VST soundfont players

I think some people on this list use soundfonts & soundfont players. Does
anyone know of a soundfont player that meets the following criteria

VSTi plugin, for Windows
tunable via ".tun" file format or similar on-disk format
Plays "sf2" soundfonts.

I found the rgc:audio "sfz" player and tried it out, so I think some of
these soundfonts have possibilities... As long as there's a VSTi soundfont
player out there that's easily tunable to match my other modules like Rhino
& VAZ.

Thanks,
Rick

Rick,

{you wrote...}
>I found the rgc:audio "sfz" player and tried it out, so I think some of >these soundfonts have possibilities... As long as there's a VSTi soundfont >player out there that's easily tunable to match my other modules like >Rhino & VAZ.

I've been using the rgc:audio z3ta+ synth, which tunes using .scl files, for a while and I like it. Rene, the developer, is quite open to ideas, but has not made any firm commitment to adding microtuning to sfz. I don't know if it is more problematic than something more synthesis oriented, but I'll mention it again in the rgc forum over at KVR-VST. Worth a try, anyway. Hell, I'm still looking for a moderately advanced sampler that can microtune (a step or two above simple ones like TobyBear's "Helios", or even the limited sample usage in LinPlug's "CronoX")

Cheers,
Jon

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan M. Szanto"
<JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> {you wrote...}
> >I found the rgc:audio "sfz" player and tried it out, so I think
some of
> >these soundfonts have possibilities... As long as there's a VSTi
soundfont
> >player out there that's easily tunable to match my other modules
like
> >Rhino & VAZ.
>
> I've been using the rgc:audio z3ta+ synth, which tunes using .scl
files,
> for a while and I like it. Rene, the developer, is quite open to
ideas, but
> has not made any firm commitment to adding microtuning to sfz. I
don't know
> if it is more problematic than something more synthesis oriented,
but I'll
> mention it again in the rgc forum over at KVR-VST. Worth a try,
anyway.
> Hell, I'm still looking for a moderately advanced sampler that can
> microtune (a step or two above simple ones like
TobyBear's "Helios", or
> even the limited sample usage in LinPlug's "CronoX")
>
> Cheers,
> Jon

Hi Jon,

I've been away from this forum for quite a while.
I also had suggested SCALA support for sfz to Rene. I hope you and
others will request such a feature, and hopefully Rene will make it
a reality. I think he once commented the reason he didn't implement
it on sfz/+ was that most root samples are not perfectly tuned, so
microtuning them would yield suprising results. I say, so what, we
WANT IT anyway!

BTW, if you remember I had conversed with the designer of Vsampler
requesting SCALA compatibility, and God Bless him. He did it.