Editing MIDI unity note and Fine tune

Both values can be edited and used with samplers that support tuning information in the Sampler Loops window. For more information, see Sampler Loops window (Ctrl+Alt+M, 6) on page 28.

Note: The software does not use this information.

Processing musical instrument files

Sound Forge can open and save DLS, GigaStudio/GigaSampler, and SoundFont 2.0 musical instrument files, allowing you to add effects and processing to existing samples.

When you open a musical instrument file, you’ll notice some additions to the data window:

Bank

Instrument

Note Range

Sample

Sample Waveform

The left pane lists the banks, instruments, note ranges, and recorded samples in the instrument file. Click a bank or sample to select it in the waveform display.

Markers () represent each sample in the waveform display.

Opening musical instrument files

You can open musical instrument files just like any other file type:

•Drag a musical instrument file to the workspace.

•From the File menu, choose Open, and then use the Open dialog to browse to the file you want to open.

•Double-click an instrument file in the Sound Forge Explorer window.

The following musical instrument file formats are supported:

•.dls: DLS level 1.0 and 2.0

•.sf2: SoundFont version 2.0

•.gig: GigaSampler/GigaStudio version 1/2/3

Important: Compressed and encrypted GigaSampler/GigaStudio samples are not supported.

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