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Title: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: camz on 2001-05-02 04:00 AM
okay.. i just recently bought a sb live! platinum... which comes with a ton of soundfont stuff. i've begun designing my own sound banks but i have no idea how to use them at all. i would LOVE to be able to use them in NWC, as it is my all time favorite midi composing program. i have learned to read and write music from it, but still the midi format and technology is pretty vague to me. is it possible to load soundbanks and use them with other applications? even if i could write my music in the composer and play it back using a different program i would. i have tried to make my soundbank the only one loaded in the soundfont manager, but this doesnt work. this card's wavetable is pretty nice sounding but i need to be able to add my own instruments. if anybody has any ideas or can tell me if its possible, please let me know. i do not own a midi keyboard, do i have to own one to use soundfonts? in something other than the stupid keyboard program that came with the app cd from the sb live! card? if possible write your reply to find_camus@yahoo.com.. if thats not possible i will check back here later. thanks for your time :)
camus
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: Ertugrul iNANÇ on 2001-05-02 04:00 AM
For sf's with NWC check

SoundFonts and External Banks (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/)

thread. Especially replies 3 and 4 clarify the point but never hesitate to ask further.

Try the following for sf's in general:

Hammersound (http://www.hammersound.net)
Soundfonts Newsgroup (http://news://news.silco.com/silco.hammersound.soundfonts) (might be temporarily down for short periods of time. Don't give up trying if you cannot access at the first time)
HYBRID (http://home.graffiti.net/hybrid-sf/)
The Sound Site (http://www.thesoundsite.net)

Btw, don't forget to visit S. Christian Collins's website (http://www.sccmusic.250x.com/) and give a try to his marvellous GeneralUser GS 1.3

Hth,
Ertugrul (http://ertugrulinanc.8m.com)
A SB Live! Platinum user;
an incredible fan of NWC
and GeneralUser GS ;)
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: NoteWorthy Online on 2001-05-02 04:00 AM
Please try to avoid linking to forum messages using Web URLs (hopefully, we won't have to force this issue in code). For example, the link above should be:

https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=1298: SoundFonts and External Banks
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: Ertugrul iNANÇ on 2001-05-03 04:00 AM
> hopefully, we won't have to force this issue in code

Just out of curiosity; what's the point with this?
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: Olivier Miakinen on 2001-05-04 04:00 AM
IMHO, the point is that someone who prints this message and wants to read the reference at any later connection is unable to know that this reference was message number 1517.
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: Fred Nachbaur on 2001-05-04 04:00 AM
I can also imagine that it would throw a wrench into compiling the off-line forum for use with the Windows Help system. Links to other messages would essentially be "dead" if expressed as web URLs.
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: NoteWorthy Online on 2001-05-04 04:00 AM
Yes, links to forum messages should be using the !nnn system so that the offline version continues to work in an offline fashion, without forcing back into the online version.
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: Ertugrul iNANÇ on 2001-05-04 04:00 AM
Thanks. I'll be more careful...
Title: Re: help with soundfonts and such
Post by: camus on 2001-05-04 04:00 AM
did anyone read my new thread? asking for more help? maybe i shouldnt have made it a new thread.. thanks.
camus