SFZ is a high quality sample player.
Main Engine:

• High Quality band limiting sample-playback engine.
• 9 quality settings to allow precise CPU usage optimisation.
• 256 voices of polyphony, unlimited layers per voice.
• Per-channel polyphony limiter.
• Fully Multi-timbral operation, supports all 16 MIDI channels.
• Supports any standard/custom samplerate, including 22k, 32k, 44.1k, 48k, 88.2k, 96k, 192k and 384k.
• Extensive SoundFont compatibility.
• Several loading modes: Whole SoundFont, Single Program, Direct-from-Disk streaming.
• Stereo Output.

Sound Generator:

• A LPF, two LFOs and two Envelope Generators per layer.
• Filter Cutoff, Filter Resonance, Keyboard Tracking, Velocity Tracking and Envelope Amount.
• Vibrato LFO with Delay, Speed and Depth control.
• Modulation LFO with Delay, Depth, Filter Depth, Pitch Depth and Amp Depth controls.
• Modulation EG with Attack, Hold, Keyboard-To-Hold, Decay, Keyboard-To-Decay, Sustain, Release and Pitch Depth controls.
• Amplifier EG with Delay, Attack, Hold, Keyboard-To-Hold, Decay, Keyboard-To-Decay, Sustain and Release controls.

Effects:

• Stereo Chorus and Stereo Reverb.
• Effects on/off switch.

Programs / Banks:

• 128 internal programs (scenes).
• Saves and Loads standard program (.fxp) files (saving only possible using the microHost, loading thru drag-and-drop operation).
• Drag and drop support for program files (.fxp) and SoundFont files (.sf2).
• All settings saved in the song.

Graphic User Interface:

• Total Layers and Voices played indicator.
• Sound Preview ribbon at bottom, MIDI transmit to host (VST).

MIDI implementation:

• Extensive MIDI implementation: Velocity, Pitch Bend, Modulation, Sustain Sw and a lot more.

ASIO microHost:

• Ultra light ASIO host for live performance and programming (90k).
• Supports 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz samplerates.
• Virtual keyboard with PitchBend/Modulation/Program Change/Transpose controls using PC keyboard.
• Simultaneous use of multiple MIDI ports.
• Saves 16-bit and 32-bit WAV files direct-to-disk.

You can download [download-attachment id=”10193″ title=”nf_sfz_buddy”] to access hidden parameters in SFZ.

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