Ralf, have a look at the program "polyphone". It's in the community repo and seems to be able to convert sf2 to sfz and vice versa (main menu/export soundfonts) - Oliver On Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 11:08:00 CEST you wrote: > Hi, > > does somebody know a Linux tool to convert soundfonts from sf2 to sfz? > > I tried to send this request to > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-proaudio first, but I got > "Your message has been rejected, probably because you are not > subscribed to the mailing list". > I seemingly was arbitrary removed from this mailing list. > > Regards, > Ralf > > PS: I already installed 2 Windows tools, but would prefer a Linux tool. > If somebody should be interested to test them, too: > > On Arch Linux sforzando Version 1.933 and sfZed beta 0.9 can be installed > and launched using wine-staging 4.8-1. I haven't tested, if one or both > apps do the job. > > To install sforzando Version 1.933 open a terminal and run > > mkdir -p $HOME/.wine-sf/drive_c/users/$USER/Downloads/{sforzando,sfzed} > cd $HOME/.wine-sf/drive_c/users/$USER/Downloads/sforzando/ > wget > https://s3.amazonaws.com/sforzando/{WIN_sforzando_v1.933.exe,sforzando_guid > e.pdf,FreeSounds/WIN_ARIA_Engine_Free_Sounds_Vol1.exe} WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-sf > wine WIN_sforzando_v1.933.exe > > Wine asks to install wine-mono, just cancel. > > WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-sf wine WIN_ARIA_Engine_Free_Sounds_Vol1.exe > > Continue with sfZed beta 0.9 by running > > cd $HOME/.wine-sf/drive_c/users/$USER/Downloads/sfzed/ > > Since wget fails to download sfZed use w3m > > w3m http://audio.clockbeat.com/sfZed.html > > Use the cursor down key to navigate to "Download sfZed" and hit Enter. > As soon as "(Download)Save file to: sfZed09.zip" appears on the bottom hit > Enter. After the download is complete push q and then confirm with y. > > wget http://alt2.vst4free.com/get_plug/sfz.zip > unzip sfZed09.zip && rm sfZed09.zip > unzip sfz.zip && rm sfz.zip > WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-sf wine sfz197.exe > > Now everything is installed. > > To launch sforzando Version 1.933 run > > WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-sf wine $HOME'/.wine-sf/drive_c/Program > Files/Plogue/sforzando/sforzando x64.exe' >/dev/null 2>&1 > > To launch sfZed beta 0.9 run > > WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-sf wine > $HOME/.wine-sf/drive_c/users/$USER/Downloads/sfzed/sfZed.exe >/dev/null > 2>&1 > > The dll required by sfZed is located in > > C:\Program Files (x86)\Vstplugins\sfz.dll > > $HOME'/.wine-sf/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Vstplugins/sfz.dll'
