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General Discussion / Re: Realistic Sounds and Embouchure
Lawrie,

Thanks for the direction.  I have download both the synthfont and the other stuff from the dummie link as well as a couple of soundbanks.  I'll give it a go and see how it works out.

Thanks,
David
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General Discussion / Re: Realistic Sounds and Embouchure
Quote from: Barry Graham –
The quality of the sounds has nothing to do with NoteWorthy Composer.
The software just process the messages and sends them to your sound device.

There are some ways to improve the sound:

1. Install a Soft Synth.
A software synthesizer with built in samples such as Yamaha's SyXG range which will supply better sound via the audio on your sound device.

2. Use soundfonts
If your soundcard supports soundfonts (mostly Creative soundcards) you can install soundfonts which are portable samples.

3. Use a good quality external keyboard.
Direct the sound output via a MIDI or USB cable to a keyboard with built-in quality sounds (Roland, Korg etc.).

4. Use an external synth module.
Direct the sound output via a MIDI or USB cable to an external synth module like the Ketron SD2.

5. Use a sample library with a VST player.
The sound output is processed internally by routing the MIDI messages through a software player such as Kontakt 2 accessing a sample library like Garritan Personal Orchestra or Jazz & Big Band samples.

The last should give the best result.
For example the JABB library contains an array of brass instrument mute samples (Cup, Straight, Harmon etc) and various articulations (legato, staccato etc.) as well as additional instruments not found in the General MIDI set.

What soundcard do you have in your computer???
If your soundcard supports soundfonts I can send you the Chaos soundfont.
It won't give you the mutes and articulations mentioned above but it will definitely improve your sound.

Here is an example of the 8Mb Chaos soundfont used with the Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer soundcard.
Soundcard output recorded as an mp3 file.
http://tinyurl.com/2rq3rh/TheSwinger.mp3
(2.9 Mb download).

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Barry Graham
Melbourne, Australia


For starters, I am a total newb to this.  I would like somewhere to start or a point in the right direction.

I use nwc to write up the various parts (SATB) for our small church choir, save to a mid file and then convert it to mp3 (or wav) to create audio cds for members to practice their parts.

I am limited by the sound bank on my onboard sound Realtek ACL850 (AC 97 compliant).  The sound quality is not that good. 

What is the easiest (read cheapest) way around this?  Buying a decent sound card that has a pretty good sound bank - if so, suggestions?  Or buying software that has the sound samples so when I do convert the file over it is played through the samples and produces a good sounding file?  Is there an open source solution for windows or linux that would do the trick?

I did google this and the amount of information is overwhelming.  Where do I start for the basic task I need to accomplish?  I barely understand the basics ... midi is handed off to your systems midi for playback.  

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David