Newbie, how to setup sfz soundfont?

KaleidonKep99 wrote:

It relies on BASSOPUS for me. :o

VMS does not (and maybe will not) include any of the additional BASS format plugins (MP3, OGG, FLAC, ...).
There's a lot of them as packing a big setup with all of them together is quite useless because most of the SF2 out there are uncompressed.
Maybe I could prepare some kind of "additional codecs" setup, with all the additional plugins, that can be installed after VMS...

KaleidonKep99 wrote:

I think Claudio is using an outdated version of BASSMIDI, which doesn't support the "default_path" parameter.

You're right, I've taken a note to update it and then I forgotten ;)

coolsoft wrote:

VMS does not (and maybe will not) include any of the additional BASS format plugins (MP3, OGG, FLAC, ...).
There's a lot of them as packing a big setup with all of them together is quite useless because most of the SF2 out there are uncompressed.
Maybe I could prepare some kind of "additional codecs" setup, with all the additional plugins, that can be installed after VMS...

Or you could just add a checkbox to the default installer that says "Install additional codecs for compressed soundfonts". :P

If the samples of an SFZ file are compressed with FLAC, BASS isn't able to play them out-of-the-box without BASSFLAC.dll.
Same thing with other codecs; MP3 is the only one, AFAIK, bundled in BASS.

HummingBirdGuy wrote:

Hi all, in fact I have just downloaded this soundfount and like the first person who posted here, I can't neither use this soundfount but in this case into coolsoft, at least it does not work using QWS as the other soundfounts which I use. Then what can we do for use it? I'd like to test the deep piano preset. Thanks again for your replies!

You could have figured it out reading this post. The Keppy's  Steanway sfz soundfount contains two folders of samples: Bright and Grand. And it contains 5 presets plus variations. If you open (with a text editor) the Deep Piano preset you will see that it uses the Grand samples.
Because VirtualMidiSynth doesn't support the DEFAULt_PATH parameter, the only way to make work a preset is copying the sfz inside the sample folder it uses.
So, in your case, go to the Deep preset folder and copy the  "Keppy's Steanway Piano - Deep Piano.sfz" file inside of the folder \Samples\Grand. In VMS, load this soundfont from the Grand folder. You will be able to use it like a normal sf2 soundfont with only one instrument.

retrue wrote:

Because VirtualMidiSynth doesn't support the DEFAULT_PATH parameter

Hi All,

Just to clarify, this sfz opcode : default_path=

is not in the sfz format V1.0 specs but it's the V2.0 opcode.

And the sfz support in the BASS engine used by VMS is only limited to sfz V1.0 specs (as far as i remember)

So, VMS is not in the victim position :)

But if Claudio can managed to add and make that opcode supported, that will be awesome!

P.S.: Lots of recent sfz instruments are made with V2.0 specs (and even custom sfz opcodes), so when anyone having trouble loading sfz in VMS, please check the sfz files first and make sure it's compatible. Other solution is by removing V2.0 opcodes from the file. It's very easy to do via notepad.

Hope this help, cheers...