NAME

       SF2TEXT - program to convert SBK or SF2 (SoundFont) files to text format

SYNOPSIS

       sf2text SoundFont [outputfile]
       txt2sfx [-Bv] [-m mode] [-d sf2file] textfile sfxfile
       sfxtext sfxfile
       gus2sfx [-Bv] [-m mode] [-d sf2file] textfile sfxfile

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page documents briefly the sf2text , txt2sfx , sfxtext , and gus2sfx 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 and GUS)
       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 txt2sfx.  txt2sfx is a program which converts the text format output  by  sf2text  into  a
       binary format "sfx" file. This file can be read by sfxload(1).  sfxtext takes an "sfx" file, and converts
       it back to the text format.  gus2sfx is a program which converts from GUS-format patch files into the sfx
       format handled by

OPTIONS

       The  programs  follow  the  usual UNIX command line syntax, but don't support long options (ones starting
       with two dashes `-'). sf2text, and sfxtext do not support any options. txt2sfx and  gus2sfx  support  the
       following options:

       -B     Adds a 48-byte blank loop to the end of each sample.

       -v     Increases  the  verbosity  level.  Using  this  option  more than once causes the output to become
              increasingly verbose.

       -m mode
              Sets the instrument usage mode when multiple definitions are found for the same instrument (multi-
              layered  instruments):  0  means  to  use the first found, 1 means to use the last, and 2 means to
              merge them.

       -d sf2file
              Includes raw sample data found in the SoundFont file sf2file

SEE ALSO

       sfxload(1), gusload(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

       The AWE32 driver and utilities were written by Takashi Iwai <iwai@dragon.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>.