KVR Audio

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:05 pm

Hi.

I used to use SFZ on my old PC (P4 3.2GHZ, 2GB RAM) and had no problems.

I recently upgraded some components in my PC - Core2 Duo 2.4GHZ, 4GB RAM and since doing this I've been unable to use SFZ!!!

I keep getting an "Unable to load soundfont - Insufficient Memory" error and apparently SFZ has problems with multi core processors?

I originally tried a few Soundfont players quite a while back (can't remember which) and noticed that soundfonts sound different in different Soundfont Players!!??

What would you recommend as a good alternative to SFZ?

Thanks

Optomadic · Post by **Optomadic** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:13 pm

http://www.terrywest.110mb.com/take1.html

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:09 pm

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/977.html

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:48 pm

Fretted Synth Audio Saffron is cool ... if you can find it anywhere.

RedWine · Post by **RedWine** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:56 pm

Does ShortCircuit not play Soundfonts??

Artvera · Post by **Artvera** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:09 pm

rgc Audio sfz Player is small and handy VSTi for SF2, SFZ and Wav format.

Artvera · Post by **Artvera** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:10 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:Fretted Synth Audio Saffron is cool ... if you can find it anywhere.

Here you can download it:
http://rekkerd.org/frettedsynth-release ... nt-player/

Artvera · Post by **Artvera** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:12 pm

Artvera wrote:rgc Audio sfz Player is small and handy VSTi for SF2, SFZ and Wav format.

Here link to download:
http://www.project5.com/products/instru ... efault.asp

poonna · Post by **poonna** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:17 pm

I think the problem here is, sfz doesn't really work well on multicore processors. Saffron, IIRC, is a SynthEdit-based player. I haven't tried it, but SynthEdit-based stuff is usually known to have some issues with multicore processors as well.

Shortcircuit can import soundfonts, but soundfont playback is not very good in it. Highlife doesn't load soundfonts, if I'm not wrong.

sfz is still one of the best when we talk about soundfont compatibility. I'm also looking for an good alternative that works well in multicore processors.

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:21 pm

Artvera wrote:rgc Audio sfz Player is small and handy VSTi for SF2, SFZ and Wav format.

My post states that SFZ doesn't work on my Core2 Duo anymore and I'm looking for something different to SFZ.

I'm going to check out :-

ShortCircuit
Paax
Saffron

P.T. · Post by **P.T.** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:26 pm

I have not tried, but have heard that if you make multiple copies of sfz and rename each (sfz1, sfz2...) it will work with multicore processors.

An option is to extract the waves from the soundfont using sfzED and map them to your sampler. A lot of work, I know.

Cordelia · Post by **Cordelia** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:42 pm

Bismark BS-0 has always worked well for me. Low CPU, sounds good, in my opinion not as good as SFZ, but then I haven't tried the newest update yet.

I'm curious about this, I've been using multiple instances of SFZ on my quad core without any issues. Although I haven't tried to load any large SF2s yet. Is the problem directly related to the size of the soundfont?

Artvera · Post by **Artvera** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:48 pm

poonna wrote:Saffron, IIRC, is a SynthEdit-based player. I haven't tried it, but SynthEdit-based stuff is usually known to have some issues with multicore processors as well.

I think that problem can be only if you need to use more instances.
But some users don't have any problem to use more instances of SE plugins even though they have also multicore computers.
Maybe there can be difference if computer is Pentium or Athlon.

P.T. · Post by **P.T.** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:52 pm

Artvera'

Have they updated the sfz player that they have on the Project5 site?

The original poster is looking to replace the sfz that he is having trouble with.

I'd like to know also as I am looking to get a quadcore machine.

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:01 pm

Well I've tried Take 1, Saffron and Paax.

Take1 and Saffron sounded awful with the Sonivox soundfonts I have!!

Paax sounded pretty similar to SFZ but with a little

I'll try ShortCircuit tomorrow!

Freeware Soundfont Player apart from SFZ?