How To Access Other banks from CoolSoftSynth

[dj]

Hi,

I don't have Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth installed at the moment, although I've tried it out briefly in the past.

The following is pulled from the CoolSoft FAQ:

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How does the Soundfont list work? Think it like an ordered list of soundfont files, where the last loaded wins (at instrument level).

For normal use you could load a single (your preferred) soundfont and use it for all instruments.

But some users don't like some instruments contained in a SF2, so they could change them with others.

Suppose you configure a full GeneralMIDI soundfont at first position (A.SF2), then a small SF containing only your preferred Acoustic Grand Piano samples at second (B.SF2).

Now VirtualMIDISynth will use A.SF2 for all instruments except for Acoustic Grand Piano that will be played from B.SF.

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What I read here is that the CoolSoft expects people to be using a General Midi soundfont, containing the 127 general midi spec instruments. Then any additional soundfonts loaded in slots above that will displace their respectively numbered instruments in the "main" soundfont.

There are a couple of threads on the CoolSoft forum here:

http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/fo...isynth/general

that may help you.


I hope that helps. Good luck.

David