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

TX16WX https://www.tx16wx.com
Plays soundfonts and a whole lot more besides

Glyn thx dude

You might also want to check out VSTSynthFont64.
 
http://www.synthfont.com/Downloads.html
 
The UI is a bit confusing (to load a SF2 click the button in the middle top labeled File: SoundFont/ Giga / Etc .., not the Open button higher up, which loads one of its configs and not a SF2 file) then pick the patch using the next button over (Preset / Instrument).  But it seems to do a decent job with supporting things you might want from a SF2 instrument.  The VST instrument is free (I think the editor app is their commercial product).
 
 

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

thank you Brando

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/

thank you john

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.
 

msmcleod
I personally use SampleLord: https://www.samplelord.com/

+1
 
SampleLord was/is the king of soundfont players.  I got the bundle with their excellent format converter which was also (IMO) unrivalled. 
 
The developer is a really talented fellow.  It's too bad the market couldn't sustain his fantastic products.