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	Soundfonts
		Soundfonts are files that you can use in order to play MIDI music in a better quality at the computer.
		Soundfonts not only use the often limited RAM of a sound card, but also the normal memory of the computer.
		My soundfont, however, is not only suitable for Descent 1 and 2, but for all other games that support the General MIDI standard.
	www.koolbear.com /Descent/community/holbred/Soundfonts.htm (651 words)

	SoundFont Information
		SoundFont collectively refers to a file format and associated technology designed to bridge the gap between recorded and synthesized audio, especially for the purposes of computer music composition.
		SoundFonts are tightly integrated with MIDI devices and can be seamlessly used in place of GM patches in many computer music sequencers.
		The sound quality of SoundFont banks is generally regarded as superior to standard GM banks, and many SoundFont banks have been created specifically to replace GM banks with samples of each corresponding instrument.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/SoundFont (754 words)

	What is a soundfont?
		SoundFont is a brand name that refers to a file format and associated technology to fill the gap between recorded and synthesized audio, mainly for the purpose of computer music composition.
		The sound quality of SoundFont banks is generally regarded as superior to standard GM banks, and many SoundFont banks have been created specifically to replace GM banks with samples of each corresponding instrument.
		Soundfonts file size can vary from 100Kb to 200Mb (or even more) so depending on your OS needs and the soundfonts you are using, you may need to add RAM to your computer.
	www.homemusician.net /articles/soundfont_definition_page1.html (560 words)

	Destination-SountdFont
		SoundFont is actually a file format specification that used to be attached to the Emu EMU8000 chip, which is used on many PC soundcards.
		SoundFont files carry the extension.sf2 although SoundFont 1.0 files have the extension.sbk.
		The SoundFont format is clever as it doesn't require all the parameters to be included in the file - if a parameter entry is missing, it simply assumes the default.
	chickensys.com /support/software/translator/soundfont (502 words)

	HammerSound - SoundFont Library
		The SoundFont Library is of course constantly growing.
		The soundfonts in the SoundFont Library are currently still stored at the old server (in Norway), but I'm planning on copying them to the US site during the summer.
		The SoundFont Library is a database containing SoundFonts from all over the net.
	www.ibiblio.org /thammer/HammerSound/hs_frontpage.html (2722 words)

	Midi Contest and Midi Original Archives, Soundfont Tutorial
		When you download a soundfont from the Midifont page on this website (or from another page on the web), almost always you will find that the soundfont you are downloading is in a "compressed" format.
		What this means is that whoever posted the font file to the web page has shrunk (compressed) the size of the file so that it takes up less space on the web page and so that it doesnt require as much time to download when someone downloads the font to their hard drive.
		Now when you download a soundfont from this website (or from some other page on the web) that has been compressed with the sfArk program, all you have to do is doubleclick that file in the directory where you keep your downloaded COMPRESSED soundfonts.
	www.midi-contest.com /faq_soundfonts.html (3704 words)

	SoundFont: FAQs
		SoundFont technology is a sample format that was invented by E-MU / ENSONIQ for the purpose of creating a flexible wavetable synthesis solution for Creative Labs.
		You can use SoundFont technology to enhance the sound in a game or use it as a number of musical instruments to create a sequence that would sound as if an orchestra was playing your original music in your computer.
		SoundFont technology is a powerful tool that has already been deployed to the masses.
	www.soundblaster.com /soundfont/faqs (340 words)

	Notation Software - Soundfont Resources
		Even though the qualities of instruments in various soundfonts may differ widely, they are all a leap in quality over the "hard card" sounds on virtually all computer sound cards.
		A non-GM soundfont is one that is perhaps a collection of specific instruments (eg, a collection of brass instruments, or various acoustic guitars) or of a specialized sound (such as a "pad" or mixture of instruments), and so does not include the entire set of GM instrument sounds.
		SF2 and SBK are the most common, and are recognized by Vienna Soundfont Studio and Soundfont Librarian for manipulating soundfonts.
	www.notation.com /SpecialInterest-Soundfonts.htm (1255 words)

	SYNTH ZONE - SOUNDFONT RESOURCES
		Some free soundfonts to download and you can have your own original soundfonts posted there for free.
		Fluid is a Soundfont set for the SBLive, the result of a project aimed at getting the most out of the SBLive sound card.
		Soundfonts for Creative cards of classic synth sounds, currently featuring samples from the Roland D-50 and ARP Odessey.
	www.synthzone.com /soundfont.htm (813 words)

	Soundfonts [jOrgan]
		The soundfont is the source for the audio files that the hardware sampler like the Creative Labs Soundblaster and the Software Synthisizer like the SFZ Synth use to reproduce the sounds used to make an organ.
		Soundfonts are recorded or synthisized wave file stereo or mono recordings of the notes for each rank of pipes or instruments.
		This soundfont is free for personal non commercial use and is compatible with the jOrgan Allman Sympnonic III, IV, Theatre 3-14 and Bruce Miles Cinema Organ and the MidiTzer 150, 216 and 260 organs http://www.allmanorgans.com Note: This sound font also contains the USF (Universal Sound Font) ranks.
	jorgan.sourceforge.net /doku.php/sound:soundfont (540 words)

	Cakewalk - Using SoundFont Support in SONAR
		SoundFonts™ is the name for a Creative Labs file format that lets you trigger audio samples with MIDI notes.
		SoundFonts are stored in groups of one or more patches, in files with the extension.SF2.
		Because the.WRK file stores the path to your SoundFont file, if you move the SoundFont to another directory SONAR will be unable to locate the SoundFont file.
	www.cakewalk.com /Support/Docs/SoundFonts.asp (823 words)

	LA_SoundFonts < Wikilearn < TWiki
		"SoundFonts are simply.wav file samples that have been transformed by a SoundFont editor, such as Vienna, into MIDI-controllable instruments which can be loaded onto your soundcard and triggered by your sequencer.
		If you play a midi file using a GM soundfont you will hear each part played from the right instrument, while if you play a midi file using a non GM soundfont you may hear (for example) the drum line played from a trumpet.
		In fact most soundfont on internet are in RAR archives or not compressed at all (.sf2 files).
	twiki.org /cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LA_SoundFonts (633 words)

	Virtual Turntable » SoundFont
		The VSTi soundfont player rgc:audio sfz (for Windows) plus the new release of Ableton Live 4.0 is turning out to be a fantastic pairing thanks to solid engineering on both sides.
		Adding soundfont playing to Live is a welcome development and through Live’s new complex but powerful virtual cabling this setup is the environment to beat in terms of fun an productivity.
		Soundfont support on the Mac is important because it spreads the ubiquity of the popular, yes “open” thanks to E/MU and Creative, widely used SF2 format (2.1 spec (PDF)).
	virtualturntable.fourstones.net /tags/soundfont (909 words)

	JEUX, a Pipe Organ SoundFont
		The other important tuning, applicable to all soundfonts, is that all the sound samples have to be configured so that they are in tune with each other.
		The JEUX soundfont may be freely distributed but may not be sold or used commercially under any circumstance without my written permission.
		However, the soundfont parameters permit fine tuning only to the nearest cent, not enough to eliminate all heterodyne effects for very high ranks (Cymbale, mixtures), or for very low notes held longer than 5-10 seconds.
	members.aol.com /realmac/jeux1.htm (4703 words)

	SoundFont - ALSA wiki
		A SoundFont bank (or SoundFont-compatible bank) contains both the digital audio samples which have been captured from a sound source, and the instructions to the wavetable synthesizer on how to articulate this sound based on the musical or sonic context as expressed by MIDI (called articulation data).
		Josh Green has a good introduction to the SoundFont technology here and an FAQ is at soundfont.com.
		Rather than sticking to the SoundFont 1.0 format and putting up with these inadequacies, E-mu/Creative determined that the public release of the SoundFont standard would be a good time to make a clean sweep and revised the format to include all the necessary features.
	alsa.opensrc.org /Soundfont (291 words)

	Striving For New Lows
		However, SoundFont files can be nearly any size; the 32 MB limit applies only to the amount of Wave file data that can be sounding at any given moment.
		SoundFonts can use any arbitrary sample rate, so you are not limited to the standard rates of 44100, 22050, and 11025.
		SoundFonts are based on a three-level hierarchy: The original samples are used to define an Instrument, which is where you specify in Vienna the range of notes each sample should play.
	www.ethanwiner.com /soundfonts.html (4014 words)

	Soundfont Info
		The downloadable soundfont is compressed with the RAR compression scheme and then compressed again using the ZIP compression scheme.
		Soundfonts included on my CD-roms are not compressed, and are distributed in the regular SF2 format on the CDs.
		Once the piano soundfont is installed as described above, you can play MIDI files and you will get the Steinway Piano sounds from my soundfont instead of the piano sounds in the soundfont you were previously using.
	www.pianosounds.com /SoundfontFAQ.htm (1268 words)

	Experimenting with SoundFonts - Expand your sonic palette with SoundFonts
		SoundFont banks require a synthesizer or sampler (used as an engine) for playback and software to load them into the instrument and to edit them.
		When a SoundFont bank gets loaded into a SoundFont-ready program, that program reads (parses) the sample and parameter data in the file and communicates it to the hardware, where it is rendered instantaneously into sound.
		SoundFont 2.1 introduced incredible new features that take users to the limits of the MIDI specification and in some cases, beyond.
	emusician.com /mag/emusic_experimenting_soundfonts (1251 words)

	SF2 soundfont files, free download
		A SoundFont bank (*.sf2) contains the information of up to ani instruments and any drum set in many banks.
		From the Asian republic of TUVA, the amazing style of overtone singing has finally been properly captured as a mystical and marvelous sample library, along with the traditional Tuvan stringed instruments Igil and Doshpuluur.
		Currently loaded soundfonts can be previewed by both using MIDI input or a built-in virtual keyboard.
	www.sf2midi.com (432 words)

	Synthfont ( soundfont/midifile player) - Synth Zone BBS
		Load it into Synthfont & audition the various soundfont banks on each of the tracks (each track can have a different gm bank) and choose the best version of a particular instrument to put into my soundfont.
		Using them in BIAB, I can only load one gm soundfont at a time, so I have to listen to the song/style with the one font, be it sgm128, sgm180, papalmedia etc doesn't make it easy to compare whether I should be using a papalmedia piano, with sgm180 strings & sgm128 drums.
		One thing I was experimenting with the other night was editing the volumes of individual drums in a drumset ie brushes too loud so instead of having to alter the brush velocity in each of the styles, may be easier to alter the brush sample.
	www.synthzone.com /ubbs/Forum43/HTML/000026.html (916 words)

	Andy's OSX Music Page
		SoundFont Synth is an Audio Unit plug-in designed to make the synthesis of natural instruments using Sound Fonts, available to GarageBand or any other Audio Unit compatible host.
		Uses industry standard SoundFont files (.sf2) thousands of which are widely available for free download from the Internet.
		SoundFont Synth is limited in it's functionality until registered.
	andydrabble.users.btopenworld.com /soundfontsynth/moreinfo.html (182 words)

	Secrets of Making of a Large SoundFont
		There is no limit to the number of zones you can have in the drum preset, so you can assign 1,2 3 or more zones per key--each with their own filter setting if you want.
		The sound quality of well made SF2 files is just as good as any 16 bit sampler, The soundcard itself may add a very thin veil of distortion, but it is so small it will not be evident on boards that most home studio folks can afford.
		As time goes on, we will see the hardware sampler as an extension of the SoundFont protocol, much the way laptop computers dock to their desktop hosts.
	www.tweakheadz.com /SoundFont_Secrets.html (2136 words)

	3DsoundSurge Reviews: Utopia Live! Soundfont for the Sound Blaster Live!
		Apparently, most free soundfonts on the net are made from instruments 'ripped' from other soundfonts resulting in most soundfonts having a lot of the same instruments/percussion.
		After half a year of work the Utopia Sound Division basically had the soundfont finished but after that they (with the help of a large group of beta-testers) spend another half year just on balancing (which is: getting correct loudness levels, tweaking sounds etc..) to ensure as best as possible playback on Roland-made MIDI files.
		soundfont was being developed, having nearly all combinations of instruments sound good was the priority with the 'reality of the individual sounds' for solos still important, but secondary to the big picture.
	www.3dsoundsurge.com /reviews/software/UtopiaLive/UtopiaLive.html (1318 words)

	GusSoundfont - ALSA wiki
		For midi players that understand both Soundfonts and GUS patches, it would be convenient to have a unified config file syntax that characterizes intruments and banks in the same way for GUS and Sf2.
		Instruments and percussion banks are named in Soundfonts, but the names often have troublesome characters in them, so unsf fixes up the names before using them as names of files and directories.
		The downside to this way of configuring Soundfonts for use is that you have to declare in the config file the banks and instruments you want, otherwise they won't be loaded.
	alsa.opensrc.org /home/w/org/opensrc/alsa/index.php?title=GusSoundfont (1282 words)

	SoundFont Synth 2.2 – Mac OS X – VersionTracker
		Notify me when SoundFont Synth is updated on VersionTracker.
		SoundFont Synth is an Audio Unit plug-in synthesizer which is compatible with most modern music production packages such as Logic 7, Digital Performer, GarageBand etc.
		I will open and start playing a song but the track that contains SoundFont Synth will be silent until I play a few midi notes into it which seems to "unlock" the plug-in.
	www.versiontracker.com /dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23585 (335 words)

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