13 Jul
2005
13 Jul
'05
4:42 p.m.
Hi guys. I'm not a demudi wizard, so I thought I'd post this question
for help. My dad recently sent me a midi file that sounds awful on
his machine, and requested that I make it sound better. I've only got
the standard onboard audio, so I'm assuming 8mb max of samples, or fm
synthesis. This midi file is mainly organ, so I'm thinking that
zynsynth might do it, but I thought I'd post for discussion this
question:
"What's the best way using a stock demudi and no external synthesizer,
to take a GM file and get the best possible sound out of my computer?
"
I know that initially, it won't matter if my playback device can't do
anything, but assuming there's a playback device included with demudi
that has good samples or synthesis, perhaps using some of the other
control codes that GM doesn't let me use may help?
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
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Allan Graves
I came into this world with nothing, and I have most of it left.
Madness has its toll. Exact change only please.
14 Jul
14 Jul
7:31 a.m.
mercoled?, 13 luglio 2005 alle 14:41:50, Allan Graves ha scritto:
Hi guys. I'm not a demudi wizard, so I thought
I'd post this question
for help. My dad recently sent me a midi file that sounds awful on
his machine, and requested that I make it sound better. I've only got
the standard onboard audio, so I'm assuming 8mb max of samples, or fm
synthesis. This midi file is mainly organ, so I'm thinking that
zynsynth might do it, but I thought I'd post for discussion this
question:
"What's the best way using a stock demudi and no external synthesizer,
to take a GM file and get the best possible sound out of my computer?
"
Probably using a GM soundfont with timidity or qsynth/fluidsynth.
The problem with most of the soundfonts you find online is that they
doesn't have an explicit licensing policy, so they can't be shipped with
demudi. There was a plan to create a GPLed GM soundfont, but you know,
it's a huge work. We have already some sounds:
http://freepats.opensrc.org/
Those in the sf2 directory are of good quality IMHO, but they're not GM.
You can find GM soundfonts for example on http://www.personalcopy.com
Personally I use one I found on http://www.hammersound.net (under
Sounds->Sound fonts->Collections, page 3) it's called "sYnerGi 8Mb
GM"
and it has a good balance and intonation between instruments (the main
problem I've seen in GM soundfonts) and it's rather small.
If you want to listen to differencies, some time ago I made a comparison
between an hardware module (roland SC-D70), timidity with personalcopy
soundfont and timidity with sYnerGi:
http://emillo.net/download/MidiTest.zip (about 2Mb)
I know that initially, it won't matter if my
playback device can't do
anything, but assuming there's a playback device included with demudi
that has good samples or synthesis, perhaps using some of the other
control codes that GM doesn't let me use may help?
You should use the soundfonts with a soft-synth like timidity or
qsynth/fluidsynth, so the soundcard doesn't matter as the samples are
stored and used in RAM.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.
HTH ciao
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Emiliano Grilli
Linux user #209089
http://www.emillo.net
5:48 p.m.
Last Wednesday 13 July 2005 19:41, Allan Graves was like:
"What's the best way using a stock demudi and
no external synthesizer,
to take a GM file and get the best possible sound out of my computer?
I would personally open it up in Rosegarden, using QSynth (fluidsynth) with a
good GM soundfont as Emillo suggests. Often MIDI files need remixing to
account for the differing volumes of the voices. It's also worth looking at
MuSE if Rosegarden seems like too great a learning curve for such a task.
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
23 Jul
23 Jul
1:10 p.m.
Thanks to all who helped me out here. I was able to make the midi
file play well enough that my dad is looking to leave the windows
platform and learn the linux audio tools! :)
On 7/14/05, tim hall <tech(a)glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:
Last Wednesday 13 July 2005 19:41, Allan Graves was
like:
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Allan Graves
I came into this world with nothing, and I have most of it left.
Madness has its toll. Exact change only please.
"What's the best way using a stock
demudi and no external synthesizer,
to take a GM file and get the best possible sound out of my computer?
I would personally open it up in Rosegarden, using QSynth (fluidsynth) with a
good GM soundfont as Emillo suggests. Often MIDI files need remixing to
account for the differing volumes of the voices. It's also worth looking at
MuSE if Rosegarden seems like too great a learning curve for such a task.
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
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