About Free Multi Samples This pack includes 16 free multi samples in soundfont (SF2) format to use inter alia in FL Studio Directwave, Logic Pro X, EXS 24, NI Kontakt, HALion, Emulator X, Proteus X, Machfive, Independence, Vsampler, SFZ+ and others, and a 1 SXT sample for use in Reason NN-XT.
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That is quite the tall order. So here's what I have to say: that is entirely based on what you want. Do you want a good GM bank here's one, it's nearly a GB: However, just because it's the biggest does not mean it's the best. That's completely subjective. I know some people really like Timbres of Heaven: Another popular one is General Users GS: (download link in handbook) If you want to get out of the GM specification, that is a whole other issue. There are many specialty and individual soundfonts. Okay, after trying a few, I would say I think Timbres of heaven is the best overall, however, it does have its drawbacks.
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I have had to turn the volume down pretty low since it knows the definition of forte. General User has the best orchestra sounds, however it is lacking some instruments and its choir sounds are terrible. HQ orchestral soundfont has really accurate sounds as well, but it lacks other instruments as well. HQ orchestral also has the best choir sounds. Florestan Basic was not exactly good, some sounds were irritating me. Timbres of heaven's sounds were a little less that General user or HQ orchestral for some of the instruments, but it had the all instruments in it.
Its dynamics are well defined, I'm talking to the point that you will need to lower the default volume even if your headphones are on 1 setting. (Yes I keep my headphones in settings less than 3. When I had windows 7, I kept them at one. 2 was considered too loud.
Now that I have windows 10, one is a bit too soft. I usually keep mine at 2 now). The choir sounds are tolerable, they can work, the piano sound couldn't top HQ orchestral. In addition to depending on your needs, it's also hopelessly subjective. Some people like the saxophone samles from soundfont X better than than those from Y, others prefer Y to X. But the same person who prefers the saxophones from X might prefer the violins from Y, and vice versa. The soundfont that comes with MuseScore - FluidR3 - has for many years been generally considered one of the very best GM-compatible soundfonts that is freely available.
But of course since this is subjective, everyone has their own preferences and things they like better about some other particular soundfont. The one that the most people seem to find the biggest improvement overall is Timbres of Heaven. A few people find GeneralUserGS to be better even thought it is much more limited in its sample sizes. Probably when push comes to shove, in a blind test, most people would prefer some sounds from each of these.
Aside from those three, there really aren't any freely available GM-compatible soundfonts you'll see many people preferring over FluidR3 overall. If you remove the GM-comaptible requirement, the field opens a bit. For orchestra instruments.specifically., a lot of people like Sonatina, but it's missing pretty much any instrument Mozart didn't use. For piano specifically, a lot of people like Salamander, but that's.all. it is - just a piano.
You don't - either the soundfont conforms to the GM standard or it doesn't. Be aware, however, that using a non GM soundfont may lead to unexpected results when using MuseScore's default instruments, as the Instruments.xml file which controls them uses the GM soundset as its standard. Consequently the SSO SF2 soundfont does not produce the sounds associated with ones in the instrument dialogue. TBH if you're wanting better playback then you would be better to invest your efforts into exporting an SMF from MuseScore then using a DAW to produce the sounds you want with VST instruments and effects. MuseScore lacks the fine control over performance parameters available in a DAW, and so, whatever soundfont you use is not going to sound accurate.
It is, however, good enough for checking harmonies etc. Unfortunately, what you are asking for: A 100% perfect sound library that is compatible with MuseScore does not the MuseScore Orchestra and what I listed is about the best there is in my opinion. You will have to shell out 300+ US Dollars for the library, about 25$ for a JACK compatible DAW (unless you're on Linux), Download and use JACK to hookup MuseScore and your DAW. I would say that you could take b presets that you like of each soundfont to use. I think that is the only way you could avoid having to pay for Garritan Personal Orchestra or a similar product. What system do you run where you can't unzip a.zip file.
Are you having a problem with the.7z files? The program 7zip is free. If you can't unzip.rar files with a free program called Rarzilla (it's safe) is free add unzips them. You can look up SfPack and SfArk to unpack compressed soundfonts. And yes, I have downloaded every one of those files and I uploaded one of them I can say they are safe downloads. Well, define what you consider 'accurate'? You will often find many soundfonts are strong on certain songs, or weak on others.
Some sound good with certain instruments, some sound horrible. Often the Overdrive and Distortion guitars sound like strange electric razors! If you want to check out my soundfont, OmegaGMGS2, here is my Soundcloud with my soundfont playing different midi songs: Now, if you want the soundfont, download it from here. It is only 125 MB in size, yet feel free to compare it to those many times its size!
One of the things I did to make it sound as good as possible is make sure it is accurate, well balanced, and sounds good in a mix (not just individual instruments). I have compared it to every soundfont and have yet to find anything that beats it. I have about 58 complete banks, commercial and free, and none of them sound better (not to toot my own horn, everyone that hears it has said the same).