Hi Robert Just wondering where you got the jack version of iiwusynth, as I have been to their download site and not sure what I really need to grab. Thanks Luke. At 11:23 PM 30/01/2003, you wrote: >Luke Yelavich wrote: >>At 03:24 AM 30/01/2003, you wrote: >> >>> > > A GPL'd soundfont. >>> > >>> > Do you know of any I can look into? >> >>Probably not all of them are GPL, but have you looked at >>http://www.hammersound.net which is a great soundfont resource. >>On that note, what does everybody use to play their soundfonts? I am >>interested in those who use soundfonts without a creative card. What are >>your experiences? > >Up until recently I've been using sb-live and before that awe cards... > >Now I'm in the process of switching to using only iiwusynth, both muse and >jack:ed version. > >The fundamental reason for switching to a software based synth is CONTROL! >Using iiwusynth I can route the audio data back into the application and >actually have control of what happens to the audio data, what I hear is >what will end up in the downmix. It's so much easier to add fx to it also. > >I find iiwusynth to work very good for such a young project. Not all >soundfonts work but mostly they sound as they should (or as I think they >should). A long long time ago I did try timidity...I can't put my finger >on why... but I never liked it much. It's probably a viable option also... > >/Robert >
