Download FluidSynth for free. A real-time SoundFont software synthesizer. A real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It can be used for live audio synthesis of MIDI events or for rendering MIDI files to disk, using SoundFont instruments. Plogue has a released sforzando, a free SFZ and soundfont player for Mac & Windows. Sforzando is a free SFZ 2.0 compliant sample player. Advanced sample hobbyists now have a powerful tool to experiment and share instruments without relying on proprietary formats. Sforzando only has one instrument slot; no fancy UI, effects or mixers.
Although SFZ files can be created with any text editor, and some users have alsocreated SFZ with spreadsheets, there are some dedicated tools which can makemapping large amounts of samples easier. As SFZ instruments can quickly grow tothousands of samples, efficiency in creating the mappings becomes important.One way of creating SFZ files is to use one of these tools to create the initialmaps with keys, dynamic layers, round robins etc. defined,then add controls etc. using a text editor.
Automappers #
Name
License
Linux
macOS
Windows
Description
SFZ Python Automapper by Peter Eastman
Public Domain
✓
✓
✓
Folder-to-SFZ converter
Freeware
✓
✓
✓
Bjoerns Sample Mapper
Freeware
X
X
✓
Converters #
Name
License
Linux
macOS
Windows
Description
EXS2SFZ
Freeware
X
X
✓
Imports sample mapping information from EXS24 instruments and generates SFZ files from it.
Awave Studio
Commercial
X
✓
✓
Multi-purpose audio tool that reads a veritable host of audio carrying file formats from different platforms, synthesizers, trackers, mobile phones. It can be used in a variety of ways; as a file format converter, as an audio editor, or as a synth instrument editor.
Chicken Systems Translator
Commercial
X
✓
✓
Extreme Sample Converter
Commercial
X
X
✓
Editors #
Name
License
Linux
macOS
Windows
Description
Polyphone
GPL-3.0
✓
✓
✓
An open-source soundfont editor for creating musical instruments.
sfZed
Freeware
X
X
✓
An editor for the SFZ format used by certain VST instruments. It will also convert Soundfont SF2 to SFZ and works with a midi keyboard to allow you to play and set values, including mapping drum samples.
SFZ Designer
Freeware
X
X
✓
A visual sample mapping tool optimized for multiple velocity and round-robin layers. It features a streamlined workflow, assisted opcode entry, draggable key-range and velocity splits-points, and more.
Misc #
Sfz Soundfont Player Download Pc
Name
License
Linux
macOS
Windows
Description
Freepats-tools
GPL-3.0
✓
✓
✓
Tools to manage, create and convert sound fonts, collections of sampled musical instruments and sound banks. Originally created for the FreePats project.
