RE: More ponderings on Chordmode

[Peter Gentry]

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// Anders wrote

>I'm just using the in Windows built in synthesizer so it
>doesn't sound like a banjo or acoustic guitar. Chords will
>sound more like a keyboard/piano with a slightly different tone.
>
>So the sound depends on the synthesizer that is used to create
>them. The built in software synthesizer in windows is really
>bad! Don't know which OS you are using, but there are software
>synthesizer that give a much better sound, e.g. Coolsoft
>Virtual Synth http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth
>
The melody notes sound pretty much guitar like but the chord sounds are 
more piano like they do vary when the instrument is changed but never 
sound anything like the melody notes.
There is a slight improvement playing the mid file through Soundfont 
which does give a bit better sound than the default player..