joden
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How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
I can get to a link in the store that describes the program, but I cannot find a downlaod link anywhere?
I need the + version so I can run standard SF2 files, NOT sfz files.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:08:44
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☼ Best Answerby joden 2017/10/31 02:17:04
contact Cakewalk for the download link.
That's how I got mine.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:18:23
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chuckebaby
contact Cakewalk for the download link.
That's how I got mine.
Which section? I just tried Pre-Sales as it wasn't really covered in any of the categories.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:23:44
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Does SFZ+ not appear in Support>My Account>My Products?
It's near the bottom of the list in mine. Clicking the entry takes you to the download.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:31:28
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karhide
You could try https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/ which is free and should convert sf2 to sfz.
I already recommended it in another thread, he's not interested. When you drop an SF2 file in SForzando it converts it to SFZ. For some reason he doesn't want this. From that thread: joden Shouldn't have to convert to sfz files and most convertors do a poor job anyway However I was under the impression, the only thing that is converted is a text file, not the actual sample. So that makes no sense to me.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:33:07
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BobF
Does SFZ+ not appear in Support>My Account>My Products?
It's near the bottom of the list in mine. Clicking the entry takes you to the download.
I believe it depends which versions of Sonar you had. IIRC it wasn't packaged with Sonar X2 so it was a requested download. They began gifting it after X1 with a download request.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 16:34:31
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chuckebaby
karhide
You could try https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/ which is free and should convert sf2 to sfz.
I already recommended it in another thread, he's not interested.
When you drop an SF2 file in SForzando it converts it to SFZ. For some reason he doesn't want this.
From that thread:
[joden=quote]Shouldn't have to convert to sfz files (and most convertors do a poor job anyway) However I was under the impression, the only thing that is converted is a text file, not the actual sample. So that makes no sense to me. My guess would be that only the definition file would be changed. I'd be surprised if it changed the audio in anyway.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 17:14:38
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BobF
Does SFZ+ not appear in Support>My Account>My Products?
It's near the bottom of the list in mine. Clicking the entry takes you to the download.
Thanks Bob, already checked all of that before the thread. And it is not in my products list.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 18:20:27
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 18:28:22
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 18:33:42
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 20:05:55
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 22:02:07
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joden
BobF
Does SFZ+ not appear in Support>My Account>My Products?
It's near the bottom of the list in mine. Clicking the entry takes you to the download.
Thanks Bob, already checked all of that before the thread. And it is not in my products list.
Sorry. Mine was registered in '09 - I don't remember how I got it. I'm pretty sure Chuck has the answer; contact Cake for a link. I would try PM-ing one of the Cake dudes
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/30 22:16:33
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When Cakewalk stopped selling sfz+ they gave it away for a limited time in Nov 2009 along with the FX1, FX2 and FX3 effect bundles.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 02:18:27
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chuckebaby
contact Cakewalk for the download link.
That's how I got mine.
Which is exactly what I did after your recommendation, and now only a few hours later they have obliged and added a licence to my account. Brilliant service! Big thanks to Sarah 
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 08:49:20
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Sfz conversion doesn't affect the wave samples but it does affect how the synth manipulates them. Sfz format is a somewhat stripped down (simpler) rendering of an instrument. I've never had an sfz converted soundfont sound exactly the same as the original. Sometimes the change is so obvious the sound is unusable.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 09:13:42
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For those who want a quick link, download it here. Scroll down to Win 32 VST link.
post edited by soens - 2017/10/31 20:15:16
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 10:45:03
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soens
For those who want a quick link, download it here. Scroll down to Win 32 VST link.
That link is for SFZ. The OP needs the + version (SFZ+) joden
I need the + version so I can run standard SF2 files, NOT sfz files.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 20:14:24
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True, but this version (1.9.7) actually does both sfZ and sf2 soundfont files and says so on the web page I linked to. I found this version when I couldn't get sfz+ to work and use it specifically for soundfonts. It may be different than the one included with Sonar. Sfz+ still doesn't work for me in Windows 10 when loading sf2 files. It either says there's not enough memory to load them or else it crashes Sonar. I may try to get another copy from Cakewalk to see what's going on with that.
post edited by soens - 2017/11/02 09:46:02
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soens
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/10/31 20:53:04
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Cakewalk just told me that SFZ+ is no longer available for download, so I find this all very interesting.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/11/02 09:38:47
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SFZ only loads soundfonts in 32 bit Sonar, not 64 bit Sonar. SFZ+ will load them bridged in 64 bit Sonar. Google search revealed this post from 2011. Seems sfz+ has to be in PR32 mode to load soundfonts. SF32 mode gives the out of memory flag.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/11/03 17:16:35
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An alternate VSTi for loading Soundfonts (SF2) and SFZ files is TX16wx This is a really full featured program up to date and 64 bit. It will function as a player but you can get down and dirty with it a do a lot of editing and create your own instruments.
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Re: How can I contact Cakewalk support to get SFZ+ Player VST?
2017/11/03 22:15:16
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It seems to alter some soundfonts tho. I'm trying out VSTSynthfont which seems to load complex files more accurately.
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