Make sure when loading higher banks to select a bank that is not used by Bank 000. Note: Some SoundFonts require more than one Bank. If you want to load other SoundFonts onto higher Banks, simply select the bank in the 'Select Bank'' Drop-Down, and proceed to load the bank as described above. Highlight the SoundFont and hit the Select button. Select the SoundFont that you want to load.

You can then browse to where your SoundFonts are saved to. A standard Windows Open dialog will appear. In most cases there is already a SoundFont or Bank Stack loaded. If you want to load a replacement bank for Bank 0, you will want to select the first bank in the 'Select Bank' Drop-Down. You can load additional SoundFonts on higher Banks as well. Pianos: 0 Acoustic Piano Kawai Stereo Piano ( kawaistereogrand.sfark ) by Unknown, uploaded by 710hellninja64 on 21-10-2014 Pack size: 2017 KB.

There are SoundFonts you can download to replace the GM Bank, which is Bank 0. BANK: 129 Full bank Complete 2M GM bank ( 2mbgmgs.sfpack ) by Unknown, uploaded by 758lostlegend on 21-10-2014 Pack size: 1474 KB. The configure bank window is where you will load SoundFonts into different Banks. If you do not have the Creative Launcher enabled, you can open Audio HQ via the Start Menu|Programs|Creative|SoundBlaster Live!|Audio HQ. File Converting (including packed soundfont file. We delete uploaded files after 24 hours and the download links will stop working after this time period. To load SoundFonts you will need to open AudioHQ. Of course The download link of SFPACK files will be available instantly after Converting. Some SoundFonts come with their own installers. You will find links on the sites to download the programs to decompress these files. Some of the websites have files that use either SFArk or SFPack to compress the *.SF2 files. Many sites with soundfonts can be found through a simple internet search.

You can allocate up to half of your RAM (memory) in order to support larger (16 + MB) SoundFonts. There are commercial soundfonts also available that are a lot less expensive then getting a pro sampler. This is because the soundfont banks are user defineable: you can download hundreds of other SoundFont banks for free off the internet. These default banks sound fairly good compared to other sound cards in the price range, but the SBLive! has an advantage over competitors. It comes with 2 MB, 4 MB, and 8 MB GM Banks. The basic card only comes with a few General MIDI (GM) SoundFont Banks. The SoundBlaster Live uses a sample format known as SoundFonts. The Basics of SoundBlaster Live! SoundFonts

Sfpack to sf2