SynthFont is a commercial
MIDI
MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and re ...
editor and "MIDI to Waveform" converter, developed by European software developer Kenneth Rundt.
Description
SynthFont is a program for editing and playing MIDI files using various sound source files like
soundfonts
SoundFont is a brand name that collectively refers to a file format and associated technology that uses sample-based synthesis to play MIDI files. It was first used on the Sound Blaster AWE32 sound card for its General MIDI support.
SoundF ...
,
GigaSampler files, SFZ files and more. VST (
Virtual Studio Technology
Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio plug-in software interface that integrates software synthesizers and effects units into digital audio workstations. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional rec ...
) instruments can also be used instead of a sound source file.
A MIDI file is a collection of notes and instructions for how to play them. SynthFont combines this data with the audio data in a
SoundFont
SoundFont is a brand name that collectively refers to a file format and associated technology that uses sample-based synthesis to play MIDI files. It was first used on the Sound Blaster AWE32 sound card for its General MIDI support.
SoundFon ...
to produce ("render") an audio version of the musical piece.
The current version of this utility is 2.0.2.2, released on July 17, 2015. SynthFont is freely available as trialware, and requires a licence in order to use it after thirty days. Any SoundFont 1 licence will work on SoundFont2. Each licence will cost €15, translating to £10.90, or $16.77. Version 1.730, however, is currently available for free.
See also
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List of music software
This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services. For streaming services such as iHeartRadio, Pandora, Prime Music, and Spotify, ...
References
External links
(Review)(official page)
Music software
MIDI
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