If you like the way it sounds, then it's good. This is really all about being able to tailor the sound of your MIDI to fit your hardware and your own ears. If you like some of the sounds in this soundbank, feel free to put them into your own collection or reuse them any way you want. This soundfont is a 'work-in-progress', and will probably never be finished as long as enthusiasts keep creating new and better GM soundbanks and individual instruments. I've even had to reboot on occasion to get everything working right again, which is why I sometimes use the Lite version (see below). Like other large soundfonts, this one occasionally must be reloaded because it will start dropping samples after lengthy play. LIMITATIONS: To load PC51c you must have at least 128MB of system memory installed. Many thanks to Jeremy Janzen for his contribution of bass soundfonts which remain in this newest release - there's nothing better. You HAVE to hear it! Robert sells this soundfont on his web site at, so I will not be making this piano available separately - go to Bob's site and get it there.Īlso, the drums are completely reworked, with many new sounds, and now with 6 layers so they're more realistic, and there are MANY new samples in this drum set.
This is a bright sounding piano, but I've structured it with 12 velocity layers, so it's expressive and soft if you want it to be. Allen, and HAS NO LOOPS - all samples are stereo and you hear the full natural decay of this piano. The piano is completely reworked in this release, and is probably it's high point.
If you have problems, to see how to configure your PC correctly! NOTE: You must have the MS-DOS Prompt set correctly or this file will not extract. The source file is compressed as a self-extracting sfArk file - you do not need to have any decompressing utilities installed - just double-click on the file name to start the extraction process. PersonalCopy v5r2 (26,795k) 57,201k decompressed This is a self-extracting EXE file to make sure it's correctly downloaded as a binary file by your browser. NOTICE TO USERS OF 'DOWNLOAD MANAGERS' - DISABLE YOUR DOWNLOAD MANAGER NOW!!! For the main site home page, and more soundfonts. For these files in smaller multi-parts for those who are having trouble with the large downloads.
Until this latest driver set, there definitely problems with filtering, so before you suspect one of these soundfonts, update to the latest drivers.
I've been advised by a user that some of these soundfonts may seem to be out of tune unless you're using the latest drivers for the SBLive card. Make sure you read the notes on before you download any of these files to make sure you end up with a usable soundfont. Additionally, certain ZIP utilities change the sfArk extension to SFA, again preventing correct extraction.
If you've read any of the discussion on this page about problems with downloading sfArk files with Netscape, you may recall that Netscape downloads files with the sfArk extension as ASCII instead of binary, resulting in a corrupt sfArk file. Once a file is complete, you can download another.
Also, please don't try to download more than one file at a time - you are limited to only a single connection and will get that error message again. If you get an error message from your browser when you select a download, try again in a few minutes - it just means that all connections are busy. To keep free soundfonts free, the bandwidth must be controlled.