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smsfimport(1)

smsfimport1

Program to create spectmorph models from soundfont presets

Usage

smsfimport <command> <SoundFontFile> [OPTIONS] [<command specific args> ...]

Overview

smsfimport can be used to convert SoundFont presets (.sf2 format) to SpectMorph instruments (.smset format). Since it does not implement all of the functionality provided by SoundFonts, the resulting files can sound different than the original SoundFont, and in some cases the import will fail completely.

Options

smsfimport follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-').

-h, --help

Shows a brief help message.

-v, --version

Prints out smsfimport version.

Commands

list <SoundFontFile>

Shows all presets contained in the SoundFontFile.

dump <SoundFontFile> [ <PresetName> ]

Displays a detailed view of the parameters specified for a preset (or for all presets).

import <SoundFontFile> <PresetName>

Imports a preset, creating a *.smset file. For preset "Grand Piano", the resulting output would be "grand_piano.smset".

From spectmorph-tools 0.6.1-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.