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Asked: 2020-05-07 03:30:53 +0800 CST

How to make Sforzando drums SFZ library work with linuxsampler?

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I have been trying to make the Sforzando drumkit with linuxsampler but I always get the "err 3" error tag in red in QSampler shown below the channel count. I have been able to make other libraries work but not this one, please help!

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1 Answers

  1. Problem

    Basically the problem is that some of SFZ files that you load into linuxsampler using QSampler, that reside inside the folder obtained after extracting the SForzando ZIP file appear to be pointing to a higher level in the folder structure.

    Solution 1. Easiest

    You just have to move the Samples folder inside the Programs folder.

    Solution 2. Just for fun

    If for any reason you need to preserve the original folder structure. Edit all SFZ adding additional "../" in front of the paths so a path like:

    sample=..\Samples\SMD Cymbals Stereo (Samples)\Crash (Samples)\Crash 16 (Samples)\RR1\01_Crash_16in_R_edge_RR1.wav

    would be changed to

    sample=..\..\Samples\SMD Cymbals Stereo (Samples)\Crash (Samples)\Crash 16 (Samples)\RR1\01_Crash_16in_R_edge_RR1.wav

    Explanation

    The default folder structure in the plugin files is as follows (well, actually please ignore the "Manual..." folder and file, these as additional materials from the same library I included in the extracted folder):

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    The "main" SFZ file is the SM_Drums_kit.sfz file, since this contains all instruments. This file makes use of other SFZ files, that are inside the mappings folder; this is visible in lines like these ones: 

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#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_sidestick.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_rimshot.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_snare65reg.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_snare65nr.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_snare67nr.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_snarehy1.sfz"
#include "mappings/smdrums_sfz_snarehy2.sfz"
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    The files in this folder are expected to point directly to the sampled sounds files in the Samples folder. But if you look into those files, they point just a level up from the mappings folder (here one line of the smdrums_sfz_crash16 file):

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sample=..\Samples\SMD Cymbals Stereo (Samples)\Crash (Samples)\Crash 16 (Samples)\RR1\01_Crash_16in_R_edge_RR1.wav
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    so these files are pointing to a wrong location, so either you change the location of the Samples folder, or you change the pointers to that folder, which are the sample= lines in all those files.

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