SoundFont 2.0
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SoundFont 2.0 is a format used to store instrument patches for MIDI synthesisers. The SoundFont 2.0 format is based on RIFF; the RIFF type identifier is "sfbk".
See also SoundFont 1.0.
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Identification
Files begin with 52 49 46 46 which in ASCII is "RIFF", and have 73 66 62 6b or in ASCII "sfbk" at offset 8.
In most cases, this is followed by "LIST" at offset 12, "INFOifil" at offset 20, and bytes 02 00 at offset 32. The last 02 byte distinguishes major version 2 from major version 1.
Software
Sample files
- acoustic_grand_piano_ydp_20080910.sf2 - freepats.zenvoid.org - Internet Archive copy
- PC51f.sf2.gz - www.personalcopy.com - Internet Archive copy - File might be compressed twice.
- dexvert samples — audio/soundFont2
- Search results of files with SF2 extension and has format soundFont2 - Discmaster.textfiles.com
