NAME

       polyphone - soundfont editor

SYNOPSIS

       polyphone
       polyphone [FILE]
       polyphone [FILE_1] [FILE_2] ...
       polyphone -1 [-i INPUT_FILEPATH] [-d OUTPUT_DIR] [-o OUTPUT_NAME]
       polyphone -2 [-i INPUT_FILEPATH] [-d OUTPUT_DIR] [-o OUTPUT_NAME] [-c CONFIG]
       polyphone -3 [-i INPUT_FILEPATH] [-d OUTPUT_DIR] [-o OUTPUT_NAME] [-c CONFIG]

DESCRIPTION

       polyphone  provides  a simple and efficient interface for creating and editing .sf2 files.
       This software comprises  tools  to  facilitate  and  automate  the  editing  of  different
       parameters, making it possible to handle a large amount of data.

       sf2, sf3, sfz (import / export) and sfArk (import only) formats are supported. Conversions
       are possible via command lines.

       More information can be found at https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com .

OPTIONS

       FILE   Specifies the file to open when polyphone starts. Multiple files can be  loaded  if
              they  are  separated  by  spaces.   sf2  (version 2.01 or 2.04), sf3, sfz and sfArk
              (version 1 or 2) formats are supported.

       -1     Use polyphone to convert a file into the sf2 format.

       -2     Use polyphone to convert a file into the sf3 format.

       -3     Use polyphone to convert a file into the sfz format.

       [-i INPUT_FILEPATH]
              Input path to convert. The input file format must be sf2, sf3, sfz or sfArk.

       [-d OUTPUT_DIR]
              Output directory in which the input file will be converted. By default, this is the
              same directory than the input file.

       [-o OUTPUT_NAME]
              Output  name  of  the  converted  file.  The  extension will be automatically added
              depending on the conversion. By default, this is the same name than the input file.

       [-c CONFIG]
              Conversion configuration, the content being dependent on the conversion  type.   -r
              Remove the existing configuration.

               * sf2 conversion
              No configuration for this conversion.

               * sf3 conversion
              The  configuration is made of one character indicating the compression quality. '0'
              for low, '1' for medium and '2' for high quality. Default is '1'.

               * sfz conversion
              The configuration is made of three characters. The first character is '1'  if  each
              preset  must  be prefixed by its preset number, '0' otherwise. The second character
              is '1' if a directory per bank must be created, '0' otherwise. The third  character
              is  '1'  if  the  general  midi  classification  must  be used to sort presets, '0'
              otherwise. Default is '000'.

EXAMPLES

        * Conversion from sfArk to sf2:
       polyphone -1 -i /path/to/file.sfArk

        * Conversion from sf2 to sf3 (good quality):
       polyphone -2 -i /path/to/file.sf2 -c 2

        * Conversion from sf3 to sfz (sub-directories for bank and gm classification):
       polyphone -3 -i /path/to/file.sf3 -c 011

AUTHOR

       Davy Triponney (davy.triponney@gmail.com)