soundfont Musescore 3 with decent Saxophone?
So, I am a saxophonist and the majority of my compositions (like 97% of my work) involves sax. However, the Musescore General soundfont has an awful Sax sound (specifically Alto) and my prefered soundfont, GeneralUser, does not have a version that is compatible with MuseScore 3. Does anyone know of a soundfont that can make the sax sound good (while also having the rest of the instruments sound decent too)?
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I personally don't, but a lot of people on this forum are using GeneralUser with MuseScore.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/soundfonts-and-sfz-files#list
In reply to I personally don't, but a… by jeetee
I used GeneralUser as well when I used Musescore 2, but for some reason it is not compatible with Musescore 3. Believe me, if I could use Generaluser I would not have made this thread
In reply to I used GeneralUser as well… by Kevin Treanor
Not compatible in what way? I'm not aware of any issues reported.
In reply to Not compatible in what way? … by Marc Sabatella
I downloaded the most recent version of GeneralUser (1.471) and after extracting it and booting it up it would only appear on Musescore 2, not on Musescore 3.
In reply to I downloaded the most recent… by Kevin Treanor
You need to put it in the path found in your preferences (Edit->Preferences->General soundfonts). It was apparently extracted to the version 2 location.
In reply to You need to put it in the… by mike320
That worked!! Thank you!! I didn't realize that it had to be transferred in the files like that
The best saxophone i know is inside the Timbres of Heaven soundfont file (which is huge).
But... I don't use it because it does some playback problems with the Musescore synthesizer (there is some compatibility issues, not solved, yet).
Doesn't look like you need it anymore, but I was just working on a new Alto Sax soundfont and seen this post.
I'm still nowhere near done with this thing, but it's better than most the others I've worked with so far. Hope it comes in handy.
It's largely based off the Karoryfer Samples' Weresax SFZ and a few samples ripped from the Strix's DSoundfont.
I also pulled a bunch from my main soundfont project.
It's licence is CC4.0, have fun...
https://downloads.kor.ninja/Music/korfontproject/KOR%20Soundfont%20-%20…
In reply to Doesn't look like you need… by Clint WJ Theriault
updated the link for the new location on my server... https://downloads.kor.ninja/Music/korfontproject/old/KOR%20Soundfont%20…
I found some pretty good free saxophone .sf2 downloads at this site, bari, alto, tenor and soprano:
https://www.goldmidisf2.com/sax-soundfonts/
A lot of variety to choose from to find the sound you like best.