Re: JaZMan SF88 soundfont?

Posted on 2015-11-20, 00:18

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A few days ago i bought the JazMan SF88 GM-GS Soundfont. I did a little review and recorded the famous midi tunes passport.mid and canyon.mid with it: This soundfont is pretty expensive (Little below 90 bucks), but i decided to buy it anyway. And i don't regret it one bit. Of course it has it faults …

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Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2015-11-16, 23:37

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If you find those recordings, i would love to hear them 😁

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Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2015-11-16, 23:15

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@x64++: I will change the OP, thank you! @leileilol: Thanks for the kind answer! About the FM: Well, since an AWE64 can apply effects to the OPL3, and that's kind of unique, i applied that. Since we already have 'normal' OPL3 soundfonts, i wanted to give it that AWE sound. @Terz: I should have been …

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Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2015-11-15, 02:06

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Haha yeah, i agree about PCem. I have given the AWE64 Gold soundfont a similar treatment as the others (Programming presets with each their own amounts of reverb, chorus, modulation etc), so it will sound close to a real AWE64 with reverb and chorus on. Just loading up 1mbgm.sf2 in a softsynth …

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Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2015-11-15, 00:04

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What are you talking about? Edit: I have read your post a whole lot of times over and over lol I hope i understand it right. You have experience with a SC-55 soundfont this size and sounded like shit, and you thought maybe that's the one i posted here? If that's what you meant: No, i have made all …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-14, 12:24

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Haha, i do not mind answering questions at all. But what you state is correct, most games have their own parameters for specific instruments, or they are lazy and apply global levels. About your second question: I am a strong believer in the capability of presets (Which to me are just as important …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-14, 11:32

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That's true, but since all good softsynths use the Bassmidi driver (Which in turn is very close to the EMU8000 on the AWE/Live!), there is no need to worry about authenticity. And yes, it is all based on the default settings of the hardware SC-55 :) I notice you are a purist too, so a bit more about …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-14, 10:29

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When you disable chorus and reverb in your synthesizer, all the presets will sound dry. Since those synth sliders are global. So it is really meant to play with, for example, bassmidis standard levels. And indeed all those effects, as well as sustain, decay envelopes etc are meant to give the …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-14, 09:11

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Yes, i thought so 😁 I will do some research, maybe there is a way to convert an sf2 to sbk without making it sound like shit 🤣 Of course i will post it here when i made any changes to the soundfont! Thank you for your input, it's really useful.

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-14, 08:38

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To Phil: Hehe, i get it you want to use the extra RAM lol But the SC-55 ROM samples are just that small. To x86++: I disagree with this statement. Every preset is different, and needs it's own parameters. For example, an accoustic preset just needs a bit of reverb while a synthy preset has much use …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets + Yamaha DX50XG Presets soundfonts

Posted on 2015-11-13, 23:49

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Thanks for the kind replies! To jesolo: I tried a quick 'n dirty conversion using Awave Studio, but that is probably not the right way to convert to sbk :D About reverb and chorus; You have heard it correctly. I have edited the parameters of every preset such as reverb, chorus, volume envelopes etc, …

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Re: Roland SC-55 Presets soundfont

Posted on 2015-11-13, 20:20

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I really hope it sounds as i intented, please tell me after you have tried it :p Here is the sbk version: onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2560AB987 ... file%2csbk

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Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2015-11-13, 16:58

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My main gripe with all sorts of soundfonts was their absurd size, as well as using a lot of instruments from other synths to mimic certain instruments. What you have here is four soundfonts for the purist who wants to get the classic sound out of their Sound Blaster card or softsynth. Roland SC-55 …

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Re: Orchid SoundWave 32 - What do you guys say?

Posted on 2015-11-10, 15:04

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Hm... Even with the larger ROM it is still the worst soundcard i have ever heard. Like i said in another topic; It sounds like a bad OPL emulator to me.

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Midi to LDS (Loudness Sound System)

Posted on 2015-10-28, 19:36

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Hi! Im sure you all know the brilliant Loudness Sound System used in games like Tyrian and Cold Dreams. The midi plugin for Foobar2000 can even convert LDS tunes to midi files. Now i'm sure that, if you can convert LDS to Midi, the reverse must be possible too. Anyone here have an idea how to …

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Re: Pcem AWE32 emulation

Posted on 2015-10-27, 08:37

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Oh wow 🤣 I really overlooked that. Thanks! I hope the effects will be implemented in the future.

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Re: Roland SC-55 vs Yamaha TG-300 best for General MIDI

Posted on 2015-10-26, 22:01

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Regarding the Fat Seal: Interesting, i had never heard of it before. So its basicly a seal you can earn if your card has the right 'tone' as the composers intended. Which cards have this seal?

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Pcem AWE32 emulation

Posted on 2015-10-26, 14:33

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Hi! I read that one of the features of Pcem was that it emulates the AWE32 card. So i was eager to try it out. However the reverb/chorus in Aweutil didn't work, and Pcem seemed to route the midi to my default midi device. Is this supposed to be how Pcem handles this AWE32 emulation? I feel kinda …

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Re: Roland SC-55 vs Yamaha TG-300 best for General MIDI

Posted on 2015-10-26, 14:00

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Although i prefer my Creative Waveblaster 1 for anything GM, there are brilliant soundfonts around indeed. Arachno is certainly one of the best. High quality, classic sounds, balanced. So i agree its great for E1M1 and doom in general.

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Re: Roland SC-55 vs Yamaha TG-300 best for General MIDI

Posted on 2015-10-26, 13:16

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Couldn't agree more about the AWE trumpet and ESPECIALLY the electric guitar. It doesn't sound like a guitar at all xD I had no experience with the Orchid Soundwave 32, so i looked it up. And LOL, it sounds almost as bad as the Sega32x soundtrack for Doom, it doesn't even sound like wavetable. In …

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