Agree good article but just slightly dated wink


In the "free" category rgc Audio's (latter supplied by cakewalk ) sfz & sfz+ are no longer available likewise Alchemy Player.

We all know that Sforzando, while an excellent SFZ player, is not multitimbral.

However, there was a thread awhile back (around or just before holidays) on this very topic (SFZ/SF2 soundfont players) and I think it was MarioD, if not apologies to whomever pointed it out, that TX16Wx is a multitimbral player

http://www.tx16wx.com/

Coincidentally I got an announcement, or email (?) yesterday from KVR about an update of Synthfont 2 (which is not free) but it reminded me it there IS AFREE version of as well as a FREE VST plugin version (32 or 64 bit)

http://www.synthfont.com/Downloads.html

Additionally, anyone who has Garritan CAN import/convert SF2/sfz's but while it is multitimbral- you have to manually assign a sound to each channel - so you cannot load a GM SF2/SFZ once and have BIAB, RB or PT "automagically" pick the correct sound per channel/part/track like a the aforementioned apps.

Also if you have Garritan you probably have better sounds on tap anyway.


I'll have to look but I think there are some other multitimbral SF2 players around if I remember or find them I'll update.

Larry



Last edited by Larry Kehl; 01/25/17 08:12 AM. Reason: usual dsylcix typing
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