You can use Sound Fonts either through a sound card that supports them (e.g., SB Live) or through a DXi that supports them.pattygram said:hi all, ive been hearing alot about the advantages of sound fonts. but do i need a perticular sond card to use them? the piano sound in the edirol dxi sound awful, and am looking for better piano sounds. thanx.
Nope. Sonar 3 Pro comes with VSampler (which also supports soundfonts).guttadaj said:I know a demo of Live Synth Pro came with Sonar 2, but doesn't Sonar 3 (Studio) come with a full version?
BTW, I assume you are aware of and have tried the GS sample set in the Edirol VSC. Much broader selection there.pattygram said:hi all, ive been hearing alot about the advantages of sound fonts. but do i need a perticular sond card to use them? the piano sound in the edirol dxi sound awful, and am looking for better piano sounds. thanx.
acidrock said:Oh,about the soundcard.Soundblasters support soundfonts,along with other consumer cards,but you don't want to go there.![]()
SorryOops... not realy, acidrock Only Creative's products (and some from E-MU) support soundfonts. SBLive! and Audigy PCI series (not USB) do. Consumer cards like AC97 doesn't support it
acidrock said:I guess my point is that you're better off investing in a virtual instrument that works "inside"your software,than buying a sound card to to that job.
I started out with PA9 Pro-suite that came with Gigasampler LE.After hearing that I knew that software was the way to go.The problem was getting something that played nice with Sonar.Once Kompakt came around I no longer had to jump through hoops to take advantage of those s-w-e-e-t sounds.Yeah, that's right I used to believe no software can replace Creative cards concerning soundfonts. I tried LiveSynth Pro back in 2.2XL days, and found something's not working right. I dunno, it just sounded better using the card. Now, Vsampler3 changes my belief. Recording final sequenced MIDI to audio track is getting easier using software anyway (bounce to track!).
From what I found, -if you use soundfonts with software/sampler- you better check soundfonts property first. Most soundfont's samples saved in 16/44.1 format. If you set your sequencer to record (say) 24 bit 48KHz, then you'll notice minor sound differences. I can't say how it sounds, it just a bit different than it's original sound. To avoid this, record the soundfont track (or "bounce to track") in 16/44.1 first, then edit the result to 24 bit 48 KHz using external editor (Soundforge, Wavelab, etc.). In most of my case, it sounds better (closer to original) than purning sampler to record 24/48 out of 16/44.1 samples. What do you think?