![]() (At the time, I was just learning about MIDI and had only just discovered "piano roll editors," so when I saw that SynthFont has a piano roll editor, I thought that meant it's a DAW!) I was completely mystified by things like "MIDI ports," which I knew could let me use more than 16 channels of MIDI, but I didn't have a clue what I needed to do so I could load a MIDI file into SynthFont and send some of the MIDI channels to my brand new Yamaha PSR-E433 as well as my Casio CTK-710. True story: The first "DAW" I ever used was SynthFont, which I later realized isn't a DAW at all, just a MIDI sequencer and sample player. (hopefully nearest future)ĭAWs can seem very complicated and confusing, even a bit scary for the faint-of-heart. Creating something, storing, saving - using keyboard + computer. Just playing MIDI files using keyboard or computer.Ģ. To clarify more my needs, I have to tell, there are some separate ways I'm following:ġ. It looks like the best soundfont I ever had. Just tested "Timbres of Heaven" and I'm so positively surprised. I must admit, I never heard about "Timbres of Heaven" but I tested several soundfonts, like: "Yamaha XG sound.sf2", "Roland Sound Canvas Bank.sf2", "OmegaGMGS2.sf2", "just t4.sf2", "CrisisGeneralMidi1.8.sf2", " General Midi Super Bank.sf2", "(SOUNDFONTS GM-GS) Roland 55mb.sf2", "(SOUNDFONTS GM-GS) Fluid Release II Bank.sf2" and I never been satisfied with the results (using those fonts for playing MIDI). I had tested VirtualMIDISynth in my other home, but not clearly remember results. As I mentioned, I had no chance to test more of this software, so this is not even close to my final conclusion and I will test it more and I will have more to say in the thank you for answering. As you suggested, I downloaded and installed Cakewalk and had no chance for more thorough tests, however I played one of my MIDI files on default Cakewalk settings / soundfont and it sounds. What is more interesting - MidiPlayer5 - some of my MIDI files plays relatively good (comparing to E443) and some of them, played fine on E443 sounds terrible on MidiPlayer5 using the same computer, the same soundbank.Īs I don't have much experience - I consider myself as an amateur, I asked for a help and advice, believing some of you may have similar needs like I do. I'm not planning to buy any additional sound card, and I thought what I planned could be done is easy way. I had a hope, I can turn my E323 into MIDI player, but it's not as easy as I thought. As I got two different, separated keyboards E323 and E443 - the last one, working as "MIDI player" is completely satisfying. Maybe my post wasn't clear enough, so I will try to write it down once more. I don't need it for work, just for my amusement. I'm looking for something cheap and most preferable free (as software) to play MIDI on my computer with reasonable quality. I really appreciate your answer and suggestion, however. I tested all of those music MIDI files on my 443 and all of them playing properly.Īs a conclusion, my final question - is there any player + Yamaha soundbank allowing to play MIDI files with same or similar quality as keyboard? what is most interesting for me, despite the fact using different soundbanks, some of MIDI files have reasonably nice quality of song (not sound), but some of them. I found some software, like SynthFont and MidiPlayer5 but. Obviously, playing any MIDI files on my 443 is not a problem, as it's supporting USB stick connector, but as I mentioned in my another post - each of my keyboards is located in different house, many miles from each other. Recently, I don't have a good sound / music card, and believe I can find some player / software allows me to play MIDI files with the same quality as I can listen on my keyboard, I mean my other keyboard PSR E443. I remember about 15 years ago or maybe even more, I had SB AWE 32 with 8MB of RAM and computer has been connected to HiFi equipment. I always like listen MIDI files / songs on my computer.
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