Sound Fonts: splitting and recombining SF2 files
Two part problem:
Problem One (solved)
How do you break up a soundfont into its constituent parts?
I succeeded in extracting the guitar from FluidR3GM.sf2 using a small program called SF2Splitter.exe. I called the extracted file guitar.sf2
I've downloaded a piano soundfont called pianissimum.sf2
OK so far so good.
Problem Two (unsolved)
I want to combine the pianissimum.sf2 file with the newly created guitar.sf2 file. Now, I know what you're thinking, FluidR3GM.sf2 has a piano within it. Yes but I really like the pianissimum.sf2 soundfont. At this stage it's obvious I want to create a single soundfont with the two files: guitar.sf2 and pianissimum.sf2
Using the SF2Splitter.exe program takes no more than 30 seconds to use. It would be really great if there was an equally fast, easy and small program that puts two (or more) SF2 files together. (There's Humpty-Dumpty joke in there somewhere.)
Any suggestions?
David
Comments
Take a look to the Viena soundfont editor. (One N only)
In reply to Take a look to the Viena by [DELETED] 5
Thanks, I'll take a look at it.
In reply to Thanks, I'll take a look at by David2010
It seems SynthFont has exactly what you need. Quoting from SynthFont site :
"Sf2Patcher (V1.021). This is a simple tool to combine several smaller SoundFonts into one large. It can also be used to update a SoundFont with new presets, for example."
Good luck!
M.
In reply to Sf2Patcher ? by Miwarre
Thanks M., I'll update this comment and let you know how it goes, thanks again, dave