new to SF, Recommend some?

Toadly_Ossum · Feb 22, 2004, 04:16 PM

Hi folks

Ive been using KX with my Live card for "onstage" VSTi instruments for some time. I also use KX drivers in Cubase with lots of VST effects and instruments. I was blown away at the great latency improvements and better sound quality of the KX drivers.

I know that sound fonts are the sounds played by the sound cards internal synth, and the ones that came by default with Creative Drivers sound like a toy synth. For that reason I never learned much about them. But now I noticed the new KX drivers supports large sound font sizes it has peaked my interest again.

So heres my questions: Are there sound fonts that sound as good as the VSTi that im using now such as, The Grand, Lougne Lizard, B4, FM7, etc ?

Are there any good free SF that I could experiment with? Suggest and good sites for high quality SF?

Im always interested in expanding the sounds I can get from my PC, and VSTi has really been an eye opener for my, am I missing out by not know about sound fonts?

Thanks for Reading and Replying

Toad

Game3DFreak · Feb 22, 2004, 09:42 PM

1) try these sites:

http://www.hammersound.net/ (with reviews)
http://www.sf2midi.com/index.php

2) use google to find others.

bob2xcool · Feb 28, 2004, 10:14 PM

Piano soundfont; I'd recommend Grand Piano One from http://studioax.desertsites.net/

HunterZ · Mar 1, 2004, 05:44 PM

I do a lot of GM/GS composing, so some of my favorite large soundfonts are GeneralUser, Fluid 2, Unison, and AnotherGS. I'd suggest getting anything that looks good to you and trying it out for yourself though.

Feb 22, 2004, 04:16 PM	#1
Toadly_Ossum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 228 Rep Power: 0	new to SF, Recommend some? Hi folks Ive been using KX with my Live card for "onstage" VSTi instruments for some time. I also use KX drivers in Cubase with lots of VST effects and instruments. I was blown away at the great latency improvements and better sound quality of the KX drivers. I know that sound fonts are the sounds played by the sound cards internal synth, and the ones that came by default with Creative Drivers sound like a toy synth. For that reason I never learned much about them. But now I noticed the new KX drivers supports large sound font sizes it has peaked my interest again. So heres my questions: Are there sound fonts that sound as good as the VSTi that im using now such as, The Grand, Lougne Lizard, B4, FM7, etc ? Are there any good free SF that I could experiment with? Suggest and good sites for high quality SF? Im always interested in expanding the sounds I can get from my PC, and VSTi has really been an eye opener for my, am I missing out by not know about sound fonts? Thanks for Reading and Replying Toad

Mar 1, 2004, 05:44 PM	#4
HunterZ DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 257 Rep Power: 0	I do a lot of GM/GS composing, so some of my favorite large soundfonts are GeneralUser, Fluid 2, Unison, and AnotherGS. I'd suggest getting anything that looks good to you and trying it out for yourself though. __________________ Athlon XP 3200+, Gigabyte GA7N-400Pro2 Rev 2.0 (nVidia nForce2 chipset), 1 GB DDR400 (CAS 2.0, dual-channel), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB AGP 8x, WinXP Pro SP2, DX9.0c., Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers

Feb 22, 2004, 09:42 PM	#2
Game3DFreak DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	1) try these sites: http://www.hammersound.net/ (with reviews) http://www.sf2midi.com/index.php 2) use google to find others.

Feb 28, 2004, 10:14 PM	#3
bob2xcool DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Piano soundfont; I'd recommend Grand Piano One from http://studioax.desertsites.net/