any Soundfont users out there? -ACID Product Family

Subject:any Soundfont users out there? Posted by: g_rambo21 Date:6/9/2004 6:59:06 PM I use Soundfonts with the BlasterKey MP3 MIDI Keyboard in ACID 4.0. I have a bunch of Soundfont banks that I can use with the Soundfont Player, but when I record them in ACID they all play back as the default piano sound. Has anyone else encountered this, and if so, what can I do to fix it?
Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there? Reply by: DKeenum Date:6/10/2004 6:39:56 AM There is a VSTi plug-in called sfz that will play soundfonts in acid. You can get a free version through kvr-vst.com. Go check it out.
Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there? Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:6/10/2004 10:54:35 AM This was just asked (and answered) in the help with midi thread. It’s not limited to SoundFonts but a general MIDI problem with controlling MIDI hardware. I also recommend sfz as the recommended approach unless you want to use your soundcard for some reason. ~jr
Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there? Reply by: plastique Date:6/10/2004 11:08:47 AM i personally convert the soundfonts i like to use to dls format (with extreme sample translator) - especially larger ones - and load them in the dls synth (part of Acid Pro) which seems to be able to load/stream big sf2 files better than sfz: i made a test with the gigapiano , which is a huge gigastudio version of a piano of filesize of 500MB+ , converted it to both soundfont and to dls , where i loaded the first into sfz , the second into the dls synth . sfz wasn't able to load the sf2 into memory (not enough on this machine) , and the direct from disk feature choked a few times while playing back. the dls synth on the other hand played back nicely the large file without glitches . i looked into the task manager and it seemed that the dls synth only loads a part into memory at first and so seems to combine best of both worlds (memory/disk usage).
Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there? Reply by: g_rambo21 Date:6/11/2004 1:21:46 PM I got that sfz plug-in and now it works fine. Thanks to everyone for your help!

Subject:any Soundfont users out there?

Posted by: g_rambo21

Date:6/9/2004 6:59:06 PM

I use Soundfonts with the BlasterKey MP3 MIDI Keyboard in ACID 4.0. I have a bunch of Soundfont banks that I can use with the Soundfont Player, but when I record them in ACID they all play back as the default piano sound. Has anyone else encountered this, and if so, what can I do to fix it?

Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there?

Reply by: DKeenum

Date:6/10/2004 6:39:56 AM

There is a VSTi plug-in called sfz that will play soundfonts in acid. You can get a free version through kvr-vst.com. Go check it out.

Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there?

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:6/10/2004 10:54:35 AM

This was just asked (and answered) in the help with midi thread. It’s not limited to SoundFonts but a general MIDI problem with controlling MIDI hardware. I also recommend sfz as the recommended approach unless you want to use your soundcard for some reason.

~jr

Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there?

Reply by: plastique

Date:6/10/2004 11:08:47 AM

i personally convert the soundfonts i like to use to dls format (with extreme sample translator) - especially larger ones - and load them in the dls synth (part of Acid Pro) which seems to be able to load/stream big sf2 files better than sfz:
i made a test with the gigapiano , which is a huge gigastudio version of a piano of filesize of 500MB+ , converted it to both soundfont and to dls , where i loaded the first into sfz , the second into the dls synth .
sfz wasn't able to load the sf2 into memory (not enough on this machine) , and the direct from disk feature choked a few times while playing back.
the dls synth on the other hand played back nicely the large file without glitches . i looked into the task manager and it seemed that the dls synth only loads a part into memory at first and so seems to combine best of both worlds (memory/disk usage).

Subject:RE: any Soundfont users out there?

Reply by: g_rambo21

Date:6/11/2004 1:21:46 PM

I got that sfz plug-in and now it works fine. Thanks to everyone for your help!