8 Jul
2004
8 Jul
'04
12:35 p.m.
All fair comment Rick,
Last Wednesday 07 July 2004 22:14, Rick Henry was like:
I'm not sure if you've invested in sample sets
prior to using Linux, but if
you have and still have a Windows machine running,
I don't. Part of my frustration is the apparent need to delve into Windows to
get the best out of soundfonts.
one app you can purchase
fairly cheap (sub-$100) is translator pro from chickensys. It translates
many, many formats from one to another. Over the years I've invested a
sizeable chuck of cash on samples in various formats (AKAI, GIG, Halion),
and with the pgm doing the translation, I can use everything I've purchased
on various systems. There are differences is the various formats (notably,
keyswitching not working in Soundfonts), but you can work around them.
I'm still currently trying to get translator pro to run under Wine (damn
hidden file on the CD).
Therefore I don't bother with wine either.
That said, is there a reason you're looking for
free soundfonts (as opposed
to for sale)? I mentioned it in a previous post, but I'll mention it again
- there are some commercial soundfonts (< $50) that will provide you with
exactly what you need.
Yes, I have no money (i.e. my bag of brown rice ran out two days ago and I'm
currently blagging off my housemate). I'm also on a mission to find out how
far you can get in computer music on next to no money (e.g. welfare). I
intend to disseminate what I've discovered once I've achieved the objective,
which is to basically record an album using GNU tools on low cost / donated
hardware. I want to show that it can not only be done, but done well. To this
end the soundfonts I use should really be GPL'd or CC'd.
Buying soundfonts seems preferable to resorting to Windows, but I feel I'd
prove the point of the current exercise better by buckling down and getting
to know smurf or compiling swami (not in Debian archive) and doing the best I
can with the current free resources.
Thanks for the suggestions anyway,
tim hall