Re GM soundfonts, hard to beat FluidR3 GM2-2. And actually, I think the developer was inspired by (and was able to use) the bassmidi engine.something like that. It actually replaces the Windows 's sitting in the background ready to go when you just click on a midi file anywhere in explorer, but it does have a configuration window where you can load any soundfont.

The good thing about both the rgc audio plugs is that you can set them to stream from disc, which means you can use the larger, higher quality, more recent soundfonts without worrying about RAM.īTW, an even easier thing, if you want to just play midi files from your desktop but with far better quality than the default built in Windows midi player, is to set up Coolsoft VirtualMIDISynth (it's free). Looking at SoundFont files, the decay time is often specified as zero, because this isn’t a big consideration in the overall replication of the note. In short, SoundFont files contain recorded audio samples of musical instruments. And rgc audio sfz+ is also fine in Reaper (with many instances) if you set it to 'buggy plugin compatibility mode'. SoundFont is a file format and associated technology that uses sample-based synthesis to play MIDI files. Mind you, rgc audio sfz is fine as long as you use the multicore dll version.

there are of course other programs like TX16Wx etc that will load soundfonts but I believe they don't catch the whole spec?Īnyway, I've fired it up, no problems so far. First youll need the Soundfont player effect for Reaper. 2 Answers Download the SoundFont files you want Within the Finder, press and hold the option key Keep the option key down and click on Go > Library This. Or you could try out this amazing software, unaltered, for free, for 60 days.

Thanks Zerosurf, I didn't know there was a 64 bit sf2 player out there, and I mean an actual dedicated player. I use Reaper for all of my recording, so Ill do this little tutorial based on this DAW, but you should be able to figure it out for whatever program you use.

How to use a soundfont