SFZ to HISE Translator / Converter

Online app that translates SFZ instrument files into HISE Sample Maps.

Read SFZ to HISE User Manual >> | about this application .

User settings – choose how to process your SFZ document:

Choose an SFZ file from your computer:

Desired sample map name: (Defaults to ‘sfz-to-HISE-convert’, if left empty)

Debug mode on (open Developer Tools in browser to view)

Sample path prefix: (ex ‘my-custom-initial-folder/’)

Choose behaviour in case no value is found for a HISE tag:

insert tag with empty string (like Volume=””)

omit tag altogether (nothing is inserted)

Use region opcode ‘seq_position‘ as Round Robin groups (overrides normal group handling) [BETA]

Use array instead of object and keys for regions/samples (makes an array of objects in stead of and object with numbered keys, for sample-objects in the extendedOpcodesOutput object.)

SFZ file input contents

The contents of your selected SFZ file will appear below. Review it, then press the green button. Use “Expand SFZ input” to view the full content of the loaded file.

When you choose a file, the contents will show up here.

HISE XML Samplemap output

The HISE Samplemap XML data will be outputted below upon clicking the green button. Simply mark it and copy-paste it into an XML (.xml) document using a text-editor (code editor), or use the buttons below. In the browser’s Developer Tools -> Console you will also find samplemap, opcodes object and log messges.

Processing log:

HISE output sample map will show up here upon successful conversion...

About SFZ to HISE converter / translator

This tool uses pure client-side JavaScript (no frameworks) to translate from the SFZ markup language and create 2 separate outputs. The first is a HISE samplemap and the second is a JSON object literal with data not supported in the HISE samplemap structure, but sometimes useful for your own development of VST instruments or data extraction. To view or access the JSON object you can click the copy to clipboard buttons on the user interface or access the raw JavaScript object via a modern web browser’s ‘Development Tools’ console output messages). The Dev Tools console will also output the HISE samplemap and the JSON formatted object as a backup if the copy-buttons should fail in a browser. It is also the place to go for any error log messages (using ‘Debug mode on’)

The buttons in the HISE conversion area can copy output data:

SampleMap to Clipboard: Copies the generated HISE samplemap to the clipboard.
Extended Object to Clipboard: Copies the extracted opcodes object with all found and stored data to the clipboard.
Extended Object in var to Clipboard: Copies the same object but inside a variable var name = { data }; to the clipboard. For easy copy-paste into a file.

Read the SFZ to HISE converter User Manual >>

Use online (latest version) | contact: Twitter || KeyPleezer.com

Written by Anders Eklöv and licensed under the MIT open source license. Download license (md/rtf/html/pdf).

Current version: v0.5.2

What is SFZ and what is HISE?

SFZ is a plain-text markup language for sampled musical instruments used in a couple of software samplers on the market, most notably the Sforzando Sampler, by Plogue. HISE is an open source VST / AU / AAX instrument and effects production framework made by Christoph Hart. HISE has it’s own internal SFZ parser/importer. This tool is intended as a stand-alone alternative and extra-data extraction tool. Use if SFZ import is less than successful in the HISE application, or if you wish to pre-process sample paths and/or use SFZ’s hierarchical header data as settings for groups of samples. Read the manual for full instructions and information.