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A curated list of awesome soundfont software, libraries and resources.

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Software

  • linuxsampler - Free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.
  • polyphone - Sf2 and sf editor.
  • Open Octave Project - The Open Octave Project exists to provide professional level orchestral midi orchestration tools.
  • sfZed - Sfz editor

Resources

Soundfonts

Editors

From musescore.org/node/13734

Program Price License Operating systems
Polyphone free GPLv3 Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Swami (Sampled Waveforms And Musical Instruments) free GPLv2 Linux, Mac OS X
sfZed free Windows
Viena (with one n), by Kenneth Rundt free Windows
Vienna (with two ns), by Creative free Windows
Soundfaction non-free Windows
Polyphontics non-free Mac OS X
ChickenSys Constructor non-free Windows, Mac OS X
CDXtract non-free Windows, Mac OS X
Soundfont Librarian: This librarian is a tool to manage, edit, and customize SoundFont banks. You can load several banks each in their own Windows, then simply drag-and-drop presets from one bank into another, to custom create banks containing just the presets you want in an all new bank. Save your creation back to disk when finished.
SF2 Splitter: Simple tool that extracts instruments from SoundFont files. Windows
Awave Studio non-free Windows
SFZ Designer free Windows

Links

  • ardour - Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux and OS X.
  • rosegardenmusic - Music composition and editing environment based around a MIDI sequencer that features a rich understanding of music notation and includes basic support for digital audio.
  • libremusicproduction - Community-driven online resource, focused on promoting musical creation and composition using free and open source software.
  • sfzformat – The original rgc:audio sfz page at sfzformat.com maintained for posterity.
  • DevXchange – The Cakewalk sfz Format Page, with example downloads.
  • ariaengine.com sfz-format – ARIA Engine sfz format overview page.
  • plj-sfz – An alternate view of the sfz format by Peter L. Jones. Also includes mappings to various free sfz instruments.
  • Definition Samples – Camel Audio Alchemy Player SFZ Page. Includes resources on editors, and links to free sfz instruments.
  • amazon.com 1598633147 – Simon Cann’s Cakewalk Synthesizers Book. Features the full sfz 2.0 documentation.
  • linuxsampler.org/sfz – sfz Format Support in Linux Sampler
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