Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth - Revision history

MelonadeM at 09:31, 16 July 2025

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	[[Category:General MIDI devices]]		[[Category:General MIDI devices]][[Category:Software_Synthesizers]]

Fusoxide at 17:00, 20 December 2024

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	\| name = Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth		\| name = Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
	\| type = Software synthesizer		\| type = Software synthesizer
	\| manufacturer = ~~Beatnik~~		\| manufacturer = Microsoft<br>Roland
	\| releasedate = 1996		\| releasedate = 1996
	\| standards = [[General MIDI]]<br>[[Roland GS]] (partial)		\| standards = [[General MIDI]]<br>[[Roland GS]] (partial)

Fusoxide at 17:00, 20 December 2024

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			{{Infobox module
			\| name = Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
			\| type = Software synthesizer
			\| manufacturer = Beatnik
			\| releasedate = 1996
			\| standards = [[General MIDI]]<br>[[Roland GS]] (partial)
			\| maxpoly = 32
			\| numparts = 16
			\| numpresets = '''226 (total)'''<br>128 (General MIDI)<br>98 (Roland GS)
			\| drumpresets = '''9 (total)'''
			}}
	'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> which are absent from MSGS, so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.		'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> which are absent from MSGS, so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

Hikari no yume: mention macOS synth

2024-08-30T14:20:16Z

mention macOS synth

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	The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.		The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

			A similar software synth with a similar set of licensed Roland samples is included with macOS, but that synth has reverb.

	== References ==		== References ==

Hikari no yume: clarify

2024-08-30T14:04:01Z

clarify

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	'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.		'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> which are absent from MSGS, so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

	The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.		The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

Hikari no yume: better wording

2024-08-30T13:59:04Z

better wording

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	'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> so despite the name, MSGS is presumably ''not~~'' a~~ GS~~-compliant synth~~. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.		'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

	The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.		The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

Hikari no yume: Start page

2024-08-30T13:56:50Z

Start page

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'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> so despite the name, MSGS is presumably ''not'' a GS-compliant synth. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:General MIDI devices]]