SF2 or any sample bank format?

jorge · 6 Feb 2005

Hi apparition and welcome

apparition wrote: Did i miss it somewhere? Or can I only import wav?

wave import is half way done, not released yet. SF2 support will eventually be done, but at the moment it's not very high priority, how important do you think it is?

apparition · 6 Feb 2005

Important for making sample-based synths etc. So developers can add their own samples into their work,

caleb · 10 Feb 2005

If I were to make something with SynthMaker you can bet the first thing I would think is - how do I load samples on this? 🙂

With your wav import are you going to be able to recognise loop points and be able to use looped playback like in a sampler?

I would say the support of some type of multisample format will be important as you progress so that people can make more sophisticated multisampled based instruments, but of course - wav support first.

Caleb

jorge · 10 Feb 2005

caleb wrote: With your wav import are you going to be able to recognise loop points and be able to use looped playback like in a sampler?

We havent planned it that far, but that's the idea. I think it will probably follow SM's philosophy and be flexible enough to be up to the user to define the functionality. It's very likely that there will be sound buffers that can be processed inside the Code component in a similar way you'd do with other programming languages like C.

caleb wrote: I would say the support of some type of multisample format will be important as you progress so that people can make more sophisticated multisampled based instruments, but of course - wav support first.

What about the sfz format: http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm , did you hear about it before? if yes do you think it is better than SF2?

caleb · 10 Feb 2005

Hmmmm - there are always pros and cons for any "soundfont" format.

One of the reasons I usually say soundfont is that there are so many soundfonts out there - especially free ones. So any instrument that allows soundfont import to make patches is already going to be one step ahead in a way.

If I was a Synthmaker developer wanting to put out a commercial sample-based synth with import capability I would probably prefer Synthmaker to be able to import a format that my potential customer base has easy access to.

But there are alot of fans of sfz as a standard - and for me the ability to support multisample content is more important than the question of which format to choose.

Caleb