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You cannot add the Microsoft soundset to the viewer as it isn't a soundfont and you need a soundfont for the 'play to' feature to work. Also, REMOVE the microsoft one if it is in the 'Devices Used' list so you only have the Coolsoft one active. If not, select it from the Available devices.

Make sure the required soundfont is active in the dialogue, if not click the green '+' sign and add it.

make sure the 'Soundfonts' tab is active.

click on the Coolsoft synth icon in the system tray.

I believe this, too, is already done in your case.:

Select the required soundfont in the synth.

I believe this is already done in your case.

Noteworthy composer free install#

Install Coolsoft VirtualMidiSynth to your machine.To get your preferred soundfont (Unison) working in the editor 3 steps are required, I assume at least 2 of them are already done as you mentioned you have Coolsoft VirtualMidiSynth.

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Or how to add Microsoft to the Viewer (if that will solve the problem). I’m not sure how to add Unison or whatever to the editor. Quote from: SEBC - 01:17 am My editor output is Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. Given point 7 above, is the soundfont used by the player's internal synth the same as loaded in the Coolsoft synth? If not then this is likely the source of the difference. Playback to an audio format (mp3 or FLAC) uses the internal synth thus you need to assign a soundfont to it if you wish to use this feature.You don't have to use the internal synth, even if you have loaded a soundfont in the viewer. For the Viewer you can select a play back device through |Tools|Options| where an external synth or the internal synth can be selected.In the Viewer you can also select a soundfont in |Tools|Soundfont| - this may or may not be the same soundfont you use in the Coolsoft synth.For the editor soundfonts are assigned in your synth.For the editor, MIDI out is selected in |Tools|Options|MIDI (tab)|Devices used by play back:| - Your Coolsoft synth should appear here.Matching dynamics eliminates that possibility.The editor is NWC where you do your writing/composing.The difference appears constant with the three fonts I have loaded (unison 2, FluidR3, and Titanic) I’m not sure how to check what sound font the Viewer is using. The muting does not happen on playback in the NCW Viewer as well.

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My editor uses the Windows computer standard sound font. When you say editor, do you mean NWC 2 where I do my composing? Quote from: SEBC - 09:31 pm So many great questions. To the best of my knowledge all of these soundfonts are freely distributed by the authors with the exception of the Creative ones which I progressively acquired as I purchased various Creative sound cards over the past several decades. And they're often very disappointing.ģ8.1mg the atomic soundfont v1.0 bank.sf2 Timbres Of Heaven GM_GS_XG_SFX V 3.4 Final.sf2Īs you might be able to tell, I'm particularly fussy about the brass sounds. Generally OK, but I find the brass wantingīoth from the same creator, the latter is the predecessor - Generally OK, but I find the brass wanting

Difficult to find and not worth the effort IMHO. sf2 implementation is not nearly as good. The Yamaha S-YXG50 synth was my goto in XP, but the. Because of my bias for brass I have noticed this particularly in the brass sounds. I can only assume there has been a lot of 'borrowing' going on between authors, or perhaps many of them have used the same sources for some of their sounds. In many cases certain sounds will be identical between very different soundfonts. If you are, say, a piano player I'm sure piano sounds will be your priority, ditto if you are a string or reed player etc.

My preferences are heavily informed by my trombone playing. Of course my interpretation of good and yours will surely be different. My personal priority is for good sounding winds, particularly brass. Which soundfonts do you like, which ones do you dislike and reasons for both.īear in mind, this is all subjective and should NOT be considered an objective critique as your mileage WILL vary. I thought it might be worthwhile if we took the time to share our preferences regarding Soundfonts.Īs I'm sure anyone who has spent any time looking for a soundfont that suits them knows, it can be a very long and frustrating exercise, so I thought it could be good if we pooled our discoveries. After looking into 's little issue here: