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Re: [EXS] soundfonts

2005-04-30 by Don Newmeyer

>> I found a free soundfont online with the suffix "sfpack".
>> When I put it in the Sampler Instruments folder, the EXS wouldn't "see"
>> it.
>> I changed the suffix to sf2 and the EXS could "see" it but not open it.
>> Is this "sfpack" format compatible?
> 
> sfPack (and sfArk) are freeware Windows programs to compress soundfonts. As
> far as I know, there's nothing for OSX (or any other Mac
> OS) dealing with them. So you need a Windoze box to extract them to SF2.
> 
> - Sascha


There is a utility for sfark files:

sfArkXT for OS X, AFAIK available at http://melodymachine.com

But AFAIK there is no way to handle sfpack files on the Mac.

Don

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