Timbres Of Heaven

Timbres Of Heaven

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TODO: 3-4 sentence overview for new users.

Timbre is probably my favorite aspect of music. When I was younger, my idea of heaven was to be in a room with every orchestral instrument so I could play any one of them to enjoy their sound. Of course I love the timbres that can be produced on a cello but my favorite part of being in an orchestra is not playing in the cello section, it is.

TODO: table of games indicating their midi compatibility; games where Boxtron provides auto-setup need to be clearly marked

TODO: describe the configuration options in Boxtron, where to find documentation on configuring timidity, etc

TODO: list of notable soundfonts; each one with short sentence description, license, size, a direct link to download or package names/links to package pages per distribution

Fluid (R3)

FluidR3 is the third release of Frank Wen's pro-quality GM/GS soundfont. The soundfont has lots of excellent samples, including all the GM instruments alongside with the GS instruments that are recycled and reprogrammed versionsof the GM presets.

  • License: MIT
  • Size: ~145 MB
  • Project page: N/A
  • Direct download: N/A
  • Linux packages:
    • Fedora: fluid-soundfont-gmfluid-soundfont-gs
    • Debian: fluid-soundfont-gmfluid-soundfont-gs
    • Arch: soundfont-fluid

Timbres of Heaven

Don Allen's Timbres of Heaven is a unique soundfont providing fresh listening experience for MIDI enthusiasts. Is is GM and Roland GS compatible.

  • License: free-to-use; non-libre*
  • Size: ~252 MB
  • Project page: midkar.com
  • Direct download: link
  • Linux packages:
    • Fedora: N/A
    • Debian: N/A
    • Arch (AUR): soundfont-toh

* - 'Timbres Of Heaven' is created and developed by Don Allen, and may not be distributed on any site without the express written permission of Don Allen, or Midkar.com. © 2013, 2017; All Rights Reserved.

FatBoy

FatBoy is an attempt to make the best possible free*, non-commercial SoundFont for classic games and general usage. In addition to full General MIDI (GM) compatibility, FatBoy also has preliminary support for expanded General Standard (GS) MIDI. Nurikabe wiki.

  • License: free-to-use; non-libre; not specified
  • Size: ~217 MB
  • Project page: fatboy.site
  • Direct download: link
  • Linux packages:
    • Fedora: N/A
    • Debian: N/A
    • Arch (AUR): soundfont-fatboy

* - quote from the project page. Font file includes more information: 'Use it for whatever you want, just please don't sell the soundfont itself. :) If you wish to modify and redistribute it, please rename your soundfont to distinguish it from this one.'

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# Install FluidSynth MIDI synthesizer which is available for non-realtime batch
# synthesis and some sound fonts.
# This script works on OSX with homebrew.
echo'Installing FluidSynth:'
brew install fluid-synth --with-libsndfile
# brew install p7zip
echo'Installing sound fonts:'
TARGET_FILE='$HOME/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks/fluid_r3_gm.sf2'
ARCHIVE_FILE='/tmp/fluid-soundfont.tar.gz'
EXTRACTED_DIR='/tmp/fluid-soundfont'
if [ !-f${TARGET_FILE} ];then
echo'Installing Fluid R3 GM ..'
if [ !-f${ARCHIVE_FILE} ];then
wget 'http://www.musescore.org/download/fluid-soundfont.tar.gz' -O ${ARCHIVE_FILE}
fi
mkdir -p ${EXTRACTED_DIR}
tar -xzvf ${ARCHIVE_FILE} -C ${EXTRACTED_DIR}
mv '${EXTRACTED_DIR}/FluidR3 GM2-2.SF2'${TARGET_FILE}
rm -r ${EXTRACTED_DIR}
else
echo'Fluid R3 GM is up-to-date.'
fi
# let's store this sound font as default
mkdir -p ~/.fluidsynth
ln -sf ${TARGET_FILE}~/.fluidsynth/default_sound_font.sf2
# TARGET_FILE='$HOME/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks/generaluser_gs_v1.47.sf2'
# ARCHIVE_FILE='/tmp/GeneralUser_GS_1.47.zip'
# EXTRACTED_DIR='/tmp/general_user_gs'
# if [ ! -f ${TARGET_FILE} ]; then
# echo 'Installing GeneralUser GS ..'
# if [ ! -f ${ARCHIVE_FILE} ]; then
# wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8126161/GeneralUser_GS_1.47.zip -O ${ARCHIVE_FILE}
# fi
# unzip -q ${ARCHIVE_FILE} -d ${EXTRACTED_DIR}
# mv '$EXTRACTED_DIR/GeneralUser GS 1.47/GeneralUser GS v1.47.sf2' ${TARGET_FILE}
# rm -r '$EXTRACTED_DIR'
# else
# echo 'GeneralUser GS is up-to-date.'
# fi
#
# TARGET_FILE='$HOME/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks/timbres_of_heaven_v3.2_final.sf2'
# ARCHIVE_FILE='/tmp/Timbres_Of_Heaven_GM_GS_XG_SFX_V_3.2_Final.7z'
# EXTRACTED_DIR='/tmp/Timbres_Of_Heaven_GM_GS_XG_SFX_V_3.2_Final'
# if [ ! -f ${TARGET_FILE} ]; then
# echo 'Installing Timbres Of Heaven ..'
# if [ ! -f ${ARCHIVE_FILE} ]; then
# wget 'http://download906.mediafire.com/3npkfyxbm5pg/klclifq2g91o2tq/Timbres+Of+Heaven+GM_GS_XG_SFX+V+3.2+Final.7z' -O ${ARCHIVE_FILE}
# fi
# 7z x -o${EXTRACTED_DIR} ${ARCHIVE_FILE}
# mv '${EXTRACTED_DIR}/Timbres Of Heaven GM_GS_XG_SFX V 3.2 Final.sf2' ${TARGET_FILE}
# rm -r ${EXTRACTED_DIR}
# else
# echo 'Timbres Of Heaven is up-to-date.'
# fi
echo'Installed sound fonts:'
ls -lh ~/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks/
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