Hi, Gary.

I downloaded that Sonivox thing after reading your message. It sounds very good, as expected. I use many of their soundfonts and a couple of these new "VI" programs they are forced to offer, now that the masses have lost the ability to make a soundfont play.

Sonivox have always sounded good, and this thing re-uses the same old samples, which keeps its cost low. It's a pretty good buy. A Sonivox instrument purchased separately costs from $20 to $60, or more. These in the GM set are (sometimes greatly) stripped down, but it's a cheap deal.

That standalone version plays very well. You have to use an ASIO driver. Set its buffer to a value your CPU can handle (maybe 128 or 256 samples), and go to it.


I won't buy it, because it is a lower-quality version of stuff I already have. But it's a HUGE improvement over a VSC and a fair bit nicer than Coyote Forte's stock sounds. Sonivox sounds will make good backing tracks. Very strong strings. The brass is no more than customarily hideous.

-- Larry