This chart compares the compression ratios of various packing programs with SFPack. The used files cover all the different aspects of soundfont files (many samples, long samples, short samples, melodic samples, drum samples). The best values for each soundfont file are bold.
|
SoundFont |
Original |
WinZip1 |
WinRar2 |
sfArk3 |
SFPack4 |
|
Heavenly Music's classic3.sf2 |
503 |
339/67% |
357/71% |
303/60% |
219/44% |
|
Sonido's Flute.sf2 |
925 |
598/65% |
735/79% |
483/52% |
296/32% |
|
5thFloor's TripHop.sf2 |
1592 |
1435/90% |
1184/74% |
1194/75% |
1060/67% |
|
Melody Machine's MM Big Synth demo.sf2 |
1826 |
1628/89% |
863/47% |
654/36% |
499/27% |
|
Warren Trachtman's wstmfstein.sf2 |
2581 |
2199/85% |
1554/60% |
1410/55% |
1115/43% |
|
5thFloor's Wavestation.sf2 |
6057 |
5360/89% |
3560/59% |
3057/51% |
2601/43% |
|
SB Live! 8 MB 8mbgmsfx.sf2 |
7394 |
6834/92% |
5546/75% |
5552/75% |
4821/65% |
|
Emu's Phatt Presets.sf2 |
8351 |
7607/91% |
6023/72% |
6017/72% |
5322/64% |
|
5thFloors's 100-Real Captain.sf2 |
20814 |
17434/84% |
13754/66% |
13859/67% |
11868/57% |
|
Totals |
50043 |
43434/87% |
33576/67% |
32529/65% |
27805/56% |
|
Average Percentage |
84% |
67% |
60% |
49% |
1 WinZip Version 7.0 SR-1: Maxmimum Compression turned on
2 WinRar Version 2.05: Best Compression and Multimedia Compression turned on
3 sfArk Version 1.18: Faster Compression turned off
4 SFPack Version 1.0.0.2: Maximum Compression selected