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DSmolken
KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:15 am

Really nice to see that this project has even led to improved SFZ support in existing players. I was mostly thinking it'd be useful to people who want to make SFZ instruments. This is certainly an unexpected plus.

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WilliamK
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Post Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:58 am

I finally added it to the new Wusik EVE V5 Beta. Soon I will compile those changes to all other projects, as they all share the sample-player source code. :hyper:

Wusik EVE V5 - Nov 08 2018 - V5.0.0 BETA 56

- Added release sample support to SFZ files.
- Added lorand and hirand support to SFZ files.
- Corrected the sfz volume opcode to use decibels values instead of gain values.
- Added Bypass to the remaining filters.
- Improved the engine installer to allow separated VST2 and VST3 folders, plus the option to select which to install: 32bits and/or 64 bits versions of the plugins.
- Removed the Filter Envelope tool-tip as it has information for Wusik 8008 instead.

Cheers, WilliamK

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395 posts since 8 Feb, 2011

Post Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:00 pm

DSmolken wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:57 am Also doesn't DirectWave support SFZ import and export now? I've heard that, but haven't tried.
I have the full version of Direct Wave, both native and VSTi. It will load SFZ's, though I have reported problems w/their implementation - most recently - not handling round robin.
I have not found any way to save an SFZ from DW, only its own .dwb/dwp formats.

Thanks to all for the effort to consolidate the SFZ format info. :clap:

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KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:04 pm

Thanks, and thanks! In the meantime, I've fixed an error in the description of how the MDA effects work, and I'm working on drum samples now so I suppose the hi-hat muting will get a detailed explanation soon. I want this to keep growing, so now that we have all the currently supported opcodes documented, I'm going to add stuff about how I use them whenever I use them for more complex stuff.

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KVRist
41 posts since 7 Dec, 2007

Post Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:43 am

Thank you for building a resource that is everything SFZ!

Might I suggest that you include the SFZ formatting file for the Notepad++ editor that is shared here...

https://musescore.org/en/node/99411

I rely on this every time I create/edit an SFZ!
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KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:19 am

Sure, added to http://www.sfzformat.com/index.php?titl ... tion_tools

Thanks for making this tool and for letting me know.

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melomood
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Post Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:05 am

Thanks and thanks again. It's been awhile now that I haven't been able
to remember what the hell I did with the book that came with my
copy of Dimension so many moons ago

It will be nice to get back under the hood w/ notepad
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pljones
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Post Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:23 am

Oh, speaking of Notepad++, I had posted one here (and updated my old page to mention the new wiki docs).

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KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:31 am

Page updated!

There are also a bunch of SFZ 2.0 opcodes which were supported in Dimension but aren't in ARIA or in anything currently available AFAIK. I'll eventually get around to documenting those so there's a full reference.

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melomood
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Post Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:42 am

Well do I have a line of code for you

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DSmolken
KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:40 am

I documented pljones' hi-hat muting rules and some other stuff related to cymbal muting:

http://www.sfzformat.com/index.php?title=Cymbal_muting

It gets pretty complicated, and I know I should cover some more basic things like vibrato, but, well, it happens to be something I've been working on now. When I do a pitched instrument with LFO vibrato, then vibrato will get documented with the same level of gory detail.

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pljones
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7038 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK

Post Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:55 am

Drum kits are cool, though :hihi:

DSmolken
KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:03 am

...and I fixed the code, including the big code example at the end, so that foot splash properly mutes everything else.

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Post Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:42 am

One small thing in "cymbal_muting":
It must be "Header organization" instead of "Header organiztion". :)
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KVRAF
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2116 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland

Post Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:04 am

Fixed! And it's good to see that someone made it that far down the page!

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