On Monday 01 Dec 2003 10:45 am, Joerg Anders wrote: > Do you really get different results > with FluidR3 soundfont and FluidSynth ? Well, one problem is that I don't think you've ever actually said which patch you're using, except that it's "strings". The result I get varies wildly depending on which patch I use. With the Fluid3 soundfont, I get: Violin (41), viola (42), cello (43): level tones, entered smoothly, building up rather than attacking. A bit unexpressive but nice enough. Tremolo Strings (45): a very glitchy sound with a smooth envelope. Sounds nasty, surely something wrong with the font or synth here but it's not the same effect as you're describing. String Ensemble 1 (49): pretty much the same as you. I'm guessing this is what you're using. String Ensemble 2 (50): a nice smooth string wash, no attack. Synth Strings 1 (51): a smooth sound with some pretty bizarre tuning. Synth Strings 2 (52): similar but more so (reminds me of that out-of-tune synth in Joy Division's The Eternal). So you see, I've generally assumed that most of these fonts were just designed to have the string ensemble 1 sound a bit more vigorous for faster passages and the string ensemble 2 be the friendly wash. That is actually quite a useful distinction. It hadn't occurred to me that other synths would play it differently. Given that this isn't exhibited with all string patches, it really might be worth taking a bit more time to check that the hardware synth is actually the correct one. Just because you like it better doesn't necessarily mean it is (although it seems probable). I certainly agree with you that the difference is rather strange. Chris
