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AWE64 soundfonts from commandline win9x?

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First post, by filurkatten

Posted on 2022-11-02, 22:40

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So, I got a SB32 with the AWE64 chips on it.
Its flashed as a AWE64 and has 32MB RAM installed.

When playing games that uses midi i like to have different soundfonts depending on the game played.
So is there a way of changing the soundfont from the command line in win9x? Or maybe a utility that does it.

It would be a nice solution to just boot the game and the correct sf is loaded automatically.

I read the documentation for the awe64 programs but didnt find any launch arguments, also tried some disassembly but due to lack of time I didnt come that far with my investigation.

Reply 1 of 3, by Stretch

Posted on 2022-11-03, 10:55

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sf2load by HammerSound - Software seems like it would work. I haven't tried it myself though.

Win 11 - Intel i7-1360p - 32 GB - Intel Iris Xe - Sound BlasterX G5

Reply 2 of 3, by filurkatten

Posted on 2022-11-04, 00:01

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I tested the program and it loads the soundfobts into the user banks.
What I have been doing when changing the soundfont game by game basis is with the AWE64 program changing the general midi sound font.
But is there a way of using these user banks instead?

Reply 3 of 3, by filurkatten

Posted on 2022-11-15, 13:56

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I have searched around but still have not found anything thats works as I want.
Do you guys have any more suggestions? 😀

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