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sforzando

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A free, highly SFZ-compliant sample player plugin from Plogue.

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sforzando is a free sample player from Plogue built around the SFZ format, supporting almost all SFZ v1 and v2 opcodes plus ARIA extensions. It runs on the same ARIA Engine used by other Plogue and Garritan products.

It is aimed at sample-library users and instrument creators who work with open formats, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and CLAP formats.

  • Highly SFZ 2.0-compliant sample playback
  • Loads SF2, DLS, and WAV files, auto-converting them to SFZ
  • Drag-and-drop import of supported file types
  • Single instrument slot with editing done at the SFZ level
  • Powered by the ARIA sample-playback engine
  • Free to download and use

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