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audiojunkie wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:42 pm Cool! I think I will sign up then. There are several projects that I'd like to request Hi Resolution scaling for. :-)
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This is from last year.
sfizz implemented a sustain pedal behavior that mimic closer to the real stuff.

Some explanation from Jeff Learman post :
"If the sustain pedal is depressed while any notes are in the release phase, those notes go back into sustain phase. This mimics the behavior of a real piano: if you play notes, release them all, but before they die out press the sustain pedal, any notes that were still ringing will continue. This happens regardless of whether or not the sampleset has release samples."

It can be set from sfz opcode : hint_sustain_cancels_release
And it has an overridden setting at player-level.
The option is at the "Setting" page of sfizz.
Default is on, which means behave like common samplers did.
Set it to off, the sustain pedal will behave like what described above :
sfizz_scr.png
This behavior originally found in LinuxSampler and requested by a user.
So, I guess the Piano quest is done.
But if you guys find a thing related to piano triggering behavior, please feel free to shoot a feature request.
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This is the status of supported sfz opcodes in sfizz :
https://sfz.tools/sfizz/development/status/

SFZ v1 : 97%
SFZ v2 : 75 %
Cakewalk : 20%
ARIA : 57 %

Only few rare-used version 1 opcodes not yet implemented in sfizz.
So, basically it's now full compliant to version 1 specs.
Lot of opcodes are implemented in better way than previous engine for more useful practical reasons.

More version 2 opcodes and other extensions could be added in some near future I believe.
Not to mention the very-desired UI feature which clearly need a lot of time for implementation and development.
Since there are only two main devs right now and they have busy real-life, things might slower a bit at some point.

This is an open-source project and benefit all people who want a free sampler at highest quality.
I'm just a messenger, but any dev here in KVR who might interested in such project can always join the force...

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enroe wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:12 am Mmmh ... does sfizz also support ogg and mp3-samples? :?:

The reason for this question is: Sforzando does exactly that
and some of my multisamples are based on ogg, some even on mp3s.
From this closed issue, it seems ogg file is supported.
Though I'm not yet able to have it played in my nightly version.

https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/issues/804

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Yes, thank you, Kinwie!

It seems that sfizz becomes a really gread sampler! Anyone who
uses the sfz standard can count themselves lucky that such a
new and apparently really good sampler is being developed. :tu:

It would be all the more important that the libraries or multisamples
that work with Sforzando can also be read by sfizz. The almost
legendary Fiedler multisamples are available for the ogg format:
Here. :D

There are also cases in which there are simply mp3s as samples.
Sforzando is fine with that. sfizz should be able to do that too. :?:

Otherwise the status of sfizz is already well advanced - respect! :clap:
free mp3s + info: andy-enroe.de songs + weird stuff: enroe.de

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mp3 file already supported like in sforzando.
ogg should be in higher list, but maybe something is missing
I'll ask the dev about that later.

sforzando/ARIA compatibility is one of the main priority in sfizz.
Everyone don't need to worry about that really.
For a brief example, if you load and play a sfz file in sforzando, then load it into sfizz, the output volume will be identical.
Even the volume measurement had been taken care of very detail to match sforzando.
So as other formulas and behaviors for opcodes, but at some cases there might be a little different because sfizz implement it in better way.

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I’m bumping this months old thread, because I haven’t heard any news in a while (six months), and I’m not seeing much activity on the Github site. I finally got around to getting a Github account so that I can go in and request high resolution mode support. In fact, I posted about it in the discussion thread, but that looks like the wrong place, because it’s not very active. Maybe I need to post the request in the issues section?

At any rate, does anyone know the status of the project that can report how things are going?
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.:mad:
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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audiojunkie wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:14 am At any rate, does anyone know the status of the project that can report how things are going?
Mmmh, it seems that there is a stable version of sfizz. :)
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Stable, but it doesn’t scale up for HiDPI screens, which are being used by more and more people. The GUI is microscopic and unusable.
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.:mad:
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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