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General Discussion / Re: Mostly OT: MIDI and Soundfonts
there are many relatively good soundfonts out there, Merlin is one I like... The thing is, what you are looking for is really a matter of personal taste. Certainly many of us could say don't use this font or that font because it has limited range on the whatever instrument or the brass sounds lousy etc., but at the end of the day you need to listen for what you prefer.
Kevin's suggestion of "Big Merlin" is a good one. I personally use "Merlin GM Pro V9.20" when I do use the Merlin font. I think it is the one contained in "Big Merlin" on Hammersound, but I'm not completely sure.
I also highly recommend S.Christian Collins "GeneralUser GS". The version I currently have is "1.4 Beta 3". Available from http://www.schristiancollins.com/soundfonts/
His current release version (1.35) is available at: http://www.sccmusic.250x.com/
Hmm - seem to have over emphasised this one... Anyhow...
Personal taste, always personal taste - I downloaded over a Gigabyte of fonts to try before I gave up - "Merlin" and "GeneralUser GS" are the ones I was most satisfied with, then I discovered the Yamaha Softsynth...
Lawrie