Hi Ken,
under "Soundfont Bank Manager" program
you are able load additional soundfont banks,
better ones than what comes standard with the card.
Click "Bank " icon and choose a new soundfont bank.
Click " Midi Devices" and select midi in, I use "USB" because my piano has usb interface.

With this setting , you can actually use a midi keyboard to play soundfonts in realtime.

If you're using a sequencer to play midifiles, just make sure your midi in setting is ( in my case USB) and midi out is set to Creative USB Soundfont Synth.

Depending on the capacity of your computer you can load soundfonts well over 100mb.

My laptop is 512 mb and plays soundfonts up to about 140mb in size.

If you're interested in delving further into the soundfont system I can give you some links to free soundfonts.


best wishes
rikki



[This message has been edited by rikkisbears (edited 07-26-2005).]