Poor percussion sound

[James Karageanes]

I've installed the Merlin_pro51.sf2 soundfonts and everything appears to be functioning properly. (As far as I can tell.)
EXCEPT some big problems: My orchestra's triangle has been destroyed! All I get are dull "dinks." Also the snare drum sounded better on the generic soundcard supplied with my HP-computer. (pizzicato strings are also somewhat the worse.)
Any suggestions or help?

[Admin]

Answers to all your questions are in the Timidity Soundfont FAQ

[James Karageanes]

Thanks, but I tried all that first. The only other .sf2 file on my computer is 2GMGSMT.SF2 which I copied into the same dir as the merlinxxx.sf2, but nothing changed.

When I used you "configurator" and tried to change just the triangle, it wasn't listed as an instrument.

I am very new to all this.