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The vst Synthfont has a DLL file that is usually placed where the other vst's are placed or in the synthfont folder.
You need to find this Synthfont.DLL when you go to add VST. This will link the synthfont to the list of other vst's like Virtual sound canvas VSC in the list of vst's you can choose from. When you do this you can choose which one you wish to use. You also need to have a GM soundfont group to use within the synthfont program.
I down loaded the Fluidr3.sf2 which is a compressed file on the synthfont webpage. download the SFARK program to unpack the soundfonts and it will have a sf2 extention after unpacking.
I had a bit of a problem unpacking the sfark file till I did a left mouse click on the file and chose "open with" sfark and it went smoothly
Hope this helps. Wyndham



This post is for anyone trying to install the Synthfont program mentioned in earlier posts. Although I'm replying here as a courtesy to a previous poster, I intend it more-so to aid the befuddled future readers who, like me (a novice but desiring to learn), wish to try to implement this software in BIAB.


Wyndham,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.

I downloaded and installed the multi-channel software described above in abaudio's post called SynthFont (his link: http://www.synthfont.com/).

I read your reply and following your instructions I ended up doing a search of my entire PC for the file Synthfont.DLL and to my surprise it came back empty! So, I read the software docs for Synthfont (cover to cover ... nothing in there about the a vst DLL). I came back to this forum and read everything in the thread very carefully because I thought I must be making a mistake (still no luck and I performed everything just as you and others had instructed). I even reinstalled the software and still no luck. I went to the Synthfont web page and they had nothing that I could find there, so I re-downloaded and reinstalled the software again! Finally (my last resort), I did an Internet search for vstSynthfont (I seen this wording in a previous post here) and low and behold I find a separate link to download the file VSTSynthFont.DLL!

With this file I was able to complete the VST install in BIAB and at least initially, it appears to be working (although I have concerns -- see below).

It is strange that the file needed did not come with the SynthFont software as download. And stranger still, that the file needed is a completely different name and never mentioned by anyone.

I do have one other question though (and I'm trying not to sound condescending or sarcastic here here). Has anyone ever posted something in the forum to explain how a user would use this idea with BIAB (obviously in detail)?

This is a cool feature/idea but I think there's plenty of us on the PG forum that haven't a clue what to do after the install! I read the Synthfont manual and there's no way a user that is new to "sound fonts" and "VST's" can even make heads or tails about even the benefits of implementing it in BIAB!

Now personally, I don't see a majority of people here being pro's at BIAB and/or recording for that matter. On the contrary -- I think the majority of us are here to learn and get answers to things we don't already know (note that we -- the less BIAB-educated -- would like to be spending our time having fun with BIAB too).

I don't know what other users feel but I think that the information in this thread is too important to just pass up. Furthermore, I think it would be a nice idea if someone would take a bit of time to explain things in layman's terms. I know it would certainly help me!

Thanks again!

Ike