Hi,
update on the softsynths that appear to be working ok with my Win7 dell Laptop & BIAB.

I ended up purchasing Forte DXI after Rachel confirmed I can use my own Giga samples.
I eventually figured it out. If some of my replacement samples sound better than the onboard ones, then brilliant, if not, Forte DXI sounds pretty good as is.

I also purchased Cakewalk 5 to get Cakewalk TTS-1 synth. Totally different sound. Whether or not I end up using it with BIAB I'll wait & see. It does a really good job on some of my old Roland midifiles. Plus, I ended up with an additional sequencer.

Another program I looked at was Sample Lord for loading soundfonts giga files etc. Works perfectly as a Standalone which will come in very handy for my One Man Band arranger software ( so I bought it), but didn't work too well as a vsti in BIAB. Takes the CPU to it's limits, and I ended with the intruments sort of droning on. Doesn't work well in Cakewalk either.

I tried all 3 versions of SFZ player (sfz+, dxi & vst, and SFZ) With all 3 I got an error, " not enough memory to load font".

My old LiveSynth Pro soundfont player still seems to be working ok, even though I can't use a couple of the functions, it's still useable. The SFZ + players would have suited better , if they'd worked.

I'm new to Win7, so maybe some of my settings are causing hassles with some of the programs, who knows. Anyway, I've now got some options. When mixed in with Real Tracks all of them sound good.

Thanks again

best wishes
rikki

BIAB 2025
Korg PA5X
Yamaha sx900