Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

[James Lowe]

Heather,
.

On 8 May 2011, at 20:35, "Heather W. Reichgott" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 1. Is the choice of soundfont a property of the MIDI file itself, or a 
> property of the playback software? (Or both?) I have Timidity++ and found a 
> place in timidity.cfg where I can specify a soundfont. But would I have to go 
> into the config file every time I wanted to open a new file for playback, if 
> I had files that used different soundfonts? If the choice of soundfont is a 
> property of the MIDI file, can I specify it in a Lilypond file's MIDI output 
> block?
> 
> 2. Is there an easy way to see a list of all the instruments in a soundfont 
> and hear samples of the sounds?

There are a couple of previous discussions about this.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general/62461

for example. 

I know nothing about MIDI but if you scour the archives you'll probably get 
more information, if no one answers you. 

James