Changes

Zynthian currently includes 2 sampler engines:

Zynthian supports soundfonts in various file formats: SF2, SF3, SFZ & GIG

* LinuxSampler => SFZ and GIG soundfont formats

Synth engines in Zynthian support Soundfonts in various file formats.

* LinuxSampler => SFZ & GIG soundfont formats

Zynthian includes the Salamander Piano soundfont in SFZ format. You can use SFZ and GIG fonts with the LinuxSampler engine, which reads the samples directly from the SD card, preloading only a small part of the file using an advanced caching system. That way you can use a soundfont bigger than the available amount of RAM.

You can use SFZ and GIG fonts with the '''LinuxSampler''' & '''Sfizz''' engines, which reads the samples directly from the SD card, preloading only a small part of the file using an advanced caching system. That way you can use a soundfont bigger than the available amount of RAM. For loading SF2 & SF3 sounfont files you should use the FluidSynth engine.

Soundfont files are typically stored in this directory on your Zynthian:  

Soundfont files are typically stored in this directory on your Zynthian:  

  /zynthian/zynthian-my-data

  /zynthian/zynthian-my-data/soundfonts

You need to place GIG files into a subfolder in the Soundfont directory

You have a subfolder for each soundfont type. Like this:

/zynthian/zynthian-my-data/soundfonts/gig

 

 

And inside the ''sfz'' & ''gig'' subfolders there are "bank" subfolders, like this:

 

* /zynthian/zynthian-my-data/soundfonts/sfz/strings

 

===Soundfont Editors===

===Soundfont Editors===