Need Midi to wave program: similar to Yamaha XG Softsynthesizer or Wingroove

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Need synth similar to Yamaha XG Softsynthesizer or Wingroove

In my computer, there is a software karaoke player that has thousands of midi songs embedded in there. I need this player to output through a synthesizer or sampler in real-time to produce realistic instrumental sounds.

I have tried Wingroove and Yamaha XG Softsynthesizer. Although they are decent, I want higher-quality sounds.

I want a standalone software (not a plug-in nor VSTi nor DXi) so that my computer can list it as a "MIDI music playback" device.

Thanks.
 
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"MIDI music playback" device is by definition hardware (this can also be a midi port that can be routed to hardware) so I dont think any software will make itself available as an output port. The XG is hardware since it has on onboard midi synth in its DSP, just like any soundblaster and thats why it shows up as a midi device. But that is my experience and I could be wrong about software emulating hardware midi device ports, I just have never seen anything. You can always route a physical midi out from the midi player and back into a hardware midi input into a softsynth

You need a good GM midi synth or module
 
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I want a standalone software (not a plug-in nor VSTi nor DXi).
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I answered this last night, but I'll try again...

Google is your friend. Try a search for 'softsynths' or 'soft samplers' and you'll find that there are a thousand different makes and models out there. From Native Instruments Kontakt to Steinberg's Halion to Tascam's Gigastudio --- all soft samplers that fill the bill as 'a standalone software'. All of these share one thing - they're not particularly cheap.

And I assume you still have the stock sound card that came with your computer. That's making the sounds of your XG softsynthesizer smaller and less dimensional than they really are - one of these will give you a solid listen to the full sound of XG --- which IMHO is pretty good...
 
I don't have any Yamaha hardware in my PC. My soundcard is onboard. I have the Yamaha XG Softsynthesizer S-YXG50 software. After I installed it, it shows up in "MIDI music playback" (Control Panel--> Option -->Audio) as one of the selectable devices. That's exactly how I want it. Although it creates more realistic sounds than the Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, I still yearn for something that produces even better (more realistic) sounds than the Yamaha can.

I've demo'ed Vsampler3, Hypersonic 2, Sonik Synth, Sampletank, and Kontakt. None of them shows up as a selectable device for "MIDI music playback." They're either plugin, or a standalone applications that need to have the MIDI file imported into them. Instead, I want something that I can route through.

Like I mentioned, Wingroove and Yamaha S-YXG50 are selectable devices to produce very nice near-realistic instrumental sounds from the karaoke player (or any MIDI player.) I want to know if there are other softsynths like these.
 
Ah. Did not know there was a software version of the XG (its normally a sound card). As far as softsynths, nothing will be GM compatable since almost none of them are multitimberal (in the normal sense anyway, samplers are multitimberal but not GM). I would try a triton or something of that caliber but as software goes, I have no clue since there really is not a big market for software GM players

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A quick google of windows GM midi plyers yields:

http://www.johnroachemusic.com/players.html

and a whole bunch of stuff that may work for you
 
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You might want to consider a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS. They go for under $100

1. onboard EMU synth. Not a softsynth
2. Soundfonts --- can be edited via software
3. Can produce GM and GS MIDI sounds

You might also find a SB Live for half that that can do the same with MIDI.


A friend uses a SB Live for MIDI, and a Juli@ for the main soundcard I/O on the same PC
He can record the MIDI sounds using the "Mixed Output" as the recording source.

Also, if you are creating WAV or MP3 for karaoke or jam tracks, at the same time, you could record some backing vocals, or live guitars
 
Softsynth

BTW, you need to purchase emu 0404 sound card. It has the MIDI port driver so that you can select from control panel. Hope this helps
 
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