Sometimes even the software, installed on your computer, that supports the SF2 files does not solve the problem. Optimal layouts of different instrumentsGoing back to the Steam Workshop idea - hopefully, anyone will be able to do this :) If I understand correctly, users can attach a price to the content they post to the workshop.However, problems with the SF2 files can also have a different background. Update the default layout in the program to include those chord stacks These also skipped the seventh note in the scale. I'm pretty sure I just alternated left/right shapes while stepping up the scale (first note in the scale on the left, second note on the right, third on the left, etc.). In the video, the two fan shapes are built from a single major scale. The highest-pitched ringer is the seventh note in the scale, use the "shift" tool or the "grid" tool to make it an octave above your root note. Apply major or minor scale with the "interval" tool (the selection order matters here) Choose the root note from the "grid" tool (this changes all the ringers, that's okay) When you select the stack from bottom-to-top in the correct order, the note setup is: Top: three 3x1 rows, use (nearest-to-furthest) G / A / C2 Middle: three 1x3 columns, use (left-to-right) D / E / F Bottom: 3x3 square, use C (or any root note) The piano stacks, using C-major as an example: The piano stacks and the fanned groups the structure and note arrangement One complication is that a layout can use custom Soundfonts, which other users (who try to load your layout) may not have. I have sharing via Steam Workshops on the EXA roadmap. You can email these files, post them online, etc. (Side note: I may move this directory to be somewhere easier, like within your "My Documents" folder.) The layout files are saved to this directory (where you must replace the "" labels with your own values:Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Aesthetic Interactive\EXA The Infinite Instrument\user-\ We can share layout files (*.exaLayout), but currently this sharing would need to happen outside of EXA. I assume that you can't share a layout file? I didn't expect 1.1.4 to evolve the experience this much.
How to read .sf2 files series#
Something like a series of EXA ORCHESTRA, EXA ROCK BAND, EXA JAZZ BAND, EXA ELECTRO bundles that add custom layouts you've designed yourself with well thought out alternate SF2/Ringer/Chord combinations. where you've designed optimal layouts of different instruments.
How to read .sf2 files update#
This update solves the problem I've had of keeping different custom layouts limited to 4 or 5 instruments, because moving every ringer was impractical or impossible.Īt some point (and other users will hate me for saying this.but I want you to pay your rent while you're doing all this work) - you should start having pro packs to buy for an additional $5 each. You could save users a lot of time, and as soon as they've tried it once, they can learn by adjusting your template the same way they learn the rest of the instrument.Īn awesome thing you can now do is easily build a whole rack of instruments that you like, and then store them in a corner of your VR space. Even just let me know what the structure and note arrangement is in a chat response and I'll rebuild it myself.īut can I suggest that you update the default layout in the program to include those chord stacks in the video? It took me a while to figure out placement, depth, arrangement, etc when I was trying this. I assume that you can't share a layout file? I would love to play with the layout for chords that you've designed there. And wow! Incredible how well you've executed groupings. That'll allow guitar players to jump into EXA so much faster and make musical sense. First off - great idea on pentatonic scales.