Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Expanding concept of 'default' MIDI test-kit

[D.B. M. <db...@ho...>]

Greets,

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> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 03:34:39 -0700
> Subject: Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Expanding concept of 'default' MIDI	test-kit
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> DM = D.B. Moore
> DM> What we need now, is a soundfont constant.
> DM>
> DM> Once we have that, we can more or less
> DM> be sure that using jazz++ to play jazz.mid using
> DM> jack/fluidsynth/qsynth as output with a specific
> DM> soundfont file loaded is going to represent the
> DM> same -system- load in all cases. Close anyhow.
> DM>
> DM> What do we think?
> 
> I've been using different soundfonts on different machines.
> 
> On Fedora 8 I used a provided package...
> 
> PersonalCopy-Lite-soundfont-4.1-3.fc8.noarch
> 
> I obtained a free set from
> 
> http://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/free-soundfonts/product_info.php/products_id/206
> 
> for the Mandrive box.
> 
> I don't have a clue what the best choice would be.
> Pete

Thanks for this info, I'll put it to good use. Regarding exactly which
would be the best soundfont choice...yes, it's hard to conclude an 
exact soundfont to use, because there can be a considerable variance
in quality between one .sf2 file to another. For the purposes of docs
and examples therein, I'm defaulting to the 'jazz.mid' midifile, and so
essentially the soundfont chosen should make this composition sound
like the next MIDI top-10 hit....

I'll do some testing and burn some bandwidth downloading some GM/GS
soundfonts until I find something most suitable. Then, I'll upload same to
you and you can check it against your system setups (including Mac?)

Btw, does your Windows install entertain soundfont loading, or....?


Regards,

Donald B  


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