Annabelle Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I wonder, are there any plugins like Cakewalk TTS1, that include General MIDI 2 sound sets? I'm specifically trying to find ones that support MIDI controllers like "Portamento Control" (CC84), and Cakewalk TTS1 seems to assign that to a different parameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberwolf Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I know there have been some discussions of TTS1 replacements for GM soundsets; I don't have any thread links though. They may mention the CCs tehy respond to but I didn't really pay attention to that. This is a list of threads with TTS1 in the title, if it's helpful; it's proably not all of the discussions about it and it includes irrelevant ones too https://discuss.cakewalk.com/search/?q=TTS1&quick=1&type=forums_topic&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_in=titles If you know which parameter it assigns it to, you can reassign your CCs or automation to that one. Or if you can't reassign those, there's at least one MIDI plugin by TenCrazy that lets you reassign anything to anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I think your best bet would be a late '80s or '90s vintage programmable multitimbral hardware synth that has a GM soundset like the various Roland, E-MU and Korg keyboards and rack modules. The basic soundset is there, but with the programmability to allow changing the sounds in all kinds of ways (including adding portamento) that most GM-only modules were not designed to support. I think GM was so passé by the time virtual instrument plugins came along that there was never a lot of developer interest in going above and beyond emulating a non- or minimally-programmable rompler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Munt MT-32? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midi Factory Posted yesterday at 07:02 AM Share Posted yesterday at 07:02 AM https://www.roland.com/hu/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/ THE BEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted yesterday at 07:19 AM Share Posted yesterday at 07:19 AM 5 minutes ago, Midi Factory said: https://www.roland.com/hu/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/ THE BEST Roland Sound Canvas VA is a great GM/GS plugin, but it was discontinued in September 2024 and is no longer sold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bass Guitar Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago (edited) As far as I know the only fully functional and supported GM VST is made by SynthFont They make a full featured standalone midi player editor as well as the one called VST SynthFont 64. The web page is SynthFont.com Its a bit confusing to find the link to the VST version. The basic version is 14 euros. All the other players are as old as the TTS-1 and are on shaky ground too. SynthFont is rock solid and is maintained and updated. They have a few different versions at different price points. I got mine free as it is included with Band in a Box. You also get Coyote which I like the sounds better but it is DX so not a great idea for the future The other not as much talked about player is the MSWavetable synth which to me sounds like the rest. It’s my favourite to preview midi files using Media Player. It is still an option for midi output in every Daw on the planet with the exception of New Sonar. It is a bit of a mystery why they chose to remove that at about the same time they removed the TTS-1. Edited 1 hour ago by Bass Guitar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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