Acoustic Bass Soundfont
I am currently using the Acoustic Bass in MuseScore_General.sf3 for some backing tracks - see sample mp3
It is quite good, but it has a few "dead" notes and sometimes sounds a bit restricted rather than an open free breathing shaped resonance.
Any good suggestions?
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Acoustic Bass example.zip | 1.1 MB |
Comments
It might be worth trying the General HQ font.
In reply to It might be worth trying the… by bobjp
I will give it a try : )
Ziya who has been very helpful with an excellent Mandolin sound font in https://musescore.org/en/node/332250 , mentioned that the acoustic bass sounded a bit dull, and its true, now I can't "unhear" it !
The sample I attached in this post is at 320kbps, and that is a pretty high sample rate, so it must be something else in the fidelity of the original sound font.
In reply to I will give it a try : )… by Paul6
You might try the acoustic bass in Timbres of Heaven.
Let me take a look at my annoying and time-consuming archive. If I can find suitable samples, I can try to make one. However, I don't know if there are quality (and Hi-Fi) Acoustic-Bass samples. Most of the ones I've heard so far are boringly dull.
Any soundfont's instrument can be used in large orchestral works, because it's multi-instrumental and the timbres somehow match. But in small group works, it is very important that each instrument is in harmony with the others in terms of timbre.
In reply to Let me take a look at my… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Check out the soundfonts on the site mentioned in the message below.
They are quite useful.
I've got a good free bass and drums soundfont on my site. The acoustic bass is really nice (4 velocity layers) with a nice rattle when played hard.
Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DOoDqcSt-HIxSpzCpjhZvWH_Ur-xgzL-/view?…
Also downloadable from my site here: https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/
It includes the 1958 Otto Rubner double bass played and mapped by Drogomir Smolken, recorded by Ludwik Zamenhof. The samples are exceptional and some percussive effects have been mapped to some high notes. Royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use. Copyright 2016 Karoryfer Lecolds (Karoryfer Samples). The original source was here but link may have changed (http://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples).
In reply to I've got a good free bass… by Jonky Ponky
Thanks - really good source for other fonts too