Topic: Proposal for Default Modulators in SF2 files

[spessasus]

Hi Ian,

I'm writing this to ask you for supporting an SF2 format extension I created that adds default modulators to SF2 files:
https://github.com/spessasus/soundfont-proposals/blob/main/default_modulators.md

I also wrote to fluidsynth devs and polyphone devs too.
But getting support from BASS would mean a lot and help this extension get adopted, as it would fix one of the major SF2 issues.
I hope it'll be relatively easy to implement too, since parsers from IMOD can be reused.
If you have any questions or concerns about my idea, let me know!

Kind regards,
spessasus

[Ian @ un4seen]

I think the ability to create SF2 files with the new option is needed first, not least for testing purposes. So please let me know when support has been added to Polyphone.

[spessasus]

Hi Ian,
thanks for your response.

I've added a test soundfont to the proposal and I've implemented the support for it in my synthesizer to show the proposed behavior.

I hope this helps,
spessasus

[Ian @ un4seen]

Thanks for the test file, but I think for your idea to take off, support in SF2 editors is a prerequisite. If you can get it added to them then it'll be added to BASSMIDI too. No point players supporting the feature if there's no way for it to be used in SF2 files

As well as Polyphone, you could also ask about support in Viena:

   http://www.synthfont.com/Viena_news.html