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Hi

Sorry, I don't feel like explaining the whole process, but there is a really
good FAQ on hammersound about just this question.  Suffice to say that you
can load MANY different soundfonts at the same time ;-)
http://www.pvv.org/~thammer/HammerSound/hs_sd_soundfonts_and_cakewalk.html
Good luck!
<jy99@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:81ncfo$f73$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> Yes, MIDI SYNTH A and B are both listed separately, but MIDI SYNTH only
> offers me the GM font specified in the CREATIVE LAUNCHER.  That's only 1
> font (with many patches, granted, but GM collections suck, I prefer using
> individual banks as patches - in other words, Soundfonts).
>
> Technically, shouldn't I be able to have 2 separate synths of soundfonts,
> with the possibility of choosing 32 different fonts?  Not only does MIDI
> SYNTH A and B prevent you from changing patches/fonts, it goes so far as
to
> force you to use the SAME for BOTH (theGM font used as a default in your
> CREATIVE LAUNCHER settings). Only the patches can be changed, not the
bank.
>
> This is too silly to be real.  That's why I'm assuming there's more than
> meets the eye here.
>
> Cakewalk lists the following devices :
>
> SBLIVE MIDI SYNTH A
> SBLIVE MIDI SYNTH B
> SOUNDFONT DEVICE
> etc.. (externals)
>
> SBLIVE MIDI SYNTH (A or B) = 1 GM DEFAULT FONT FOR ALL 32 COMBINED
CHANNELS
>
> SOUNDFONT DEVICE = Choice of ANY FONT for EACH of the 16 channels
available.
>
> Hence, the original question.  Is there a way for me to use more than 16
> channels of soundfonts at one time?
>
> Or, more appropriately...  is there a way for me to make the MIDI SYNTH
> allow me to use fonts OTHER than the default specified in the Creative
> Launcher that is forced on both MIDI SYNTH A and B?
>
>
> Tom Lougee <97319361@brookes.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:383EFFCB.BDCDB8F0@brookes.ac.uk...
> > Hmm - you do realise that the SBLive hardware synth has 32 channels by
> > using two 16-channel ports for the same synth? They are referred to as
> > SBLive MIDI Synth A and B in the MIDI control panel. Cakewalk itself
> > should list these in the MIDI Devices setup.
> >
> > jy99@videotron.ca wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there any way to exceed 16 channels with the SBlive?
> > >
> > > I use Cakewalk, and we can use 16 channels per port, with no limits on
> the
> > > number of ports.  However, there's to way to assign soundfonts to more
> than
> > > 1 port that I know of, so I'm limited to 16 channels of soundfonts.
> > >
> > > Given that everything is handled internally (no outside modules used)
I
> find
> > > it pretty silly that even the most powerful computer out there won't
let
> me
> > > use more than 16 channels of soundfonts in one song.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to get around this, if there even is a way to?
>
>