A questions for those of you who do use soundfonts - stereo SF2

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A question. Do you prefer them in stereo or mono? What instruments do you primarily use them in?

Why I ask....

Ever since I started working with Guenter I began making all of my .sf2 versions of soundsets as mono soundfonts. Guenter told me his instruments, when faced with a stereo .sf2 file would only use one channel, I forget if it was the left or right. Anyway, as my sounds do at times use panning effects between the two sides I always converted the .WAV sources to mono to make the .sf2 files.

Any answers are appreciated.... :D
Last edited by dnekm on Fri May 13, 2016 10:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I use soundfonts in NN-XT predominantly but also in DirectWave in FL Studio.

As SFZ is not supported directly in Reason, I usually try to buy your samples in both formats ultimately so I can use them without needing to import wave files and keymap them myself.

I am fine with mono, and I also use stereo ones as well. Having the option of getting yours in stereo I would definitely take.

Thanks. :)
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dnekm wrote:A question. Do you prefer them in stereo or mono? What instruments do you primarily use them in?

Why I ask....

Ever since I started working with Guenter I began making all of my .sf2 versions of soundsets as mono soundfonts. Guenter told me his instruments, when faced with a stereo .sf2 file would only use one channel, I forget if it was the left or right. Anyway, as my sounds do at times use panning effects between the two sides I always converted the .WAV sources to mono to make the .sf2 files.

Any answers are appreciated.... :D
Yes, the SFZ plugin is the only soundfont VST plugin I've come across that correctly plays sf2 files in both mono and stereo - Kontakt doesn't. VSTSynthfont is another one that does it ok.
Both of them are available for download here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 2&t=188856
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Thanks, guys. Gave me some things to think about, and some things to check out..... :D
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ESC and Samplelord both play mono and stereo .sf2 files. I spent some time listening to the differences in some .sf2 files and decided to start making stereo .sf2 files available as well.

viewtopic.php?p=6459487

Thanks for the replies....
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Found this, which plays stereo sf2 files.....

http://xen-arts.net/one-sf2-stereo-soundfont-vsti/
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I've only ever used your soundfonts in Alchemy (windows). Whether they were mono or stereo didn't bother me at all.
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Slowly working on a page about this....

http://westgatesounds.net/StereoSF2/
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If anyone has come across any instruments that can correctly play stereo .sf2 files, please let me know so I can add them to the page.

So far all I have found are One-SF2, Samplelord and Phenome....
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