by gmeredith » Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:02 pm
I am the soundfont expert
I use soundfonts all the time, and mostly make my own. Soundfonts are good in that they are a somewhat universal standard (invented by E-mu/Creative) that many software players will recognise, and some hardware players. They are a neat package of whole instrument setups. Here are a bunch of free soundfonts - download a couple and open them in a player, and have a look at their structure - that will give you an idea of what you can do with them:
http://rkhive.com/banks.htmlhttps://trisamples.com/free-soundfontsTo make your own, I use Synthfont Viena:
http://www.synthfont.com/Viena_news.htmlIt's freeware and very powerful, it can do samples on every key and velocity layered samples, envelopes etc. A bit tricky to use but once you get it its a breeze. I use them in Samplelord, a sample/soundfont player, which is loaded into my V-Machine, a hardware VST host (like a small Receptor) so I can play them live without a computer:
http://www.samplelord.com
Casio: FZ1, CZ101, PG380, VZ10M, SK8, SK60, RAP10, DP1 drums, DH100, CDP200, DM100
Yamaha: TX81z, TX802, SHS10, DTXv2
Roland: SH101, DR660, MS1, PM16, TR33
Others: Korg MicroKontrol, ES-1, Alesis MMT8, Emu ESi2000 & card reader, BCR2000, V-Machine