Faulconer Soundfonts
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Faulconer Soundfonts
I just got a Casio keyboard for Christmas yesterday, and I picked up a USB cable for it today. I'd like to find soundfonts identical to or closely approximating those used by Faulconer Productions Music in its dub of DBZ. I know we have Scott Morgan, who worked on the dub, here as a member, but I imagine Scott can't give out such information.
To that end, does anyone here know which soundfonts best approximate the following:
(1) The synth pad sounds of the Freeza themes, including the icy-sounding background audio (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPfRXyX- ... re=related at roughly 0:13)
(2) The rock guitar used during the Freeza Saga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mzjFHYSDY)
(3) The bass used throughout the Freeza Saga, specifically during Energy Disc Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFG-X_ORIg)
(4) The "Ahh choir" of Guru's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zx2XeRofjI)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm only looking for free soundfonts unless there's a set that has these and more, in which case I may be willing to purchase it.
To that end, does anyone here know which soundfonts best approximate the following:
(1) The synth pad sounds of the Freeza themes, including the icy-sounding background audio (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPfRXyX- ... re=related at roughly 0:13)
(2) The rock guitar used during the Freeza Saga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mzjFHYSDY)
(3) The bass used throughout the Freeza Saga, specifically during Energy Disc Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFG-X_ORIg)
(4) The "Ahh choir" of Guru's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zx2XeRofjI)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm only looking for free soundfonts unless there's a set that has these and more, in which case I may be willing to purchase it.
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Re: Faulconer Soundfonts
I can't really comment on this stuff much. But I will point out that #1 is a pretty common synth sound that anyone who is familiar with basic synth construction could produce. If you do some research and learning you might just be able to recreate it.
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I understand your limitations on this matter. I experimented with my keyboard and found something called "Thick Pad," which is pretty close. Haven't had much luck with the others yet. I found some bass sounds that are almost, but not quite, there.cRookie_Monster wrote:I can't really comment on this stuff much. But I will point out that #1 is a pretty common synth sound that anyone who is familiar with basic synth construction could produce. If you do some research and learning you might just be able to recreate it.
Let me ask you this, and only answer if you're able to do so. Are Faulconer's soundfonts specially created for Faulconer Productions Music, or are they commercial ones?
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Don't think I'm going to answer that one.
But I will say that the Soundfont is just one of many types of MIDI instrument formats.
This site has a lot of different synths listed, notice Soundfont is just one link.
http://synthzone.com/
I first heard of Soundfonts back in...hmmm...1997 or so I think? Soundfont specifically was a format used on the PC with Creative Labs sound cards (like SBLive and Audigy) because they had built in hardware support for it. I think Soundfonts had a hard time catching on in the professional communities because of the consumer nature and bad quality of Creative Lab's products...and the fact that the music industry standard was Mac (maybe still is, though a lot more use PCs than back then)
These days an example of a popular format would be NKI (Kontakt), but certainly not everything is NKI, not even close! It depends on the synth you are using and what type of "patches" or files it loads. Also note not everything is a plugin or program on a computer. Some people do still use hardware synthesizers, but of course even outboard gear can support attaching disks or drives and loading patches up.
But I will say that the Soundfont is just one of many types of MIDI instrument formats.
This site has a lot of different synths listed, notice Soundfont is just one link.
http://synthzone.com/
I first heard of Soundfonts back in...hmmm...1997 or so I think? Soundfont specifically was a format used on the PC with Creative Labs sound cards (like SBLive and Audigy) because they had built in hardware support for it. I think Soundfonts had a hard time catching on in the professional communities because of the consumer nature and bad quality of Creative Lab's products...and the fact that the music industry standard was Mac (maybe still is, though a lot more use PCs than back then)
These days an example of a popular format would be NKI (Kontakt), but certainly not everything is NKI, not even close! It depends on the synth you are using and what type of "patches" or files it loads. Also note not everything is a plugin or program on a computer. Some people do still use hardware synthesizers, but of course even outboard gear can support attaching disks or drives and loading patches up.
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^^^ Thanks. That's helpful information. I was under the impression that "soundfont" is a generic term encompassing any digital sound (e.g. any midi sound would qualify as a soundfont). I didn't know about the other types of synths out there.
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nah, there's not really any term that makes sense....
The most common generic term is "patch" which actually is nonsense because "patch" refers to the old days when you would actually take patch cables and manually mix analog signals together on a unit like the classic Moog.
http://www.synthesizers.com/cables.html
Here's an awesome quote from the Moog wiki page:
So, yeah, I'd use patch...even though it's really a dumb term itself lol, just a standard.
The most common generic term is "patch" which actually is nonsense because "patch" refers to the old days when you would actually take patch cables and manually mix analog signals together on a unit like the classic Moog.
http://www.synthesizers.com/cables.html
Here's an awesome quote from the Moog wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizerThe use of flexible cords with plugs at their ends and sockets (jacks) to make temporary connections dates back to cord-type manually-operated telephone switchboards (if not even earlier, possibly for telegraph circuits). Cords with plugs at both ends had been used for many decades before the advent of Dr. Moog's synthesizers to make temporary connections ("patches") in such places as radio and recording studios. These came to be known as "patch cords", and that term was also used for Moog modular systems. As familiarity developed, a given setup of the synthesizer (both cord connections and knob settings) came to be referred to as a "patch", and the term has persisted, applying to systems that do not use patch cords.
So, yeah, I'd use patch...even though it's really a dumb term itself lol, just a standard.
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Re: Faulconer Soundfonts
I know I'm way too late to the party here but the guitar used in the Vegeta Vs Frieza theme seems to be the exact same or atleast a very similar guitar used in Mega Man X2 and X3, specifically the distortion guitar as for the choir I think its in the SGM 2 soundfont, heres an example of the guitar,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8L5V65c20k(trust me the guitar itself sounds way more accurate when you use the soundfont on Fl Studio for example.)