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)

polyphone 2.2                                  November 14th, 2019                                  POLYPHONE(1)