Hey everyone, I, like many others, love midi songs but have always thought soundfonts were a mixed bag. Some sound amazing on certain instruments, but horrible on others. I have every free bank that is available and have tried free and commercial soundfonts. Other issues I ran into: -Soundfonts are only GM compatible, so Roland GS, Yamaha XG, or General Midi 2 songs will not playback correctly. -Low quality samples -Bad balance -Mish-moshed presets that sound good individually at times, but horrible in a mix. So I made my own custom soundfont, OmegaGMGS2.

I made it back in 2001 and have updated it periodically over the years. I am offering my soundfont to everyone.completely free of charge! OmegaGMGS2 specs: -GM, GM2, Yamaha XG, and Roland GS compatible (can playback any midi song in these formats!) -45 Drum Kits (including Yamaha XG and Roland GS sets) -24-Bit quality samples -Variation sounds -Currently only 119 MB in size! To check out my Youtube videos featuring OmegaGMGS2: For my SoundCloud (featuring a lot of midi files using OmegaGMGS2: And finally, to download OmegaGMGS2, go here: Compare this to any soundfonts you own or that are available and please let me know what you think.

I will let you judge for yourself. All I ask: Please give credit where it is due. The soundfont has a lot of time, heart, and trial and error invested. If you use it to make a soundfont, or for productions, please give credit to me, Rick Simon. Please enjoy! Rick Simon said in a comment on one of his youtube videos that most of the presets in his OmegaGMGS2.sf2 soundfont are samples from other free soundfonts he found on the internet, but he also said that some of the samples he used were from his hardware synths like his Korg and his Roland FA, so you can safely assume that this sounfont is totally illegal. Here was the comments Jeffrey Baitis11 months ago @Rick Simon, this is really great.

I decided to create my own GM.SF2. Something made out of precisely picked out samples out of every single SF2 file that I will stumble upon. From this page you can download freely distributed NTONYX SoundFonts. Free of charge for any usage. SoundFont 32Mb GM Stereo Set. KVR Forum Topic: 'Best Full GM Soundfont Bank' - Hi guys, I convert MIDI files into MP3 using an application that lets you choose any Soundfont bank.

Thank you for compiling this. Do you have any information about the licensing of this soundfont? Reply Rick Simon Rick Simon11 months ago Thank you and your welcome about the compiling. As far as licensing, do you mean the song itself or the soundfont? If the song, the original composer would be the one the ask about that (and likely impossible to find). As for my soundfont, some of the samples are from hardware, such as the Korg Triton, Sound Canvas, and the Roland FA-06.

Installshield Premier. Most of the presets are from free soundfonts I have collected over the years. So for licensing, I would say fair use and commercial would not be out of the question, just please give credit where it is due is all I ask. If you could elaborate a little more, I can give you a more specific answer to your question. Read more here is the video where he comments, look in the comments below.