First post, by Stretch
I found a list of some MIDI softsynths archived from a Japanese website at Sound Cards Heaven - Soft synth MIDI many of which I had never heard of before. If you browse the website in the Google Chrome web browser, it can translate the page so you can navigate easier.
You can't download any software, but you can listen to sample playback of the source MIDI sp33xg.mid from the free Yamaha MIDI Song Library. You need this software to play the music Yamaha SoundVQ
Softsynths in this list that I was unaware of, which I would like to find out more about:
Altec Lansing WaveCUBE
Brooktree WaveStream
Faith WebSynth
InVision CyberSound
FPD98 (this one has a free lite version available but I couldn't get it to run in Windows 98)
P.S., there is also a FAQ on that website 8 Mb tone file bug (?) (Sound Blaster AWE series in general) which states that the 8MBGMSFX.SF2 soundfont has an incorrect drum setting. Can someone with soundfont knowledge confirm?
Win 11 - Intel i7-1360p - 32 GB - Intel Iris Xe - Sound Blaster G8