ChipMusic.org - How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T20:06:37Z

Loop points and mapping should be supported.

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T20:03:31Z

Interesting, I never took the time to learn about soundfonts, now they sound really useful.

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T18:50:20Z

viena and vienna are not the same

awave is very nice though! i didn't know it had sound-font specific features such as volume envelopes and stuff, but it is definitely worth having anyway!

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T17:18:50Z

Vienna was native creative labs editor in the days of sb awe64 era but Awave Studio was best in my opinion, very quick

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T16:15:31Z

ant1 wrote:

i think it can also play back more than one sample per note.

Yep!

I'm actually working on a little basic soundfont tutorial that I'll post once I get some other stuff done to release with it .

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T15:45:27Z

yeah saskrotch hit the nail on the head

the main advantage is that a different sample can be mapped to each note, or to arbitrary ranges of notes-- similar to what most rompling keyboards do. basic volume/pitch envelope stuff can also be done with it -- some of the 808 sounds in the microsoft set (the kick and the tom at least) are just made from sine waves with pitch envelopes, and i think it can also play back more than one sample per note.

i don't know how many of these features will be supported in piggy

the best editor is, i think, viena: http://www.synthfont.com/Viena_news.html

the main application in piggy (which generally produces artificial-sounding music anyway) will probably be drum kits - but putting them together might be more hassle than it is worth. the microsoft GS set (GM.DLS) has 808 and 909 kits in it plus a few others that you can use if you convert it to sf2

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T15:34:59Z

also you can have more than one sample per preset, like a drum kit, or having a different recording each octave to keep it from getting too pitch-shifty sounding

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T15:25:02Z

Soundfonts have built-in loop points, and thus sound somewhat more "natural"

Re: How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T15:07:59Z

Never used soundfounts in piggy, but I use the piggy on my PSP.
With .Wav samples you can change the filter, downsample, crush, etc.
I'm guessing with soundfonts maybe you could do the same?

How are soundfonts different to samplepacks in LGPT?

2012-12-25T13:08:02Z

I know piggy has soundfont support but im a bit confused about how they differ from just a collection of samples. Can anyone break down the advantages of using soundfonts in piggy for me. Assume im a complete idiot on this topic....