My new Fazioli, Steinway, and Yamaha SFZ fonts

[amc252]

Hello,

I created these sets of SFZ soundfonts both to learn the ropes, have cool sounds to play on my digital piano, and, last but not least, amuse myself in the process.
They can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/inperfect-pitch/files/


The samples come from:

"The Experience - NY SS Model B Version: [1.0]"
"The Experience - Fazioli F308"
"The Experience - Yamaha S6 Version: [1.3]"

All by Dore Mark at: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/profile/dore_m
The credit for the awesome sound quality goes to Dore Mark. If you want to know the details of each recording, check out his website and YouTube channel.
The original Kontakt/SFZ files are available at https://www.pianobook.co.uk
 
The instruments are:

Fazioli 308 concert grand piano.
New York Steinway & Son Model B semi-concert grand piano.
Yamaha S6 semi-concert grand piano.

Recording technical information:
12 microphones.
7 Velocity Layers.

I created 3 sets of SFZ fonts for each piano according to the following procedure:

SFZ wav     was created by simply selecting the best (in my opinion) preset for each piano in the original wav/48Kh format.
SFZ flac-48 was created by converting the wav samples to flac-48Kh.
SFZ flac-41 was created by converting the flac-48Kh samples to flac-41Kh.

The comparative data are as follows (PB stands for the original Piano Book uncompressed file)

PIANO____MODEL____VERSION____SAMPLES____FORMAT_____SIZE_________TAR.GZ
Fazioli_____F-308 _____PB___________1682__________wav-48_______4.7 GB________3.6 GB   
Fazioli_____F-308______wav___________692__________wav-48_______1.9 GB________1.5 GB
Fazioli_____F-308______flac-48________692__________flac-48_______614 mb______607.8 mb
Fazioli_____F-308______flac-41________692__________flac-41_______169 mb______127.5 mb
Steinway__B___________PB___________2697__________wav-48_______6.4 GB________4.7 GB
Steinway__B___________wav___________408__________wav-48_______1.1 GB______818.0 mb
Steinway__B___________flac-48________408__________flac-48_______294 mb______290.0 mb
Steinway__B___________flac-41________408__________flac-41________88 mb________63.3 mb
Yamaha____S6_________PB___________2579__________wav-48_______6.7 GB_________5.2 GB
Yamaha____S6_________wav___________404__________wav-48_______1.1 GB_______902.2 mb
Yamaha____S6_________flac-48________404__________flac-48_______352 mb_______348.8 mb
Yamaha____S6_________flac-41________404__________flac-41_______100 mb________76.6 mb

Although the wav versions have measurable performance differences, and would be the best choice if you require the upmost standards of quality, the lightweight flac-41 versions provide a similar sonic performance for all practical purposes.
The flac-48 versions fall somewhere in between. Your choice.

The SFZ have been tested on Linuxsampler and Liquidsfz. I commented out a few opcodes that wouldn't be supported by Liquidsfz, which is the software I use.
If you use Musescore or software that might support more opcodes, you might want to go through the SFZ files and activate them.

Enjoy!

[lelle]

These work in Musescore 4 you say? Interesting... I might play around with them and see what you have made!

[amc252]

I have Musescore3, but have tried them only on Linuxsampler and Liquidsfz. Let us know if they work okay,

[amc252]

I realized the libraries I selected provided only a one-dimensional perspective.
I therefore updated the files, switching to a much more rounded and dynamic two-dimentional player's perspective.
I also realized the 48Khz libraries were simply slimmed-down versions of Dore Mark's originals, hence removed them.

If anyone wishes to try the new flac-48,000 Hz and flac-44100 Hz libraries, I think you'll find the sound much more satisfying.