John,

I'm doing some more testing using a VSTi plugin for a soundfont player on a BIAB track, I have found that the previously mentioned DSK-SFv2 player does not work well as a BIAB plugin. This plugin will not allow MIDI control messages from the keyboard (such as pitch bend or modulation) to modify the sound output. Also, I tried the DSK plugin as a standalone app using VSTHost and it didn't work at all (bad audio distortion).

I am testing an alternative VSTi Soundfont Player, BassMidi VST 1.4 by Falcosoft. It is much better than the DSK plugin, and it seems to work well as a BIAB plugin. It also comes in both 32 bit and 64 bit versions, so for BIAB 2019 or later, the 64 bit version is available. It can be downloaded from the developer's website at the following location:

BassMidi VSTi 1.4

The developer does not recommend the use of 32/64 bit bridges with this app, and there isn't a lot of good documentation as to how to use the plugin. Since I'm using BIAB 2018, which is still 32 bit, and most of my plugins are 32 bit, I copied the files from the 32 bit version to my plugin folder.

I still have some favorite instruments from some soundfonts that I can now use with BIAB using this setup. Some of those soundfont samples were not converted properly by Sforzando from the st2 format to the sfz format, so this is a good alternative solution.

Hope this additional info is helpful (and not confusing).