Looking for Cheap or Free GM Modules

[Seafroggys]

So traditionally I have composed music via score (I don't do keyboard midi recording) on my (now) old computer, using built in midi drivers. At first I used Anvil Studio, then when I bought my SB Live in 2001 it came with Cakewalk Express, and I used that. I was in love with the built in midi drivers for the Sound Blaster card (Still do, actually, they sound REALLY good, considering its only a consumer level midi sound bank).

Anyway, I want to be able to use my dedicated recording rig for songwriting now, but I don't have any GM modules. It doesn't have to be highest quality, as this is just for writing songs. Just something to have.

Hardware or VST works great.

 

[TimOBrien]

FREE: SFZ soundfont vsti from Cakewalk -
http://www.project5.com/products/instruments/sfz_player/default.asp

You can then load up free GM soundfonts from hammersound.net or any other sf2 source
I particularly like Unison and Cadenza....

(And with a real 24-bit card, they'll sound FAR better than anything through an SBLive gamer card...)

 

[Seafroggys]

Okay, thanks. So I load that into one of my VSTi slots (I only have 2), and then through that I can load a soundfont patch through each Midi channel, for 16?

 

[TimOBrien]

Thats correct.

You can even run more than one instance of it with 16 instruments in each one.

If you just want to play live, you can even use a small VST host (I use Toybear's VST Host, a freebie that'll run any VSTi live....)

 

[Seafroggys]

Wow, this is so....amazing!

Thank you for your help

(does Unison have drums? channel 10 seems to not have percussion, otherwise I'm getting something else at the moment)

(EDIT: Nevermind, found the drums)