04-18-2005, 08:49 AM
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Starving Artist
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Favorite SoundFonts
What are your favorite SoundFonts for different sounds?
I've only been making tracks for a weekend, but I've already learned that there are thousands of different SoundFonts out there. It's hard to know which ones are good, and it's clear that different fonts work well in different situations.
I thought it might be helpful to start a thread on "favorite" SoundFonts. Which ones do people tend to use a lot?
The main types of Fonts for guitar backing tracks are obviously drums and bass, so maybe we could start with those? Then there are obviously a ton of others (keys, strings, winds, brass, etc).
I have yet to find a good bass Font for rock songs...there are a few "jazz basses" that are passable, but nothing's blowing my mind. What's your favorite?
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04-18-2005, 09:02 AM
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101 Guru
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: uk
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the nsj bass is not too bad, ive found doubling up different drums/basses really add to the depth of the whole backing by giving each piece of kit a fuller sound and theres not 1 soundfont that has it all
for bass say double up with the nsj bass & pretes_thumbs bass, once ya got both of them in yer editor add a volume envelope to each track, also adding compression helps to giv it a boost too
drums - the power kits are good combined with some of the live kits
all from hammersounds apart from the nsj bass
a good gm font is the gm3
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04-18-2005, 02:54 PM
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"Gas Station Attendant"
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I have used all of these at least once in my backings at one time or another...
GM -
Fluid R3
SGM-180 v1.5
New Bank Crisis Gm v2.6 Modif By Oc v2 For One Man Band
Bass-
Naturally Decaying B-Guitars
NS_J-Bass
All basses
Sonic Implants Rock Bass
Fender_JazzBass
Drums-
ns_kit7free
Sonic Implants Blue Jay Drums
RealAcousticDrumsEXTRA
Drum Set Acoustic V1.7
Real Acoustic Plus
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05-08-2005, 09:39 AM
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Local Artist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ankeny IA, USA
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Does anyone know where to point me on aquiring soundfonts and how to use them?
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05-16-2005, 09:51 AM
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101 Guru
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: uk
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download the podgod package, its got the links and synthfont stuff, hammersounds has got shedloads of soundfonts
also ive found the velocity mixer sliders to improve the kits outputs, select mixer from the view menu, and where the main track grid is thers a small arrow button to select what the mixer slider does, volume and velocity are the 2 best options ther aswell as the transpose
Last edited by SLoB; 05-16-2005 at 09:53 AM.
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05-25-2005, 08:13 AM
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Incognito Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Third Stone
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I don't know if anyone here has tried this drum SF2, but I've found it to be quite useful. It was made with a flat eq setting and there is no effects on it. I found it on the net while doing some research the other day. I haven't seen it in any of the popular soundfont sites.
http://www.wobblymusic.net/Samples/
There is a version of it for several different samplers, or whatever you call those things. Hope someone finds these useful. Also, according to the author of the soundfont, there is no restrictions to the use of this soundfont.
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05-25-2005, 10:54 AM
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101 Guru
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cheers for the link 
sounds like a good soundfont, seems to have all the main parts sounding good
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05-25-2005, 07:05 PM
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Napoleon Dynamite
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30 dollars extra for the soundfont engine for FL Studio 5. Worth EVERY penny. Nothing beats Fl Studio for modding your midis.
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05-25-2005, 07:19 PM
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David Gilmour's 2nd
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Originally Posted by stingx
30 dollars extra for the soundfont engine for FL Studio 5. Worth EVERY penny. Nothing beats Fl Studio for modding your midis.
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06-02-2005, 09:23 AM
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Local Artist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Arkansas
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Originally Posted by SLoB
download the podgod package, its got the links and synthfont stuff, hammersounds has got shedloads of soundfonts
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Where do I download the podgod package from? I didn't see a link.
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06-04-2005, 11:11 AM
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"Gas Station Attendant"
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by mjhufford
Where do I download the podgod package from? I didn't see a link.
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It's all in the zip file, "Creating Backing Tracks"(the first version)... same one you're hosting at GuitarVoice 
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06-04-2005, 01:29 PM
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Local Artist
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Arkansas
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Originally Posted by POD GOD
It's all in the zip file, "Creating Backing Tracks"(the first version)... same one you're hosting at GuitarVoice 
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Well don't I feel sheepesh?
I looked in the zip flie and found the programs and a couple URL links to some sound font sites, but no actual sound fonts.
Twould be cool to have a sound font forum here like the backing tracks forum.
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09-13-2005, 02:55 AM
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Starving Artist
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I don't see any soundfonts in the zip file. Am I missing something?!? Where do I get the ns-j bass? I can't find a bss sound I like.
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09-13-2005, 09:01 AM
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Incognito Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Third Stone
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Originally Posted by Porkchop Xpress
I don't see any soundfonts in the zip file. Am I missing something?!? Where do I get the ns-j bass? I can't find a bss sound I like.
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Try searching http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/. I don't know if he still has that on his site. Last time I checked it wasn't there.
Personally, I don't think much of that sf2. It might not work for alot of songs, but it's still a bit more decent than alot of the free bass 'fonts.
Last edited by jothan2004; 09-13-2005 at 09:05 AM.
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01-07-2006, 05:54 PM
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Local Artist
Join Date: Sep 2005
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mjhufford, go to Pod God's Creating Backing Tracks using Soundfont v2.1 in this forum.
It will get you going.
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