Live SoundFont Preview

[spessasus]

Hi Lucas,

Would you consider adding live soundfont preview in the browser, as in something like a MIDI player or live keyboard?

I've created a JS SF2/DLS synthesizer library which has full soundfont compliance including modulators, very extensive DLS support, and runs fully in the browser (other than downloading the bank, there is no server load). It also has a built-in MIDI player feature which would allow users to play their MIDI files to test how a bank sounds. And also it supports compressed SF3 which the server could serve as a preview, reducing the data transfers and loading times. I think it would be a good choice for integrating this feature.

Let me know if you're interested and feel free to ask any questions regarding the integration, I'll be happy to help!

[lfzawacki]

I'll look into it, when I have some free time! It might not be soon, but I'm very interested!

[spessasus]

I'm glad that you're interested, Lucas!

One more thing I've released a bit after opening this issue: a complete SF2/DLS editor in the browser, using React. If you'd be interested, I'd be glad to help with integrating it into musical artifacts.

It would be the ultimate way to preview a sound bank: see all the presets, all samples, try it out with your MIDI keyboard or with a built-in MIDI player.

What do you think? Let me know! No pressure if you don't have time of course :-)