Good Soundfonts? Was: [PlanetCCRMA] Tmidity Jack Support?

[Josh Lawrence]

Thanks for the link, Aaron.  What should I be looking for here, and
what will it do (provide soundfonts, convert samples)?

Josh

On 5/23/05, Aaron Slocum <aaron at broskeeper.com> wrote:
> Josh,
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, this link came up a few weeks ago on the mail list:
> 
> http://plugin.org.uk/releases/
> 
> Aaron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: planetccrma-admin at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> [mailto:planetccrma-admin at ccrma.Stanford.EDU] On Behalf Of Josh Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 1:57 PM
> To: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> Cc: Mirco Scaramucci Proud; planetccrma at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> Subject: Good Soundfonts? Was: [PlanetCCRMA] Tmidity Jack Support?
> 
> Which brings up an interesting question:  Has anyone found a source
> for high-quality soundfonts?  I can find a million free fonts on the
> web, but they all sound sub-par, especially when compared to even the
> most pedestrian of sound modules available on the market.
> 
> -Or-
> 
> Maybe a program that would convert Akai samples (of which I have quite
> a few) to soundfonts for use in Linux?
> 
> Josh
> 
> On 23 May 2005 10:22:22 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 01:08, Mirco Scaramucci Proud wrote:
> > > Is anybody aware of an application similar to timidity that functions
> > > directly thru qjackctl/jack that would enable wave sounds to be
> reproduced?
> >
> > You could try fluidsynth, it is "jack aware" and has a nice (optional)
> > gui front end called "qsynth". You will need a soundfont for it to make
> > any sounds...
> >
> > -- Fernando
> >
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