First did you ever actually confirm or get CoyoteWT working (your sure that is what you are hearing)? In any case, some info that might be of use (or maybe not):

As Matt alluded to above Coyote WT and Coyote Forte are NOT the same thing. Coyote WT is a very poor cousin to Forte. Forte cost's ~$40

http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/ForteDXi.html

and WT is offered for FREE by PG. (This again shows you get what you pay for).


As someone else mentioned there is also TTS-1 by Roland (offered by/through Cakewalk) - see this article about TTS-1 which is Roland's VSC replacement

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/articles/sonartech.htm

TTS-1 comes as part of Cakewalk Music Creator 6 offered by PG for $39 so you not only get TTS-1 you get additional tools that MIGHT come in handy (maybe not I have Sonar X1 plus other DAW's so I've never checked into it).

Besides other softsynths I have both Roland's TTS-1 and Coyote Forte and can confirm that either is much much, better than Coyote WT but neither Forte or TTS-1 are free - it's going to be $40 one way or the other.


However, another FREE option you might seriously want to consider, but it is completely dependent on your PC and its sound card, build your own sets of GM soundfonts pieced together from the hundreds and hundreds of sites that offer free specialized sounds (pianos, EP's, horns, strings, kits'), whole free GM soundfont banks , and various free soundfont building and editing SW.

Time consuming but might get you a really few decent sets of sounds and it will be a lot better than MS GS.

I hope next year is better than last year for you!

Happy New Year

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