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| 1 | +# Grumpy Phili Favourites - SFZ Version |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This is an [SFZ] conversion of the [Grumpy Phili Favourites] sample library |
| 4 | +of a [Philips Philicorda], available in EXS and DecentSampler format from |
| 5 | +*pianobook.co.uk*, created by user [Woodencup]. The SFZ version was created |
| 6 | +by me, Christopher Arndt, on 2023-03-04 and was tested with the [sfizz] player |
| 7 | +(LV2 plugin version), but it should be usable with any SFZ-compatible sample |
| 8 | +player. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Please see the included file [readme.txt] for information on the original |
| 11 | +library. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## Usage |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Download the DecentSampler version of the library from the link above |
| 19 | +(registration with email address required) and extract the archive. Copy the |
| 20 | +contained `Samples` folder into the folder containing this file and the |
| 21 | +`Grumpy-Phili-Favourites.sfz` file. The SFZ files should be next to the |
| 22 | +`Samples` folder and the actual sample WAV files should be in the latter |
| 23 | +folder. Do *not* copy the *contents* of the `Samples` folder into the folder |
| 24 | +with the SFZ files itself. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Then load the file `Grumpy-Phili-Favourites.sfz` into your SFZ player. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### FLAC Format |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +If you want to save disk space, you can use the provided Shell script |
| 32 | +`convert-to-flac.sh` to convert the sample audio files from WAV to (lossless) |
| 33 | +FLAC compressed format. The FLAC audio files use only 6 Mb (3.5 Mb at 16-bit) |
| 34 | +instead of 13 Mb for the 24-bit WAV files. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +To use the script, you need to have the `flac` command installed. If you want |
| 37 | +to convert the samples to 16-bit sample bit depth before the FLAC conversion, |
| 38 | +you also need the `sox` command. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +To perform the conversion, make sure the WAV samples have been copied to the |
| 41 | +`Samples` folder as described above, open a terminal with a shell in the |
| 42 | +directory containing this file and run: |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + ./convert-to-flac.sh |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Optionally, you can add the option `-16` to the command line, to convert the |
| 47 | +samples to 16-bit as well. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +The resulting FLAC files will be written to the `flac` sub-folder. Afterwards |
| 50 | +you may remove the `Samples` folder and hence-forward load the file |
| 51 | +`Grumpy-Phili-Favourites-FLAC.sfz` into your SFZ player. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Key Range |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +The instrument is playable from **F1** (Note 29) up to **C6** (Note 96). |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +The actual samples cover only a range from **C1** (Note 36) to **C7** (Note 84), |
| 59 | +with two samples per octave. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +## Sound Selection |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +There are five (5) different sounds. These are selected via key switches |
| 65 | +starting at **C0** (Note 24) up to **E0** (Note 28). |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## Controllers |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +| Controller | Destination | Value Range | Default Value | |
| 71 | +| ------------------- | --------------------- | -------------- | --------------- | |
| 72 | +| Modulation (CC #1) | Vibrato Depth | 0.0..50.0 ct | 0 (0.0 ct) | |
| 73 | +| Data (CC #6) | Lowpass Filter Cutoff | 100..10,000 Hz | 127 (10,000 Hz) | |
| 74 | +| CC #13 | Filter Resonance | 0.0..12.0 dB | 0 (0.0 dB) | |
| 75 | +| CC #22 | Amp Envelope Attack | 0.0..3.0 s | 0 (0.0 s) | |
| 76 | +| CC# 23 | Amp Envelope Release | 0.02..3.0 s | 0 (0.02 s) | |
| 77 | +| CC #24 | Vibrato Frequency | 3.0..9.0 Hz | 64 (~6 Hz) | |
| 78 | +| CC #25 | Tremolo Frequency | 1.0..10.0 Hz | 64 (~5.5 Hz) | |
| 79 | +| CC #26 | Tremolo Depth | 0.0..6.0 dB | 0 (0.0 dB) | |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +These controllers are designed to work with my Kurzweil keyboard, whose sliders |
| 82 | +send the listed MIDI control changes. To adapt them to your needs, open the file |
| 83 | +`data/control.sfz` with a text editor and change the controller numbers, which are |
| 84 | +`#define`d by the variables with a `CC_` prefix. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +## Limitations |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +* Vibrato is applied to every note independently. SFZ does not support |
| 90 | + global (monophonic) LFOs :-( |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +* Reverb (or any other effects) needs to be added externally. Support for |
| 93 | + specific effect types in SFZ is not very standardized. I suggest using |
| 94 | + an IR reverb and loading an impulse response for a spring reverb. |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +## Mapping License Terms |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img |
| 100 | +alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" |
| 101 | +src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/80x15.png" /></a><br /><span |
| 102 | +xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" property="dct:title">Grumpy Phili |
| 103 | +SFZ</span> by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" |
| 104 | +href="https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/Pianobook%20SFZ/Grumpy%20Phili" |
| 105 | +property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">SpotlightKid</a> is |
| 106 | +licensed under a <a rel="license" |
| 107 | +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons |
| 108 | +Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.<br />Based on a work at <a |
| 109 | +xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" |
| 110 | +href="https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/grumpy-phili-favourites/" |
| 111 | +rel="dct:source">https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/grumpy-phili-favourites/</a>. |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +[Grumpy Phili Favourites]: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/grumpy-phili-favourites/ |
| 115 | +[Philips Philicorda]: http://www.drummachines.de/beatboxer/philicorda/phili.htm |
| 116 | +[readme.txt]: ./readme.txt |
| 117 | +[sfizz]: https://sfz.tools/sfizz/ |
| 118 | +[SFZ]: http://sfzformat.com/ |
| 119 | +[Woodencup]: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/profile/woodencup/ |
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