Create Your Own Virtual Instruments with SFZ Files Keyboard Mag Article By Craig Anderton

Hey guys,
 
I thought you would all appreciate this article from the June 2014 copy of Keyboard Magazine.
 
http://www.keyboardmag.co...s-with-sfz-files/31010
 
The article and tutorial also includes a free bass instrument sfz by Craig. 
 
Enjoy!
Chad
 
 

AT
Great one.  Maybe you or Craig should do some tutorials hosted by Cakewalk somewhere on site (there I go, making more work for others!).  But Cake ought to do something w/ SFZ - drive some Alchemy etc. people to the site.
 
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Hey AT,
 
I may have some time to tackle an SFZ tutorial in the future.  Would you be interested in any particular content? 
 
 

Hey Grem,
 
Thanks, what type of instruments would you be interested in learning to create?  Acoustic/Orchestral/Synths/Percussion?

Just read Craig's article. It gives good info. And great examples. Good tutorial that I plan on working on in the next few days.

But where is he getting the parameters that are available to the sfz engine? Are the parameters different for each sfz engine?

These type of questions answered for a non-programing person would be helpful to me. Or even point me in the right direction.

I would like to learn to do my own samples in the sfz file to make something I never heard of.

Grem

But where is he getting the parameters that are available to the sfz engine? Are the parameters different for each sfz engine?
 

Good question !
 
I can no longer find the sfz specification document on cakewalk.com.  But it was only version 1.02, from jan. 2010.
 
Simon Cann's book Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User is the only reference I know of for version 2.0.
 
Looks like Cakewalk has abandoned it (and synths built on it ?).  Other companies use it but have added proprietary codes.  I'm not optimistic for its future, but I'd like to be.
 
 PS.  I'll send anyone the 1.02 version in a Word doc if they PM me.
 
 

I found out yesterday that most of the links that the sfzed site referenced were broken, moved, no longer exists, and all were CW links. Which I found funny.

Thanks for the heads up on the "Way back" links. Heading over there now.

I also picked up Simon's book on CW instruments. Looks like that will help.

Paul P
 
Simon Cann's book Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power User is the only reference I know of for version 2.0.
 
Looks like Cakewalk has abandoned it (and synths built on it ?).  Other companies use it but have added proprietary codes.  I'm not optimistic for its future, but I'd like to be.
 
 

Well with some interest in this, I wanted to learn more so I bought the book you talked about Paul.
 
Now I am finding out that I can no longer d/l the Triangle synth from CW. Seems that there is trouble with it playing well with Win7 64 and Sonar since the X series (got this info from different posts back when X1 was released). So I am thinking that CW isn't offering it anymore because they are not wanting to be bothered with supporting it maybe. IDK.
 
But I have found a place that I d/l it from. Not sure if it's a trusted site or not.

I found the link using the Wayback Machine.
Copy these two links together into one line with no spaces into the URL path in your browser to see the old Cakewalk page and click on the "Download it Today" option.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140327103800/
http://cakewalk.com/products/triangle/default.aspx

scook
The download link went missing after a significant website reorg. Probably just an oversight. I just reported the link missing to the webmaster. Try calling tech support for a link to the synth.

You may have a point here scook. Because the Triangle II page is still there and lists all the features, just like the Square one page. Except on the Triangle page there is no d/l link.