Soundfont Newbie confused

[Briansdad]

[Briansdad]

what is grayed-out is the button I need, Turn Midi input ON

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Actually with Composer 3 you can use the internal Notation Software Synth and swap around soundfonts. Musician does not have this capability, but Composer does. This feature avoids having to set up anything like SynthFont or other soundfont players/hosts as the Notation Software Synth is the default playback device.

To see the details for selecting a soundfont to use in Notation Composer 3, please see Help/Users Guide, and then use the Index to look up "soundfont, selection". There are lots of free General MIDI (GM) soundfonts out on the internet. You can also search this forum for "soundfont" to find some links.

ttfn,
Sherry

[Briansdad]

Hooray again! I have already downloaded a few soundfonts I like. Followed instructions, piece of cake (not to be confused with Cakewalk"!). Sounds much better to me. thanks again.

Bill

[vmuller]

I am using CoolSoft - VirtualMIDISynth.
It's free but very good sf2 based Synthesizer.

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Originally Posted by vmuller

I am using CoolSoft - VirtualMIDISynth.
It's free but very good sf2 based Synthesizer.

CoolSoft had been a recommended synth before the internal Notation Software Synth was developed. Our internal synth can handle sf2 and sf3 type soundfonts, and allows you to do all the "MIDI massaging" within notation composer 3.



ttfn,
Sherry