: Hi,
: I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and I'm thinking of buying the Soundblaster Platinum Card to use sound fonts. Is there a book about sound fonts that could help me learn to use them with Pro Audio 9? I'm not new to midi but the concept of sound fonts is something I don't quite grasp yet.
: Thanks for your help.
: Mike W.
I don't know about a book, but cakewalk lets you load sound fonts right into your card right inside cakewalk. you don't need to load them externally. i haven't used 9 yet, but in 8 it's under Tools -> Sound Fonts and all you do is dictate which bank uses which font... The complicated (read annoying) part, is then getting your instruments to use the fonts. As i said, i haven't used 9, but in 8 you have to go to your track properties-> set your instrument to a new channel, set your Bank Select Method to Controller 0* , and then set the bank number to the specific font bank. the instruments for the bank will show up in the instrument drop down list, if you have everything else set up right.
i hope that helps you
Re: Sound Fonts
: Hi,
: I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and I'm thinking of buying the Soundblaster Platinum Card to use sound fonts. Is there a book about sound fonts that could help me learn to use them with Pro Audio 9? I'm not new to midi but the concept of sound fonts is something I don't quite grasp yet.
: Thanks for your help.
: Mike W.
I don't know about a book, but cakewalk lets you load sound fonts right into your card right inside cakewalk. you don't need to load them externally. i haven't used 9 yet, but in 8 it's under Tools -> Sound Fonts and all you do is dictate which bank uses which font... The complicated (read annoying) part, is then getting your instruments to use the fonts. As i said, i haven't used 9, but in 8 you have to go to your track properties-> set your instrument to a new channel, set your Bank Select Method to Controller 0* , and then set the bank number to the specific font bank. the instruments for the bank will show up in the instrument drop down list, if you have everything else set up right.
i hope that helps you