Tuesday 2 February 2016

List of Known Creative GM SoundFonts

 Last updated:  March 21, 2021


* 1MGM.SF2 (1.03 MB)
- Internal name: General MIDI
- Copyright: Copyright (c) E-mu Systems, Inc., 1993
- Official SoundFont of the AWE32's 1 MB ROM.  GM only.


These SoundFonts are from the AWE64 Gold installation CD:

* 2GMGSMT.SF2 (1.99 MB)
- Internal name: 2GMGS E-mu  Rev N
- Preset 128:099 = E-mu Systems '96
- Described in the AWE64 Gold readme as "Two MB General MIDI bank with GS variation tones."
- Has GM/GS melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.
- Has MT-32 instruments, plus CM-64/32 drumset.

* 4GMGSMT.SF2 (3.98 MB)
- Internal name: 4MB GMGSMT
- Designer: Tim Swartz, Mike Struble, Ed Dickie
- Copyright: E-mu Systems, Inc. 96
- Comments: Four MB General MIDI bankwith GS and MT32 variation tones..
- Has GM/GS melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.
- Has MT-32 instruments, plus CM-64/32 drumset.

* GM35REVc.SF2 (3.44 MB)
- Internal name: Creative 3.5mb GM
- Designer: E-mu Systems Sound Team
- Copyright: Creative/E-mu Systems, Inc. 1996
- Described in the AWE64 Gold readme as "Three and a half MB bank General MIDI bank."
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets.  Lacks SFX set.


These SoundFonts are from the E-mu General MIDI Collection CD:

* 2MBGMGS.SF2 (1.99MB)
- Older version of 2GMGSMT.SF2 (thanks to ceski for the information).

* 4MBGM.SF2 (3.98 MB)
- Internal name: 4MBGM E-mu Rev B
- Preset 128:099 = E-mu Systems '96
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets.  Lacks SFX set.

* 4MBGMSFX.SF2 (3.99 MB)
- Internal name: 4MBGMSFX E-mu Rev B
- Preset 128:099 = E-mu Systems '96
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.

* 8MBGM.SF2 (7.23 MB)
- Internal name: 8MBGM E-mu Rev B
- Preset 128:099 = E-mu Systems '96
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets.  Lacks SFX set.

* 8MBGMSFX.SF2 (7.22 MB)
- Internal name: 8MBGSFX E-mu Rev B
- Preset 128:099 = E-mu Systems '96
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.


These SoundFonts are from Creative installation CDs:

* CT2MGM.SF2 (2.06 MB)
- Internal name: 2GMGSMT Rev N++
- Designer: E-mu Sound Central
- Copyright: Copyright (c) E-mu Systems, Inc., 1995-1998
- Has GM/GS melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.
- Has MT-32 instruments, plus CM-64/32 drumset.

* CT4MGM.SF2 (3.98 MB)
- Identical to 4GMGSMT.SF2

* CT8MGM.SF2 (7.22 MB)
- Identical to 8MBGMSFX.SF2


Other Creative SoundFonts:

* EMUAPS_2meg_version.SF2 (2.06 MB)
- Internal name: 2GMGSMT Rev N+
- Designer: E-mu Sound Central
- Copyright: Copyright (c) E-mu Systems, Inc., 1995-1998
- Has GM/GS melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets and SFX set.
- Has MT-32 instruments, plus CM-64/32 drumset.

* EmuAPS_8MB.sf2 (7.25 MB)
- Internal name: 8MBGM E-Mu APS Rev B
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets.  Lacks SFX set.


This SoundFont is from the Creative X-Fi Vista installation CD:

* 28MBGM.SF2 (28.3 MB)
- Internal name: 28MB General MIDI
- Designer: Seok-Kwee Chew, Tim Swartz, & Janis Chaffin
- Copyright: (c) Creative Technology 2006
- Has GM melodic instruments, plus GS drumsets.  Lacks SFX set.
- Preset 000:034 (Picked Bass) is absent from this SoundFont.