1-Any free soundfont player and free soundfonts are in many cases equal to or better than the Forte:

https://hiphopmakers.com/best-free-soundfont-players-vst-plugin

Here is are GM soundfonts that you can use with the above players:

https://archive.org/details/500-soundfonts-full-gm-sets

https://www.veekeysvi.com/p/vee-keys-gm-soundfont-bank.html

2-a better solution for many 64 bit Biab users is Cakelwalk's TTS-1, a complete GM softsynth:

https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk

I hope this helps and good luck.


Back in my day the only time we started panic buying was when the bartender shouted "last call"!

64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware