SynthFont 1.723

A useful tool for playing MIDI files making use of SoundFonts

SynthFont is a software synthesizer ("MIDI-to-WAV" tool) for playing standard midi files using SoundFonts. SynthFont is intended to mimic the behavior of SoundFont compatible hardware/sound cards like Audigy or SoundBlaster Live!.

SynthFont is modulator aware, which Live! is not. But SynthFont is more. It also provides an interface into the SoundFont structure and has basic midi and SoundFont editing capabilities.

The midi file provides the musical content while SoundFont files provide the sound content. SynthFont can store arrangement settings for each midi file in a so called arrangement file.

A typical arrangement setting is the selection of SoundFonts. SynthFont can also use other sound files, like Gigasampler files. Alternatively a VST instrument can be used to replace the internal sound engine.