Hi,
Admittedly, I am new to Linux Music/Audio, so some of what I write might be pretty naive or even stupid. Based on what I have understood, apart from what is perhaps the default for FluidSynth, i.e. FluidR3_GM.sf2, there are these alternative SoundFonts that I have on my system, that I've played around with:
- Guitars-Universal-V1.5.sf2
- Nice-Keys-B-Plus-JN1.4.sf2
- SGM-v2.01-NicePianosGuitarsBass-V1.2.sf2
- OmegaGMGS2.sf2
The Guitars-Universal one has very nice guitar sounds, the Nice-Keys has pretty good keys and pads, OmegaGMGS sounds somewhat better than FluidR3_GM. However SGM-NicePianosGuitarBass seems to offer the best overall sound (with pretty rich base). However, I am not sure that the sound-font is missing some sounds or not. Are there other good soundfonts that cover the full range of banks for GM ? How can I check if some instruments a midi-file requires are missing ? What happens when an instrument is missing from a sound-font ? Is there a fallback to some default sounds ?
cheers,
f74