Welcome

SFPack is the ultimate solution in SoundFont packing, unrivaled in compression ratio and easiness of use. It beats hands down any other product (like sfArk, WaveZip, WinRar or WinZip).

 

Best lossless compression available

SFPack uses a so called lossless compression scheme to save diskspace or transmission time when sending a soundfont via email or ftp. Lossless means that the original quality of the sounds is preserved. There are so called lossy compression schemes (like MP3 or RealAudio) that can produce much higher compression ratios, but because they loose information during compression, are unusable for digital samples.
SFPack generally compresses files between 30% and 70% of the original file size, depending on the nature of the sound data stored in the soundfont. But this compression ratio is much better than can be achieved with any other program, cause SFPack uses it's own highly optimized compression routines for digital sound data (Comparison Chart).

 

It's fast and friendly!

SFPack is about 3 times faster as sfArc V1.18 and about 1.5 times faster as WinZip V7.0. Also SFPack adapts itself to your current system load, so you can compress Gigs of samples in the background without bringing your system to a halt.

 

Easy user interface

With its explorer like interface it's very easy to compress and inflate files the way you want. For further information read here.

 

Tight integration with the windows shell

SFPack is tightly integrated with the windows shell. With special commands in the popup menus for SFPack and SF2 files it's a snap to compress and expand files. Read the shell chapter for further information.

 

Special features for distributing soundfonts

You can add text information and a license agreement to a SFPack archive. SFPack archives can also be encrypted via a password. This feature is intended for situations where a SFPack archive can be downloaded freely, but the password is given with email etc. (e.g. when selling soundfonts).

 

Direct use of packed SoundFont files

With the integration of the SFPack compression technology into AweVBank 98, you can directly load SFPack archives to your soundcards without having to unpack them first.

 

Write your own programs using the SFPack technology

Because SFPack is also a COM automation server, you can use the SFPack technology in your own programs (like Visual basic). There's a full reference of all methods and objects available.

 

 


SFPack, program and documentation
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SFPack, the SFPack logo and the Megota Software logo are trademarks of Megota Software.
Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd.
E-mu Systems and SoundFont are registered trademarks of E-mu Systems, Inc. Cambridge
All other trademarks acknowledged.

This freeware version of SFPack is not licensed for commercial use. Commercial use would include but is not limited to use or distribution of SFPack with SoundFonts or similar products that you sell or rent or using the SFPack technology in your own commercial products. A license for commercial use may be granted on payment of license fees to Megota Software. Please contact software@megota.com for further information.