sf2text, text2sf - program to convert between SBK or SF2 (SoundFont) and text
format
sf2text soundfont [outputfile]
txt2sf text-file original-file output-file
This manual page documents briefly the
sf2text, and
text2sf
commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
(but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a
manual page.
All these programs are used for converting from various common patch file
formats (SoundFont) into a proprietary format used by older versions of the
AWE32 driver. Although newer versions of the driver and utilities are still
compatible with these formats, these formats do not support multiple layer
voices, and in general, you should use
sfxload(1), and
gusload(1) to load
SoundFonts or GUS patches directly.
sf2text is a program which converts
SoundFont (.SBK and .SF2) files into an intermediate text format used by
text2sf.
txt2sf is a program which converts the text format output by
sf2text into a binary format "sf2" file. This file can be read by
sfxload(1).
sf2text, and text2sf do not support any options.
sfxload(1),
gusload(1)
This manual page was written by Tom Lees <
[email protected]>, for the
Debian GNU/Linux system.
The AWE32 driver and utilities were written by Takashi Iwai
<
[email protected]>.