If two or more soundfonts are added to the chain and loaded on the same device the one that is lower on the chain replaces all overlapping MIDI instruments with its own. By default a newly added soundfont gets loaded on all active devices so you have to mark off the devices you don't want the soundfont loaded on. Green means that the soundfont on the right side is loaded on that device. Clicking a device number changes its color between green and gray. The numbers on the left side of the soundfont chain represent the devices. Return to your soundfont chain in "Soundfonts" tab. Answer "Ok" to the program restart prompt. VirtualMIDISynth defaults to one MIDI device but you can add more on the "Options" tab.Ĭhoose the number of devices and select "Ok". But feel free to read through if you are interested. For Raptor alone or any one game you don't need multiple devices so you can move to the next section in the guide once you have at least one soundfont added to the chain. Now you can have different soundfonts loaded for each device and change soundfont during DOSBox session without having to open VirtualMIDISynth interface for that. This is particularly useful for example in use with DOSBox. Since version 2.0 of VirtualMIDISynth you can now also have up to four VirtualMIDISynth devices. On the right side of the list there are buttons that let you: There's a list of your soundfont chain, initially empty. You should see the configurator application window with some tabs now. The program, when started, also has a tray icon which you can use to open the configuration window. CoolSoft VirtualMIDISynth installer should have created a shortcut in your start menu with the name "VirtualMIDISynth Configurator". Now, let's tell the synthesizer where to find that soundfont. Find a soundfont, download it and extract it if needed. Therefore a soundfont whose instruments do not deviate too much from the Sound Canvas ones will likely sound most balanced. Many great game soundtracks were produced with either MT-32 (mostly earlier games) or "Sound Canvas" type hardware back in the days that Raptor made it's first appearance. Part of their instruments are weak or downright irritating to begin with. There are many soundfonts to choose from but some do not fit Raptor as well as the others. The method of file extraction from user perspective is the same as with any other file archiver. Sometimes soundfonts are packed with programs like "SFPack" and "sfArk" and thus need to be extracted from their archives with corresponding programs (find from internet). Soundfonts that we are interested in come with the filenameĮxtension "sf2". You won't be getting any audible music with your new fancy software synthesizer if you don't have a soundfont to use with it.
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