Open SF2 file

The most common choise: Creative Labs SoundFont 2.0 sound bank

How to open Creative Labs SoundFont 2.0 sound bank .sf2 files

sf2 file icon Have you had trouble opening the sf2 file on your computer? What are sf2 files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.

What is sf2 file?

File s with sf2 extension contain sound banks with instrumental music. Saved in Creative Labs SoundFont, these are used to customize instrument sounds on Creative sound cards for MIDI music playback or MIDI sequencing. An sf2 file stores bank with instruments.

Creative Labs SoundFont 2.0 sound bank description

File extension sf2 is used for a 16 or 24-bits sound format.

It might contain loops, names, lfos, envelopes, layers, instruments, drum kits, collection, sample start & end offsets, low-pass filter. Most likely some very old audio format.

Suggested software to open sf2 file

Awave Studio

Audio editting software with huge format support

What file extension actually is?

Simply put, file extensions are the characters after the dot in the computer file name, so for example document-name.pdf has file extension „pdf“. This helps Windows to identify which program should be used to open the file.

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