soundfont player

appart SFZ player does anyone know a good soundfont player?
 
thx
martin

Glyn thx dude

Sforzando is an excellent free SFZ player with an integrated sample converter that autoconverts SF2 to SFZ : https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/

Another relic that was unfortunately frozen in time. Loads sf2 and waves, but only up to 16 bit waves.
Paid a hundred dollars for it, now it is abandonware and free. 32 bit only but elegant. All the above advice is solid and more up to date. Something else to play with that has all the critical functions.
 
https://jeskola.net/xs1/

I personally use SampleLord: https://www.samplelord.com/
 
I've tried sforzando, but wasn't impressed. SampleLord has LOADS more options.
 
The only downside it's 32 bit, but it's so efficient it hasn't been an issue for me. I bought it originally to use with my V-Machine (a seriously under-powered hardware VST player) for live use, which I believe it has special support for.
 
Another one I use occasionally is DSK SF2 : http://www.dskmusic.com/dsk-sf2-v2/ which is free.
 
Again it's 32 bit, but this one has portamento which is cool for some sounds. The issue with this one is it plays some soundfonts in mono. There's some extra panning information in the soundfont spec it relies on, and my soundfonts didn't have it. I did write a java program to fix the sf2 files, which if I can remember correctly might have fixed it, but it was 3-4 years ago.
 
Anyhow, another 2 for you to try out.
 
M.
 

Be nice if there were more 64bit options.

fresh101
Be nice if there were more 64bit options.

I guess SF2 soundfonts are more of the 32bit era so its not surprising to find a lot of suggestions for older 32 bit software.

I am pretty sure Kontakt can play soundfonts too, but unless there are some particular favourite SF2's you must have, Kontakt's factory library and various free libraries will probably render your SF2s obsolete.