATCH#
There are some soundfonts that are setup as General Midi soundfonts (ie, the patch names match up with the "map" that MidiNotate products, along with other GM standard programs, adhere to), but with much better sound quality than what a lot of soundcards come with.
Or, another way to think of it, it's like having various makes of instruments available, and you can use whichever one suits your purposes for a given project. If it doesn't, though, you can use a program called SynthFont ("donation" ware at ()) to use them.Įssentially, soundfonts are analagous to typefonts that you use for wordprocessing. Composer can use soundfonts for playback if your sound card supports soundfont use. ***********************************************Īn option that you might want to try out for getting better sound quality for the performance of your compositions (and it can be free!) is that of soundfonts. Therefore, if you spot redundancies in information, please forgive my editorial oversight for this one This is an amalgamation of other posts that I've made about soundfonts in general and SynthFont in particular. Okey dokey, by popular demand (well, at least a few guys ) ) here goes.
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