2018-07-09 09:58:36 +02:00
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unsf (converts SoundFont .sf2 files into GUS-type instrument patches)
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2020-10-12 23:02:03 +02:00
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UnSF is a tool to convert SoundFont (sf2) files into GUS
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patches. libunsf is a library that is used by UnSF.
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2018-07-09 09:58:36 +02:00
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Some reasons you might want to do such a thing are:
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- Your MIDI player can use GUS patches but doesn't know how to read
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soundfonts.
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- You want a convenient way of substituting patches or reassigning
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banks of instruments by editing GUS config files.
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- You need to modify patches by changing amplitude, stripping
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envelopes, or make other changes that can easily be done by
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attaching options in config files.
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2018-07-09 09:58:36 +02:00
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Note: the set of patches created by unsf will be quite a bit larger
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that the original .sf2 file. As an example, FluidR3_GM.sf2 (from
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fluid-soundfont) is a 142MB file, and it converts to almost 2GB of
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patches (size increased by a factor of 13.5).
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