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Offline Alieo

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Sound font player needed!
« on: March 13, 2012, 10:25:17 PM »
So I downloaded this Megadrive Soundfont to emulate music like in the Sega Genesis. All I want to do is listen to existing MIDI files I have using this soundfont. I thought Winamp does such a thing, but apparently I'm wrong or can't figure it out. Anyone know of a program I can very easily just load the soundfont I want to use and then load the MIDI I want to hear?
I like to think I have a Descent taste of music.

Offline Kaiaatzl

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Re: Sound font player needed!
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 06:29:05 AM »
Sidhe Priest posted XMPlay somewhere on here.
It's got pretty good soundfont support but it's a little hard to figure out.
Or you could try the demo of Midi2Wav recorder; the demo can't actually record but it can play with soundfonts.

And I have a bunch of others that I can't remember.

Offline CrazyEnzo03

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Re: Sound font player needed!
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 06:42:45 AM »
You can load a soundfont with SynthFont and play any midi using that soundfont.  You can even mix and match different soundfonts for each instrument in the midi.

http://www.synthfont.com/

The free version should do what you're after and it also has the ability to record to WAV or other audio formats iirc.
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Re: Sound font player needed!
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 11:29:39 AM »
another possible option is foo_midi for Foobar2000. It can use BassMIDI or FluidSynth for playing MIDI files, and both can be told to play using certain soundfonts.

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Re: Sound font player needed!
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 10:26:01 PM »
Okay, I went with the Synthfont, and it works great! However, I loaded that Sega Genesis soundfont and sampled out some Descent tunes on it... SUCKS!!! I was disappointed. It'll be interesting to try out other soundfonts now, though. Thanks fellas!
I like to think I have a Descent taste of music.

 

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