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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/2016 09:03 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ml@distasis.com">ml@distasis.com</a>
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cite="mid:1621.208.100.239.222.1481378618.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net"
type="cite">Glad you found some of your favorite tools listed. I
tried to add all the
<pre wrap="">music programs I've worked with or built from source code. If you have
other suggestions that are not listed, let us know.
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The only think I can think of now is the beep command
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/beep">https://linux.die.net/man/1/beep</a>. You can use it to make things like
this
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18h8v5/does_anyone_have_or_know_a_source_for_beep_scripts/">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18h8v5/does_anyone_have_or_know_a_source_for_beep_scripts/</a>.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ml@distasis.com">ml@distasis.com</a> wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:1621.208.100.239.222.1481378618.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net"
type="cite">Roberto wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've made a python utility that takes an extended SFZ text definition
plus a set of wav files and automatically builds SF2 sound banks from them
(possibly in different sizes/qualities). Most sound banks in the
new freepats web site are made this way, and it is a huge time saver. If we
manage to extend it with PAT knowledge, the same utility could be used to
automatically build all formats from the same wav files, which would be
fantastic. I will upload the sources as soon as I have a little free time.
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That sounds useful. Hope the source is up at the FreePats site soon. I'm
seeing more and more SFZ soundfonts files. However, the programs I use
still only work with SF2 format.
Sincerely,
Laura
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.distasis.com/recipes/music.htm">http://www.distasis.com/recipes/music.htm</a>
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I think rolling everything to the newest soundfront format is the
way forward and it lets the world know that we are in a new era. We
will still have to have at least one way converters from what ever
is laying around to the new format, and we will need a wave to midi
converter to support it. Unfortunately, I don't think timidity++
supports SFZ and it is the best free software midi to wave converter
available to date. <br>
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Unsef <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://alsa.opensrc.org/Unsf">http://alsa.opensrc.org/Unsf</a> can probably be extended to go
the other direction. GUSSF2-SPEC is only implied by a patched
version of timidity. SF2 support has been on the Wildmidi wishlist
since 2014 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/8">https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/8</a>.<br>
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I find it odd that Milkytracker supports GUS Patches as instrument
import instead of SF2.<br>
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SF3 exists too which is like SF2 but uses compressed samples using
OGG instead of WAV <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://musescore.org/en/node/20818">https://musescore.org/en/node/20818</a>. Polyphone
supports SF3 and SFZ already. We may want to put a link to this page
discussing the newer Sound Font formats on the wiki
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://polyphone-soundfonts.com/en/documentation/manual/the-different-formats/148">http://polyphone-soundfonts.com/en/documentation/manual/the-different-formats/148</a>.<br>
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Do you think it is possible to get the of the actively maintained
programs like Milkytracker to integrate SF2 support so it can be
used as the baseline for Sample-based synthesis going forward and
make our jobs easier because we can maintain our soundbanks in just
2 formats SF2 and SFZ+WAV until SFZ eventually takes over?<br>
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I just found a wav2pat in
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timidity/dist/tools-1.1.0/wav2pat.c">http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timidity/dist/tools-1.1.0/wav2pat.c</a>.
I don't know if it still builds. Now mid email I am thinking it may
be better idea to nudge everyone to SFZ because there is a
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mankier.com/1/sfz2pat">https://www.mankier.com/1/sfz2pat</a> too. It is part of the
soundfont-utils<strong> </strong>package on fedora based distros
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=soundfont-utils&srodzaj=3">http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=soundfont-utils&srodzaj=3</a>,
but I can't seem to find the upstream version on
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://alsa.opensrc.org/GusSoundfont">http://alsa.opensrc.org/GusSoundfont</a>. (just went full circle)<br>
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SFZ+WAV just looks like what I would imagine a modern midi to wave
converter would use and it is completely royalty free
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ariaengine.com/overview/sfz-format/">http://ariaengine.com/overview/sfz-format/</a>. A lot of people like SFZ
already <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2921607">http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2921607</a>. <br>
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