Originally Posted By: rharv
.. since they both probably use the same gm.dls file as the original sound source

I've been presuming the software is VirtualMIDISynth, which is usually set to play full soundfont files, not gm.dls, so it will sound much better than CoyoteWT.
I thnk we're still unclear what the original poster means by "external" synth, that is, we are unclear whether it's being run as a VST or as a separate external program with the MIDI fed to it from the output of BiaB.

Generally I would expect it, or one of the other good soundfont synthesisers around, to be enabled on the MIDI dialog where you show it.

I've had some odd issues with VirtualMIDISynth but that may be due to me running in Wine on Linux, not with any issues with VirtualMIDISynth itself.

BiaB comes with VSTSynthFont64, oddly hidden away in a sub-folder. The BiaB manual guides how to use it.
People also seem keen on TTS-1 (cakewalk, IIRC).
Plogue's Sforzando comes with BiaB and plays soundfonts.

All of those definitely can be used as a VST as you show.

Soundfonts I personally like are:
Timbres of Heaven
JJazzLab-Soundfont
Compifont

There are quite a few others. I've heard good of arachno-soundfont.

Last edited by Gordon Scott; 12/15/22 12:30 AM.
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