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BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:51 pm

Hi,

I have built this utility app which will build SFZ files in bulk for samples on your drive. It is built for windows (may work in wine) and requires .Net 3.0. It is FREE to use.

It can do percussion (drums), Tuned Samples & turn a sample to an instrument. With a bit of know-how, it can also be used to create velocity layers (append to existing files).

I have used it to create many many (4000+) SFZ files from the samples I had, so thought others may find it useful as well.

The zip (with a brief PDF help file) is available at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m6zznnly62uhd ... 5.zip?dl=0

The PDF by itself can be found at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmuqnp0ru9gn2 ... 1.pdf?dl=0

Hopefully I have added this is the best forum. Feel free to share with others as well, or let me know if it would be better posted elsewhere.

NB: It is not an "editor", but a creator of SFZ's files based on samples you already have. It does not play SFZ files.

BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:59 am

Sorry, I found a small bug I introduced just before I built last version. Please use v1.0.0.22 from new links above.

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:42 pm

BulkSFZBuild wrote:Sorry, I found a small bug I introduced just before I built last version. Please use v1.0.0.22 from new links above.

Thank you. I'm going to give it a try.

musical android · Post by **musical android** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:37 pm

Thanks.
Will try tonight.

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:42 pm

Of course I will read the manual at some stage..............
but it only took two attempts or about 40 seconds to turn a folder of 284 abstract'ish rachmael wav samples into 3 usable sfz patches. 30 seconds of that was wondering which settings to play about with.

Great fun, thanks er.......Mr. BulkSFZBuild

Much appreciated.

BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:35 am

Of course I will read the manual at some stage..............

was wondering which settings to play about with.

ummm.. could an answer be in the manual

actually, I'm just teasing, the manual is pretty thin, but thereby will also not take long to read.

One thing to play with for some interesting effects is the "duplicate sample" with Threads > 1 and width at 5 or higher. It creates a kind of thickening / chorus by playing a few copies of the sample slightly de-tuned.

If you are using SFZ (or Dropzone or maybe Dimension, haven't checked) but you can also add

Code: Select all

<group>
waveguide=on

to the bottom of the Headers entry box

Also, if your "percussion" samples are long, you may find it better to use no_loop (instead of one_shot), with an Amplitude envelope "release" of 0.2

I'm thinking of maybe adding the equaliser opcodes as well. I have found an issue with long filename and paths which I personally have a fix for, but even before you hit the current limit, trying to load such file into SFZ triggers SFZ to crash ( TX16Wx loads it fine)

but it only took two attempts

Can I ask where you failed in the first attempt? maybe its something I have not made as easy, and could simply change for others? or was it simply a case of the defaults not matching your case.

Great fun, thanks er.......Mr. BulkSFZBuild

Happy you found it useful.

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:24 pm

Not failure as such, just not altering any settings and ending up with 284 single sfz patches, when I really wanted some sort of patch creating from the separate samples.

But, it doesn't take long to figure out what to do or RTFM.

And as a dabbler-chancer-creator rather than a musician, I'd be looking to create random, lucky dip patches. Select X amount of random files (from a tree of folders even) to create a patch would be right up my street.

Note for FL users:
If, when loading them into FL Studio native version of DirectWave*, the play mode is set as 'od Rat', change to Poly, Mono or Legato to hear sound. I haven't updated to the latest version of FL12 yet, and I think they've been working on DW, but it I can live with DW bugs.

*the full DirectWave VSTi plugin doesn't have this problem on my set up.

PTV · Post by **PTV** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:28 pm

Very useful, thanks!

BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 7:31 am

New version released v1.0.0.23

Minor changes.
* increased sample/filename length limits. NB: some SFZ players cannot handle long path & filenames to samples.
* Added the “Filter Type” opcode.
* Compacted the form vertically to fit better on 800x600 displays

The next version should include more significant changes.

BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:23 am

New version released v1.0.0.24 With some larger changes. Original post updated with new links.

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:12 am

Edit: There was a problem for some users with dropbox which appears to have been fixed now so you can ignore this post.

I can't download either file and I'm assuming the links don't work due to changes to dropbox;

Dropbox wrote:This is a reminder that your Public folder links will become inactive on March 15. On that date, your Public folder will become a standard Dropbox folder, and your files will remain safe in your account. If you want to share those files again, you’ll need to use shared links instead.

BulkSFZBuild · Post by **BulkSFZBuild** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:48 am

I can't download either file and I'm assuming the links don't work due to changes to dropbox;

It must of been a timing thing. I just tested the zip link, and it worked fine, but the pdf didn't work for me. So I then tried on TOR Browser (it goes though/access it from a different country), and the PDF also worked. So I went back to my standard browser, and they both then worked.

So the short of it, give it another go, the links look correct.

PS: I always used shared links. And in Australia it is the 16th, but I may have uploaded or you tried to download around/during the Dropbox switch-over (GMT or whatever they were basing their date/time on)

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:35 am

Thanks John.
I have edited this post as there is currently a known issue with dropbox, though it is not affecting every user.

This comes up now whenever I click on any links to dropbox.

Can anyone confirm, that you either allow QuickTimeCheck class to run for dropbox download or that you need a dropbox account and need to be signed in to download from dropbox as of March 2017 ?

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:54 am

I downloaded last night and again just now without having to sign in. The login popup appears but can just be closed to access the download link

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:41 am

Edit: This issue now looks to be fixed.
Thanks. Not sure what's going off then, but I'll edit the other post if and when I resolve this issue. Perhaps it's IE and Win7 ?

FREE Bulk SFZ Builder Application (From Samples)