SC-88 Soundfont?

[maxmanium]

Does anyone know where to find an SC-88 soundfont? I've been using RLNDGM.SF2 for quite a while now, and I like the majority of it, but sometimes some instruments sound a little weird, e.g. NOVA3 MAP32. I noticed in MtPain's videos, one of his viewers provides the midis recorded off of an SC-88, and it seems to fix what I'm talking about, but I can't seem to find one online.

[Cutman 999]

Ask the mapmaker lmao

[maxmanium]

44 minutes ago, Cutman 999 said:

Ask the mapmaker lmao

 

That's not how that works.

[Cutman 999]

6 minutes ago, maxmanium said:

 

That's not how that works.

Idk, as a zoomer slacker, i'm too lazy to go search that in the wiki and see if the mapmaker actually did the midi, or if it was ripped from another place. In case it was taken from another source, try and search the potential sequencer of the midi.

[Doomkid]

What you're hearing in those videos is an SC-88 in SC-55 mode, some of these soundfonts should get you pretty close, particularly the smallest of the EmpGrieferus ones:

 

https://archive.org/details/sc-55-roland-25-gm-soundfonts

[maxmanium]

13 hours ago, Doomkid said:

What you're hearing in those videos is an SC-88 in SC-55 mode, some of these soundfonts should get you pretty close, particularly the smallest of the EmpGrieferus ones:

 

https://archive.org/details/sc-55-roland-25-gm-soundfonts

 

Thank you!! How did you know that's what it is?

[Doomkid]

DCG Retrowave used his SC-88 to provide the music for a number of MtPain’s videos, I only know due to talking to each of them about it some time a couple years ago. I have an SC-88 myself and can confirm it sounds damn near identical to that soundfont when in 55 mode!

[LuciferSam86]

Not cheap at all , I paid something like 80 dollars and it requires an internet connection every month : https://www.roland.com/it/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/

 

It's a VSTi module that emulates the 55, 88, 88Pro and the 8820 , not like the real hardware but still pretty decent imho better than soundfonts. You'll need then of a virtual midi cable ( some are free) and a program like Falcosoft Midi Player which is free. 

windows only. 

 

ps : I could take the midi and render it and put on YouTube, so you can check it. 

Edited November 4, 2023 by LuciferSam86

[SyntherAugustus]

Sound Canvas VA is definitely the cleanest option for SC-55 style sound. Thanks for mentioning FalcoSoft. I used to use Studio One or FL Studio for using SCVA and this is a much easier option. 

 

If you want to use the FluidSynth method, I personally like Live HQ Natural Soundfont GM.

[ludicrous_peridot]

Something I noticed at the archive page - SC-55 Deemster (the one that comes with GZDoom)

Really? Has that been bundled with GZ?

I have been replacing that with the one from deemster's Vogons thread, and always though I heard a difference; was I a fool?

[DoomGater]

On 10/25/2023 at 4:00 AM, Doomkid said:

What you're hearing in those videos is an SC-88 in SC-55 mode, some of these soundfonts should get you pretty close, particularly the smallest of the EmpGrieferus ones:

 

https://archive.org/details/sc-55-roland-25-gm-soundfonts

It's a bit hidden, but you can also DL single files from that archive. here is a direct link to the mentioned soundfont:
https://archive.org/download/sc-55-roland-25-gm-soundfonts/SC-55_Roland_25_GM_Soundfonts.zip/SC-55 EmperorGrieferus 79mb.sf2

Why DL 1.2G , if 80M is enough ;-)   ?

[Li'l devil]

I suppose out of SC-55 EmperorGrieferus fonts the largest one is the better one? Or it doesn't work that way?

[Gibbitudinous]

Of the various soundfonts I've used, I find the Hyper-VSC one to sound the most reliably good. I believe it's based on a combination of Hypercanvas and Virtual Sound Canvas samples (hence the name), so not directly based on the SC-55 or 88 but closely related, and in my opinion more natural-sounding without being remotely as bloated as many other soundfonts that specifically aim at sounding natural.

https://soundfonts.kor.ninja/?dir=other stuff

[DoomGater]

Just by the way and maybe a little bit off topic: did you know, that Roland used a special algorithm to store samples in best possible quality

sacrificing as little as possible memory space? RDAC (Roland Digital Audio Codec) works similar to Frauenhofer's MP3.

But basically ALL Sound Canvas (and by the way, the JV series , too) are using only 8-Bit-resolution.  :-O

 

 

[Lippeth]

This thread reminded me to look for a decent SC-88 on ebay, and I just found one at a great price from the same seller I got the SC-55mkII from a few years ago. Thanks for the reminder!

[maxmanium]

Just now, Lippeth said:

This thread reminded me to look for a decent SC-88 on ebay, and I just found one at a great price from the same seller I got the SC-55mkII from a few years ago. Thanks for the reminder!

 

Lol, no problem.