Re: Best soundfonts?
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Hi rob,
...what do I use, and where do I find it?
What is a matter of personal taste - of course
Where is a bit easier - <insert favourite search engine here> is your friend!
Howerver, I think the concensus is Hammersound is one of the best sources of soundfonts on the net - certainly one of the most comprehensive I've found.
Personally I use:
- a Yamaha softsynth - this synth is a little limited but what it does do, it does very well.
- Merlin GM pro. (Not sure where I dug it up from, wasn't Hammersound IIRC)
- the 8MB 8MBGSFX font (shipped with my SB Live IIRC)
- The General User GS from S. Christian Collins (this is a link to the latest beta of it. Thankyou Ertugrul for the link)
It all depends on my mood and what I'm listening to which I use, but mostly either the Yamaha or the Merlin.
While no soundfont is going to be perfect, my problem is I've never fount a font that has satisfactory brass (especially trombone) and haven't been able to make the time to learn how to create my own from samples of my own.