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sforzando

by Plogue Art et Technologie

sforzando interface

Free SFZ 2.0 sample player from Plogue with a deliberately minimal one-instrument interface.

sforzando is Plogue's free player for the open, royalty-free SFZ format, and it aims for high SFZ 2.0 compliance rather than a big feature list. It loads one instrument at a time with almost no interface of its own, so the instrument's own controls do the work. Lots of free and commercial SFZ libraries target it as their default player.

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Video plays from YouTube when started.

Listed as a free alternative to Kontakt 8

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