How to convert MIDI to wav?

Question

MIDI

There is a task to convert midi files to wav while using instruments that sound close to realistic. The problem was solved by running midi through the sf2 synthesizer, but the question arose in finding the right soundbank with all the basic high-quality samples. In this connection, the question is: where can I find or buy such a soundbank? I see the use of a VST synthesizer (s) as an alternative solution to the problem, but it seems to me that there will be much more problems with this due to the need to run this business under Linux and dynamically select the correct synth for each track.

Answer 1

I searched everywhere, nowhere did I find good banks that would have all the instruments. I have some not very good one with a set of basic instruments and several with one instrument (guitar, piano, organ). One bank "weighs" under 300MB.
Once I distilled it like this: I connected the output and input of the sound box with a wire and played MIDI with parallel recording (for some reason, recording with a “tick” on the mix did not work). ZK - Creative SB Live 5.1.
PS Could you tell us for what purposes you need it: if you stick “backing tracks” for a school matinee, then free jars will do.
PS By the way, some time ago I read the news about the release of a software synthesizer on LOR. True, there are not many instruments there yet - but the sound is amazing: on bare mathematics, the developer managed to achieve an almost “live” sound!

Answer 2

This is difficult, since only the notes and some aspects of the playing are recorded in the Midi, but not the features of the sound of the instrument.
In order to more or less decently imitate the playing of an instrument, you do not need to download a bank of samples, but a specialized hardware or software synthesizer. That is, for example, for the piano, you need to download (oh, in the sense, buy) one software, like Pianoteq, for a bass guitar another (for example, Scarbee Pre Bass), for other instruments a third, configure and connect them all to to a sequencer (for example, Ableton Live), to render a track ... you are tormented, and if you buy it for money, it is also expensive. Under Linux, it is still more difficult, since music software is not released for it.

Answer 3

www.image-line.com - if my memory serves me, you can drive a midi into it. And there is a huge selection of tools.

Answer 4

With Linux, yes, it's funny.
In Windows, I would just install a synthesizer that registers exactly as a MIDI device, throw .mid into WinAmp and put the WAV-writer Output in it.
Maybe this will give you some ideas.

Answer 5

WinGroove
Or any other more professional software (or hardware) sampler

Answer 6

A good SF2 piano is the Old Lady, available on the root tracker.