[New Soundfont Test] Glass Grand Piano v2

MIDI Made by: DeeeBoyy
MIDI File Name: Skrillex - Bangarang (Split Parts 110 bpm).mid
MIDI Download: on DeeeBoyy's MediaFire Page (To access it, go to DeeeBoyy's YouTube About page and then click on the link that goes to their MediaFire page.)
Original MIDI Video:    • 120 {IMPOSSIBLE} Skrillex - Bangarang - Pi...  
Original Song: Skrillex - Bangarang
Original Song Video:    • Skrillex - Bangarang (Ft. Sirah) [Official...  

Disclaimer: Please don't watch this video if you are epileptic or sensitive to flashing lights!

I've made some changes and additions to my Glass Grand Piano soundfont!

Version 2 of Glass Grand Piano has a reworked layer system, slightly higher filter cutoffs for the "No Layers" presets, and an all-new "Realistic" category of presets that have been configured with regular MIDIs and live playing in mind. And that's everything I changed.

All of the presets with velocity layers now have slightly lower filter cutoffs in the low-to-mid and middle velocity ranges and higher cutoffs in the mid-to-high velocity ranges (the cutoff and filter velocity tracking values for the strings and pad remain unchanged). The goal was to make the piano sound more realistic while still being suitable for black MIDI music and without sounding too filtered or muffled. I think I achieved that for the most part. The transitions between some of the cutoffs are a little more noticeable than before, but hopefully it's not too bad. I think I did the best I could given that there's 22 velocity layers to work with (except for the "Realistic" presets), and almost every velocity layer covers 6 different velocities.

As I mentioned earlier, I added an all-new "Realistic" category of presets that were configured with regular MIDIs and live playing in mind. Unlike all of the other presets, the "Realistic" presets have a filter cutoff for each velocity and realistic release times for each key. And there are versions with or without panning and with or without normalization. The presets with panning use panning opcodes to make the stereo width seem larger, and the presets without panning just use the natural panning/balance of the samples. The presets with normalization use the same level of volume reduction for each key like all of the other presets. The versions without normalization, on the other hand, use different levels of volume reduction for each key to "restore" the full original balance of all of the samples before I normalized them. I do not recommend using the non-normalized presets on black MIDIs.

As always, feel free to make edits or improvements! Otherwise, enjoy the soundfont as is!

Soundfont Used: Glass Grand Piano v2 by Me
Preset Used: Glass Grand Piano v2 - Realistic (No Pan)
Original Samples by: Arturia, Synthogy, & MBMS
Soundfont Download: N/A (It has been replaced with version 3 of the soundfont, which can be downloaded from the video linked below.)
   • [Black MIDI] 熠星始芒: StarT 164 Million (New ...  

MIDI Renderer: Ultralight MIDIPlayer (UMP) 1.7.2 by PipiraMine
Settings (Output): Render to MP4, H.264 Codec
Settings (Encoding): "veryslow" Preset, 1 CRF
Settings (Rendering): Default MIDI Renderer, UMP Resource Pack, 0.8 Render Interval, 3,000 ms Before MIDI Start (Overlay Credit), 2.5x Info Overlay Scale, Arial Overlay Font, 1080p @ 60 fps

Audio Renderer: Keppy's MIDI Converter 19.1.0 by KaleidonKep99
Settings: Render to WAV, Standard Render, 1,000 Voices, 48,000 Hz Audio Frequency, 32 Point Sinc Interpolation, LoudMax On

Video Editor: OpenShot Video Editor v3.3.0 Daily Build (March 14, 2025)
Export Settings (Video): Export to MP4, libx264 Codec, 1 CRF, 1080p @ 60 fps
Export Settings (Audio): libmp3lame Codec, 48,000 Hz Sample Rate, Stereo (2 Channel) Channel Layout, 320 kb/s Bit Rate