[Rwp] SF2 Sound Module Things

[Chris Belle]

yeh, I use a couple of things.
Vst synth font can load sf2 files,
and you can still use the sfz player from sonar if you can find it.
It will load in to reaper just fine.
also sforzando
will load up sf2 files, but beware, it doesn't parse multi-tembral files 
well.
You can how ever, use sf Zed editor to split out sf2 intruments in to a 
proper sfz and then sforzando will work better with that file.
I still have a huge library of legacy sf2 files,
and good sounds are good sounds, so I still end up digging through them 
at times and sometimes even with conversions, you loose something and 
always end up having to hand edit, so is usually best to play the native 
format.
My favorite sf2 player of all time was
an old DXI tool called livesynth pro, it's ancient, but Roy and I still 
like it, but it only works well on 32 bit systems,
but if you happen ever to have access to a 32 bit system with reaper, 
you can use it.
But vst synth font will behave better in a 64 bit environment, it's just 
not as easy to get around, and it wants to always load a default sound font.
but you can get around that by deleting the reference in the .ini file 
and loadingthe one you want instead.
I an fixing to load up the Ipad with a bunch of cheap synths,
since they are so affordable in the little devices, and then run a real 
midi cable out to the pad,  and trigger sounds with reaper,
so I can control the Ipad with reaper, edit midi and all that.
I don't have a mac yet, but you can consider the Ipad a baby mac.
Sample tank and the like can respond to cc messages, so can load up the 
midi controler and go to town.
The only thing I don't like about midi on the Ipad is there's a bit of 
latency, but what do you expect from a little processor like that?
I can work with it though, slide stuff around a bit to sync up, maybe 
I'll even sample some of my favorite instruments and make an sfz file.


On 5/7/2016 10:12 PM, Keith Hinton wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm curious if any of you folks on this list might have an answer to
> my question.
>
> I've very recently gotten back in to Reaper as the main DAW I'll be
> working with for quite some time to come, last time I tried Reaper and
> not for long at the time was Reaper4.x with ReaAccess.
>
> I must say, that I'm enjoying the way Osara delivers information.
> But sadly, my question isn't Osara specific.
>
> The question is:
> Have any of you managed to get sound modules formatted with the .SF2
> extension to work in Reaper, or is this even possible?
>
> Just in case this helps, I'm not coming from a  previous DAW like
> Cakewalk Sonar, considering that Sonar never worked on any of the
> systems I had correctly.
>
> I am glad to say that Reaper has been, well, a pleasant surprise of a
> DAW to use.
>
> I think that ultimately, I will invest in the thing. :)
>
> I've even put together a rather dark tone of a melody recently using
> it, and Reaper is running quite well, considering that I'm not using
> the worlds most amazing box ever created.
>
> As I say, it's been awesome getting to play with this a bit.
>
> Hope I will learn more as time allows.
>
> Have an awesome evening folks.
> I might share the song in a later post.
>
> I'm even now saving projects so if any of you music buffs have half a
> mind to collaborate at some point in the future, perhaps we could make
> that happen. :)
>
> Regards,
> Keith
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