Recommend a GM SoftSynth

[Paj]

Anyone want to recommend a good-sounding soft synth that does GM sequences right out of the box (i.e., comes with a GM bank of sounds/samples) . . .or an add-on for Kontact2 player?

Does anyone have experience with the Forte DXi synth (how does it sound)?

Thanks,
Paj
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[pkdasilva]

Anyone want to recommend a good-sounding soft synth that does GM sequences right out of the box (i.e., comes with a GM bank of sounds/samples) . . .or an add-on for Kontact2 player?

Does anyone have experience with the Forte DXi synth (how does it sound)?

Thanks,
Paj
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Hi,

GM (assuming General Midi) is cool! Especially, if played back on stretched cassette tape, if you know what I mean . On the software side the only one that comes to mind is Apple's DLSMusicDevice. That's GM right? At least the piano is sounding like a decent, trustworthy "stereo piano" . I think winamp has a GM module also.

Best regards,
PK

 

[unifaun]

I would recommend to take a look on Native Instrument's "Bandstand", Hypersonic 2 (not distributed anymore) oder Edirol several "Canvas" programs.

I always open/edit GM files with the Cubase 4 or 5 built-in HalionOne VSTi which has a good general purpose sound as every GM module. But you can't purchase this as a stand-alone program.

 

[ssscientist]

I would recommend to take a look on Native Instrument's "Bandstand".

Plus one on Bandstand.

You can never go too far wrong with Native Instruments - they do everything well. And Bandstand is only $99.


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[TimOBrien]

FREE solution:

Cakewalk's free SFZ soundfont player (or one of the other free soundfont vsti's - go search over at www.kvraudio.com). SFZ is quite a sophisticated sampler player.

And a good high-quality free General Midi soundfont (I like Unison, Cadenza or Fluid) from one of the soundfont sites like hammersound.net