Thanks to sleepytimejesse, who started me out on this whole soundfont-makin' thing. Without GBA Mus Riper this wouldn't exist. It goes without saying, but just in case it doesn't: all sounds in this soundfont belong to HAL Laboratory, Inc. This is useful if you want to pitch the drumkit sounds independently or for more fine-tuned control.Īlso, keep in mind many of the instrument names are suggestions, at best. There's also an additional soundfont of 100 instruments where I split the drumkit into individual instruments. The percussive set is also a catch-all collection full of weird pad sounds, drum loops, sound effects, and basic Gameboy sounds. 00 - 128) and percussive (depending on your soundfont player, percussion may start on patch no. The main soundfont is split up between the melodic patches (patches no. Do a quick web search for one and you'll be set.Īs for how the soundfont is organized, it's pretty straightforward.

sf2 files into its soundfont/resource folder and get composing! If not, there are plenty of free VSTi plug-ins that will allow you to use soundfonts. If your music software supports soundfonts natively, just pop the. Still a lot, but it's a 'rubbing your hands together, can't wait to get started' a lot, not a 'tearing your hair out, this is freakin' impossible' a lot. Fast-forward more hours than I care to count, and, after naming and organizing, it's been pared down to a more manageable 214 instruments. I combed through the gigantic raw soundfont of 1668 instruments, weeded out duplicate instruments, removed junk data, etc. That's where this soundfont comes in handy. There's not a name to be found and it has tons of near-duplicate instruments.

I'm not saying it can't be done, but it's gonna be a struggle. Trying to write your own music with it though. For the purposes of playing Mother 3 midis it's perfect. Take a listen to hear this soundfont in action: What is this thing?Īfter Bregalad created his fantastic program GBA Mus Riper, it's been possible to dump Mother 3's sounds into a massive soundfont of 1668(!) instruments. Oh! Before I forget, I wrote an album of 12 original songs, using only this soundfont. Hi! Have you ever wanted to write your own music with the sounds of Mother 3? Well today's your lucky- What? Say that again? You don't even know how this file ended up on your computer? Oh.

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