Bolder FREE Sounds

presents
Music Box
SFZ format

This SFZ library is actually a combination of 2 music box samples. The rst being a traditional small
music box mechanism and the second a DIY music box (do it yourself).

What appealed to me about this DIY music box mechanism is that it came with a punch-card like roll
(much like the old player pianos used) to create your own melodies with. You can probably gure out
which melody I punched out for the purpose of sampling - a major scale (in Ab). As a resonator I
mounted the DIY music box mechanism on the sound board of a lovely 4 string alto guitar that I own.
This gives some volume to the mechanism as well as a very subtle reverberatory effect.

The other Music Box mechanism played Aura Lee, to sample it I turned the hand-crank very slowly. It
gave me enough note selections for a decent sample.
You will nd 3 SFZ format instruments -

Music Box 1.sfz - This is the music box which played Aura Lee.

DIY Music Box .sfz - This is the music box which used a punch card to play a major scale.

Music Box octaves .sfz - This is an octave effect from the 2 above mentioned music boxes which was
re-sampled out of the Bolder FREE Sounds version for NI Kontakt released years ago.
SFZ format
The SFZ format is a le format is a le format created by the developer of Cakewalk. The SFZ format
has 2 components - the denition le (which is a text le), and the associated samples listed in the
denition le. The denition le gives instructions as to how the samples should be played back.

Cakewalk has dened a set of parameters or opcodes that my be recognized (or not recognized) by
whatever sampler you are importing the SFZ le into. For details on the SFZ format visit - http://www.
cakewalk.com/DevXchange/article.aspx?aid=108

There are numerous software samplers and player which will import this format, here are a few -
Camel Audio - Alchemy and Achemy Player / Cakewalk SFZ Player / Cakewalk Dimension Pro / Sam-
plelord / Rapture / LinuxSampler / Wusikstation.

Youll need to refer to the documentation for whatever platfrom you are using for instructions on load-
ing the SFZ le.

Enjoy!
Dennis Burns - Bolder Sounds
www.boldersounds.com

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