Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:19 PM David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> >> >> +++-==================-============-============-====================================== >> ii fluid-soundfont-gm 3.1-5.2 all Fluid (R3) General MIDI >> SoundFont (GM) >> ii fluid-soundfont-gs 3.1-5.2 all Fluid (R3) General MIDI >> SoundFont (GS) >> > > General MIDI soundfonts. Gag me with a spoon. You'll be appalled to know that I am providing rhythmic rehearsal support for our accordion orchestra (started during the time we had to rehearse remotely due to health mandates) by writing up General MIDI with LilyPond and replaying it on a Solton MS80, a GM2 device (and button accordion keyboard arranger) from the 90s. The device still believes to be working with a SCSI hard disk and a 1.44MB floppy drive. As embarrassing as it may sound, with regard to the playing experience the progress in sound synthesis since then appears to make less of a difference than a good keyboard amp (which doesn't have to be new either). Oh, and of course the MIDI interface has optically isolated 31250bps connections, a standard that has been clawing on merrily since its inception. For something like a wind controller played as a wind instrument, a dedicated sound font (but possibly also a dedicated synthesizer) may be able to put more of a focus on the implementation of wind instrument controls. In theory, a controller should not tie you to a particular instrument family. In practice, audience expectations do. An accordion would be a remarkably versatile keyboard controller if it didn't look like an accordion. So there is some point in specialising on the quality of sound matching the visuals of your controller. At least with an accordion, you can sneak in "side instruments" (the left hand transmits its own two channels), so there may be more of a point to have reasonable general sound font support as backup. But as a starting point, being able to hear something beats not being able to hear something. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
