sound fonts quality

monohouse · May 9, 2004, 05:04 PM

what is the quality of the music inside the sound fonts and how is it possible to verify that ?

captain_rusty · May 9, 2004, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by monohouse
what is the quality of the music inside the sound fonts and how is it possible to verify that ?

What do you mean by "quality"?
The main way to get higher sound quality in a sample is to sample a longer bit of sound - if you have a 5-second sample of a piano note, it'll sound better than just sampling the first quarter second of attack and then looping the "tail" over and over again...
Of course, this requires BIG soundfonts...

monohouse · May 11, 2004, 04:11 PM

I did not mean the quality as you say - I mean the original digital data of the sample, how can you "disassemble" the samples from sound fonts and see their quality in say.....a wave editor ?

Lex Nahumury · May 11, 2004, 06:32 PM

>>how can you "disassemble" the samples from sound fonts and see their quality in say.....a wave editor ?

Did you ever heard of SoundFont Editors ?????
Anyway; Creative's 'Vienna' is one you can use to examine the soundfonts samples etc. etc.

/LeMury

monohouse · May 13, 2004, 07:40 PM

lol, I suppose not - thanks........"Vienna" then.......

what about non-creative ? anything comes to mind ?

(I just don't feel good with the name "Creative" in a name of a digital audio program)

NightBreed · May 13, 2004, 07:58 PM

If you never try a program then you really have no basis to put it down. Vienna is a great soundfont editor. If you don't want to use that, then you can use Alive soundfont editor, or you can use Awave. But keep in mind that creative does have better knowlege of soundfont technology then these mentioned so their editor is more sound for working with.

monohouse · May 18, 2004, 08:05 PM

thanks, if you say so I believe you, but it VERY important for me to have alternatives, especially if there are open-source alternatives .........

NightBreed · May 19, 2004, 05:57 AM

A note.. The alternatives that I'd mentioned aren't free ones. Nore are they open source.

monohouse · May 23, 2004, 12:00 PM

yhe, n/m but thanks, I will check this out

May 9, 2004, 05:04 PM	#1
monohouse HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	sound fonts quality what is the quality of the music inside the sound fonts and how is it possible to verify that ?

May 11, 2004, 04:11 PM	Thread Starter #3
monohouse HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	I did not mean the quality as you say - I mean the original digital data of the sample, how can you "disassemble" the samples from sound fonts and see their quality in say.....a wave editor ?

May 11, 2004, 06:32 PM	#4
Lex Nahumury DH Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,932 Rep Power: 64	>>how can you "disassemble" the samples from sound fonts and see their quality in say.....a wave editor ? Did you ever heard of SoundFont Editors ????? Anyway; Creative's 'Vienna' is one you can use to examine the soundfonts samples etc. etc. /LeMury

May 13, 2004, 07:40 PM	Thread Starter #5
monohouse HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	lol, I suppose not - thanks........"Vienna" then....... what about non-creative ? anything comes to mind ? (I just don't feel good with the name "Creative" in a name of a digital audio program)

May 13, 2004, 07:58 PM	#6
NightBreed DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 380 Rep Power: 0	If you never try a program then you really have no basis to put it down. Vienna is a great soundfont editor. If you don't want to use that, then you can use Alive soundfont editor, or you can use Awave. But keep in mind that creative does have better knowlege of soundfont technology then these mentioned so their editor is more sound for working with.

May 18, 2004, 08:05 PM	Thread Starter #7
monohouse HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	thanks, if you say so I believe you, but it VERY important for me to have alternatives, especially if there are open-source alternatives .........

May 19, 2004, 05:57 AM	#8
NightBreed DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 380 Rep Power: 0	A note.. The alternatives that I'd mentioned aren't free ones. Nore are they open source.

May 23, 2004, 12:00 PM	Thread Starter #9
monohouse HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	yhe, n/m but thanks, I will check this out