GM2 VST synth on Windows?
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:12 pm
Hey all,
I am looking around today for a GM2/GS VSTi that I can use for sketching in DP. I'd like something that's very, very simple to use -
Sonar comes with the TTS-1 synth, which is basically the ol' Roland Hyper Canvas. What's great about that is it sounds good enough for sketching, and it follows spec so it responds to program changes, patches can be browsed within the sequencer itself, has chorus & verb - all that stuff. Very speedy for working things out before I go back through and re-orchestrate with Kontakt samples and 'real' synths. But it's DXi only, so I can't use it easily in DP.
There are lots of GM2 soundfonts out there, but I don't want to use Soundfonts since that negates the workflow advantage of using a single multi-timbral sound module. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help,
Mike
I am looking around today for a GM2/GS VSTi that I can use for sketching in DP. I'd like something that's very, very simple to use -
Sonar comes with the TTS-1 synth, which is basically the ol' Roland Hyper Canvas. What's great about that is it sounds good enough for sketching, and it follows spec so it responds to program changes, patches can be browsed within the sequencer itself, has chorus & verb - all that stuff. Very speedy for working things out before I go back through and re-orchestrate with Kontakt samples and 'real' synths. But it's DXi only, so I can't use it easily in DP.
There are lots of GM2 soundfonts out there, but I don't want to use Soundfonts since that negates the workflow advantage of using a single multi-timbral sound module. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help,
Mike