Dennis,
we are having a slight misunderstanding here. I am not complaining at
all about GPO, since I don't own it. I am wondering whether there are
alternatives to spending the money on GPO _before_ I buy it. I am sure
the GPO violins leave very little to be desired.
The problem on the Mac side is that I cannot decode sfArk V1 files. The
soundfonts itself are fully platform independent. Any sf2 file will work
on the Mac. However, at least with Finale (and I am definitely not
willing to learn to use a sequencer just for my Finale playback), the
problem is that only 1 soundfont is supported at the same time as far as
I know. You have to specifically select the soundfont in Finale.
If I can find a good soundfont this might keep me from spending money on
GPO. If I can't I may jump on the group sale for GPO, simply because is
seems the easiest high quality solution, since Finale directly supports
GPO to some extend.
Johannes
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz schrieb:
At 05:03 PM 5/25/05 +0200, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Very interesting, but far too complicated for my needs. All I need is
one soundfont with string sounds that sound like strings and aren't as
dreadfully out of tune as the one that comes with Finale.
Understood.
Even if Mac users are pointed to the Hammersound site, as far as I know
there is no way to decode sfArk V1 archives. Unfortunately it seems that
the Langton violin sounds are in that format, and in that format only.
Are you just talking about the sfArk decoder? The resulting files are .sf2,
including the Langton, Florestan, and Cadenza strings. Is that what you
mean? I'd be happy to send a Langton violin .sf2 just for a test (about
700K). I don't know if the soundfont files are cross-platform.
Furthermore, after having fiddled with the demo of polyphontics, the
only soundfont editor on the Mac afaik, I have decided that this thing
is not really usable for my purposes, as it doesn't allow me to load a
soundfont and only exchange certain patches. All it can do is build a
complete soundfont from scratch, and that's simply far too much time wasted.
Forget soundfont editors... they're a big pain unless you have a free day
(or two) (or 10).
Maybe I wasn't clear, or maybe this isn't possible for you -- I still don't
know if GPO grabs all channels and banks. Maybe you can try this:
1. Launch your standalone soundfont player (as Finale doesn't take plug-in
ones).
2. Load the Langton violin soundfont into channel 1 (it varies
significantly from player to player on how this is done)
3. In Finale Midi setup, set 1-16 to GPO (makes it Midi device 1).
4. In Finale Midi setup, set 17-32 to your soundfont player (makes it Midi
device 2).
5. In the Finale Instrument list, change your violin to channel 17 (channel
one on Midi device 2).
If this works, you can save the instrument list in your default file ...
and gradually build what you want as you find instruments more to your taste.
The GPO violin problem might be just a minor annoyance compared to setting
up a soundfont player. :) Or maybe you can contact the GPO author and
request a fix?
Dennis
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