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UPDATED NOVEMBER 21, 2005

Hello music lovers!  Welcome to my SoundFont collection.  These SoundFonts are the product of many years of hard work.  I hope that they will be useful to you in your own music making.  Please check out the new GeneralUser GS version 1.4.  It has been much improved since version 1.36.  I know this page hasn't been updated in a while, but I have been very busy.  I will eventually be moving everything over to www.schristiancollins.com, once I have time to finish the site.  I will keep everybody posted regarding future upgrades and changes.  If you have any questions, you can E-mail me at: s_chriscollins@hotmail.com.

-~=Chris

    MY SOUNDFONTS:

            NEW! GeneralUser GS 1.4

            SoundFont Compatibility Guide 1.2

            Virtue 1.05

    LINKS TO MORE SOUNDFONTS:

            HammerSound

            Synth Zone

            SF2MIDI.com

    OTHER LINKS:

            Author's Personal Website

What are SoundFonts?

If you are the owner of a Sound Blaster AWE or Live! series sound card, then you have probably heard of or even used SoundFonts. For those who don't know, SoundFonts are sets of "samples", which are recordings of real or synthesized musical instruments.  These samples can be controlled by MIDI.  Not only does the SoundFont specification store the recorded sounds, but it also stores *how* the sample is to be played back. For example, you can tell the sound card to play a particular sample loud or soft, short or long, bright or mellow, etc. You can also layer instruments to create new hybrids of sounds.

This is, of course, a very basic description of what SoundFonts do with audio. Many musicians, myself included, have adopted the SoundFont format into their own compositions due to its flexibility and power.

Some SoundFonts follow a standard set of instruments, usually Roland's General MIDI (GM) or GS standard. These SoundFonts can be loaded into your sound card's SoundFont memory cache, and can greatly enhance the audio quality experienced when playing MIDI files compatible with Roland's GM or GS standard. The GeneralUser GS SoundFont listed to the left follows Roland's GS standard, and is compatible with most MIDI files on the internet.