Thanks alot! 😀

SGM v2.01 seems to be used by more people now than before. thanks to Toby Fox.

But please use the latest SGM-Pro instead of older version, it sounds much better than v2.01.
Honestly, some of the issues with SGM v2.01 are making me a little embarrassed now. I'm even a little hesitant to listen to it...

Hello! Just registered to give a huge thanks for making this soundfont. It sounds great with nearly anything I throw at it! Will 4.0 be the last update of this soundfont? One issue I have is that the "Organ 3" preset has some scale tuning issues in the mid-range of keys, specifically keys 50-58. I hear this in both Falcosoft MIDI player (BASSMIDI) and FluidSynth. I also feel like "Warm Pad" is a little quiet on the lower end compared to other soundfonts and original Roland hardware.

HydroFS02 wrote on 2025-08-20, 01:55:

Hello! Just registered to give a huge thanks for making this soundfont. It sounds great with nearly anything I throw at it! Will 4.0 be the last update of this soundfont? One issue I have is that the "Organ 3" preset has some scale tuning issues in the mid-range of keys, specifically keys 50-58. I hear this in both Falcosoft MIDI player (BASSMIDI) and FluidSynth. I also feel like "Warm Pad" is a little quiet on the lower end compared to other soundfonts and original Roland hardware.

Sorry it will be fixed in the next version (v5.0)
Thanks for the report.

I've been using SGM v2.01 with TiMidity++ for a long time, and I truly appreciate your excellent work—thank you.
Recently, I discovered SGM-Pro v4.0, downloaded it, and gave it a try. While exploring the SF2 files, I noticed the embedded copyright notice:

SGM v2.01: "David Shan 2002–2007"
SGM-Pro v4.0: "2025 David Shan / E-mu / Roland / Yamaha"

I 'm curious—did you obtain licenses from E-mu, Roland, and Yamaha for the content included in SGM-Pro v4.0?

yoshitan98 wrote on 2025-09-03, 02:04:

I 'm curious—did you obtain licenses from E-mu, Roland, and Yamaha for the content included in SGM-Pro v4.0?

No, the SGM-Pro v4.0 sounds were recorded from some Roland & Yamaha sound modules from the 1990s, and also include some EMU Soundfonts from the 1990s.
As for SGM-v2.01, it includes some modern (2000~) copyrighted sounds, such as sounds from Spectrasonics and Synthogy's CD/DVD sound libraries . Not a lot, maybe 6-7 sounds, I can't remember exactly.

If you're very worried about copyright, the SGM-Pro might be less of a problem.. Creative/EMU doesn't care about Soundfonts anymore, and it sounds better and is smaller.

Hello! The soundfont's work is wonderful, spectacular, sounds like that make you imagine you're at a concert, coming so close to reality, sounding great when I listen to anything with it and so on. But I'm reporting a small problem: when I played certain MIDI files, the percussion that is, the drum part, is unbalanced and playing out of order for some reason.

Just tried this in DOS with VSBHDA and DOOM. Sounds spectacular!

PCGamingTimeMachine wrote on 2026-05-05, 20:20:

Just tried this in DOS with VSBHDA and DOOM. Sounds spectacular!

It is indeed a great Soundfont!
I love it 😀

The newest version is 13 and can be found here:

Shan SGM Pro 13 Soundfont released

eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-05, 19:12:

Hello! The soundfont's work is wonderful, spectacular, sounds like that make you imagine you're at a concert, coming so close to reality, sounding great when I listen to anything with it and so on. But I'm reporting a small problem: when I played certain MIDI files, the percussion that is, the drum part, is unbalanced and playing out of order for some reason.

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing?
What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor sound quality and bugs.
Please use VirtualMIDISynth or other BASSMIDI-based Soundfont software.

shandavid wrote on 2026-05-07, 00:07:

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing? What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor so […]
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eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-05, 19:12:

Hello! The soundfont's work is wonderful, spectacular, sounds like that make you imagine you're at a concert, coming so close to reality, sounding great when I listen to anything with it and so on. But I'm reporting a small problem: when I played certain MIDI files, the percussion that is, the drum part, is unbalanced and playing out of order for some reason.

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing?
What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor sound quality and bugs.
Please use VirtualMIDISynth or other BASSMIDI-based Soundfont software.

I'm already using VirtualMIDISynth v2.14.0 however, I found some bugs in my these three MIDI files here within the soundfont:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y1KDF … RUH?usp=sharing

eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-07, 16:46:

shandavid wrote on 2026-05-07, 00:07:

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing? What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor so […]
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eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-05, 19:12:

Hello! The soundfont's work is wonderful, spectacular, sounds like that make you imagine you're at a concert, coming so close to reality, sounding great when I listen to anything with it and so on. But I'm reporting a small problem: when I played certain MIDI files, the percussion that is, the drum part, is unbalanced and playing out of order for some reason.

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing?
What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor sound quality and bugs.
Please use VirtualMIDISynth or other BASSMIDI-based Soundfont software.

I'm already using VirtualMIDISynth v2.14.0 however, I found some bugs in my these three MIDI files here within the soundfont:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y1KDF … RUH?usp=sharing

I just tested these MIDI files on my SC8850 and encountered the same problem. they seem incompatible with GS.

crusher wrote on 2026-05-06, 06:15:

It is indeed a great Soundfont! I love it :) […]
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PCGamingTimeMachine wrote on 2026-05-05, 20:20:

Just tried this in DOS with VSBHDA and DOOM. Sounds spectacular!

It is indeed a great Soundfont!
I love it 😀

The newest version is 13 and can be found here:

Shan SGM Pro 13 Soundfont released

Thanks. v14 just released, and there's also a new 8MB GM soundfont.
Shan SGM Pro 14 / ES8 Soundfont released & demo

shandavid wrote on 2026-05-07, 18:02:

eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-07, 16:46:

shandavid wrote on 2026-05-07, 00:07:

Could you please upload these MIDI files for testing?
What Soundfont software are you using? Some soundfont software has poor sound quality and bugs.
Please use VirtualMIDISynth or other BASSMIDI-based Soundfont software.

I'm already using VirtualMIDISynth v2.14.0 however, I found some bugs in my these three MIDI files here within the soundfont:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y1KDF … RUH?usp=sharing

I just tested these MIDI files on my SC8850 and encountered the same problem. they seem incompatible with GS.

ahh I understand, is there a way to fix it? like, do I need to fix myself?

eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-07, 22:43:

shandavid wrote on 2026-05-07, 18:02:

eduardovibe93402 wrote on 2026-05-07, 16:46:

I'm already using VirtualMIDISynth v2.14.0 however, I found some bugs in my these three MIDI files here within the soundfont:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y1KDF … RUH?usp=sharing

I just tested these MIDI files on my SC8850 and encountered the same problem. they seem incompatible with GS.

ahh I understand, is there a way to fix it? like, do I need to fix myself?

The authors of these MIDI files may have used an unknown MIDI device incompatible with the Roland GS standard.
You can use some MIDI editing software to delete the input of the two keys shown in the image above....