hi all,
I am tinkering with lmms and got the wind there is a free VST plugin named sfz+ available at this here cakewalk.com
now I look around and can only see glossy pics and prices transcending my imagination abilities .
Is there any hope to track down that sfz+ or it was an outdated link?
yours
sehrguey

Here's a link. http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/sfz/


The plugin Sfz+ is a sound font player which now belongs to Cakewalk (it was developed by rgc:audio) and you can ask Customer service if they'll put a download link into your account. There were a number of free plugins like that we could download but that was years ago.

There is a difference between 'Sfz' files and Sfz+ sound font player.

Sfz files are better explained here. There are also a variety of free Sfz editors online.

http://www.keyboardmag.co...s-with-sfz-files/31010

I've checked my records, and while SFZ+ was free it required a unique serial number so unfortunately I can't just make a copy available to you. Something I had hoped I could do.

Best hope is still to make a request to customer support.

If you need a soundfont player try TX16Wx http://www.tx16wx.com/

Its free and considerably more modern than SFZ+ and can also sample and use many other formats.

I had downloaded in August. But forgot the link. Its sfz101.zip containing 2 files:
sfz+101.exe
sfz+DXi101.exe
 

SFZ+ was a ray of sunshine when it first came out, but bugs and ironic limitation plagued it. Half baked and stuck in time.
 
It could not open sfz files in spite of the name. You had to go to the free sfz player if you followed the lineage.
 
The attack on vibrato is broken, nail in the coffin if you are trying to do steel guitar swells. They knew about the bug but no budget or whatever to fix.
 
Just a dinosaur. Glyn gave reference to a good and more contemporary player.
 
Good alternative dinosaur for sf2 that has all the bells and whistles is Jeskola. Paid a hundred bucks for this in it's prime. Now it is free.
 
Technological limitation is that it cannot deal with wav samples over 16 bit resolution. Otherwise, a much better alternative to SFZ+. Has all the features and overall a better machine. Such a loss that these guys didn't develop further.
 
https://jeskola.net/xs1/
 
John

Wow! when looking for a dinosaur I found a sympathizing crowd of good guys!
thank you!
now, the link to sfz loops back to the paid version (their right);
the link to jeskola is dead (we all'll go there sometime);
tx16wx made my mouth water but it dried up when I saw it's not for linux.
Complete setback? No!
thank you guys it's nice to share the time and space with people like you.
 
yours`
sehrguey

Hmm...
 
Try the Jeskola link again. It downloaded fine for me just now. It's a zip file with the single dll.
 
John

I really liked the sfz.exe which plays sfz text-and-wav files - NOT sf2 (soundfont) files.
Compact, seriously powerful.
 
It has problems when more than one instance is running. They trample on each other's memory which brings down Sonar.
 
I now use DimPro as a .sfz file player - huge overkill. sfz.exe was so much simpler and quicker to edit.

Glyn Barnes
If you need a soundfont player try TX16Wx http://www.tx16wx.com/

Its free and considerably more modern than SFZ+ and can also sample and use many other formats.

+1.  Far superior to sfz/+ IMO