Music Box Soundfont/vst

[EbonHawk7X]

Does anyone know where to get a good music box soundfont? I need one that i could use for sad songs, or just in general for my music. I was browsing around and didn't see any threads like this one so I decided to make one, but if you know of one please send me a link. thanks in advance =D.

[loansindi]

seems like a music box would be pretty simple to synthesize with a basic synth.

[EmperorCharlemagne]

If someone can post a general link to one that'd be cool

It would be a nice thing to have.

[EbonHawk7X]

At 6/25/09 01:51 AM, loansindi wrote: seems like a music box would be pretty simple to synthesize with a basic synth.

It would be fairly simple, but seeing as i'm not too good at synthesizing (at all) and i want a legit, authentic feeling music box, a sounfont would be best. if your really good at synthesizing you could make one that sounds real, but the authenticity of a real instrument can't ever really be beaten by a synth.

[EmperorCharlemagne]

funny you should talk about authenticity yet ask for a soundfont.

Still, though, I want, I want.

[EbonHawk7X]

At 6/25/09 01:57 AM, EmperorCharlemagne wrote: funny you should talk about authenticity yet ask for a soundfont.

its the closest i can get without paying money :(

[loansindi]

At 6/25/09 01:57 AM, EmperorCharlemagne wrote: funny you should talk about authenticity yet ask for a soundfont.

I was going to raise this very point.

[Gorgorothx]

You're welcome.

[loansindi]

At 6/25/09 02:39 AM, Gorgorothx wrote: You're welcome.

after fiddling with that, it sounds less like a music box than what I was able to do with 3xosc last night.

[Kaizerwolf]

You havent played around with 3xOsc yet OP (original poster)? It wasnt even that hard for me.

[loansindi]

At 6/25/09 11:41 AM, Kaizerwolf wrote: You havent played around with 3xOsc yet OP (original poster)? It wasnt even that hard for me.

Seriously. I got pretty close in about ten minutes.

Just set your oscillators to the same pitch, all sine (maybe throw a triangle on the second or third, it gets kind of too brittle if you're not careful) and fiddle with the volume envelope to get a mallet sound (zero attack, short sustain and a longish release). There's your basic struck instrument sound, you might need to add another channel to get the percussive sound of the bars dropping, but that wouldn't take much honestly.

A little EQ, maybe some FX (a slight chorus maybe?) and you've got a solid music box sound.

In the end if you really want that sound, go find a music box and record a bit of it and you can create some really solid samples and share them with us.

[krssvr]

hey i uploaded one of my soundfonts it has a crapload of sounds some good some bad but it does have a good music box sound and it also has glockenspiel and celestas and all that i uploaded to mediafire

[krssvr]

well its not mine but you get the point

sorry 4 the double post

[FairSquare]

At 6/25/09 01:30 PM, krssvr wrote: hey i uploaded one of my soundfonts it has a crapload of sounds some good some bad but it does have a good music box sound and it also has glockenspiel and celestas and all that i uploaded to mediafire

Wow man, ever heard of punctuation marks?

[krssvr]

At 6/25/09 01:39 PM, MH16 wrote:

At 6/25/09 01:30 PM, krssvr wrote: hey i uploaded one of my soundfonts it has a crapload of sounds some good some bad but it does have a good music box sound and it also has glockenspiel and celestas and all that i uploaded to mediafire

Wow man, ever heard of punctuation marks?

lol wtf i didnt even read how bad i messed that all up.

[Khuskan]

At 6/25/09 11:41 AM, Kaizerwolf wrote: OP (original poster)?

If you're going to use acronyms, you don't need to define them in every post you make.

[nathanallenpinard]

OP: You can use Celeste sounds or Glockenspiel sounds for a music box feel.