sflistprograms

Abstract

List the available programs in a soundfont without loading the samples

Description

This opcode is very similar to fluidInfo. Given the path to a soundfont, it returns an array of strings, where each string has the form <bank>-<programnumber> <programname> where bank is the bank number, programnumber is the program number (or preset number, both names are often used), as passed to fluidProgramSelect or sfinstr.

Syntax

Sprograms[] sflistprograms Spath

Arguments

Spath: the path to a soundfont (.sf2) file

Output

Sprograms: the list of available programs

Execution Time

Init

Examples

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>

--nosound
; -m0

</CsOptions>

<CsInstruments>


instr 1
  Sprograms[] sflistprograms "violin.sf3"
  printarray Sprograms
  turnoff
endin

/*
Prints:

"000-000 Campbells Violin", 
"000-001 Campbells V Loop", 
"000-002 Cam's Violin Reverb"
"000-003 Cam's Violin Panned", 
"000-004 Violin- Pan & Reverb", 
"000-005 Cams Violin- tinny"
"000-006 Cams Violin-Vibrato"

*/

</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>

i 1 0 0.1

</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

Credits

Eduardo Moguillansky, 2021