SF2 SoundFont player for your DAW. simpleSF2 is a SoundFont player plugin that loads SF2 and SFZ files straight into Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reaper and other hosts. Pick a preset, shape it with filters and visual envelopes, then save your own sound.
AU and VST3 on Mac, VST3 on Windows, and a native Linux installer. Free to download; a one-time £9.99 unlock adds multiple libraries.
Import and switch between multiple SF2/SFZ libraries for £9.99. One-time purchase.
Unlock — £9.99AU & VST3 · macOS, Windows & Linux · Native installers
Four pages, one compact window. Play your instruments, shape them in Sound, search the Library Browser and manage your licence in Settings. These are real screenshots of simpleSF2.
Separate ADSR envelopes control volume and filter movement. The graph follows your settings; the moving dot and stage label show what the active note is doing.
After attack, the level falls towards the sustain setting over the decay time.
The note holds at the sustain level while the key stays down.
Let go of the key and the level fades out over the release time.
Load a SoundFont, pick a preset and play it in your DAW.
Live has no built-in SF2 support. Install simpleSF2, turn on the VST3 system folder under Settings → Plug-ins, then drag it from Plug-ins in the browser onto a MIDI track. On a Mac you can use the AU version instead. Step-by-step Ableton Live guide
simpleSF2 is an AU instrument on macOS. Open a software instrument track's Instrument slot and choose it from AU Instruments, then load an SF2 or SFZ library from its browser. Step-by-step Logic Pro guide
Rescan plugins in FL Studio's plugin manager after installing, then add simpleSF2 to the Channel Rack like any other VST3 instrument. It keeps its library, preset and settings in your project. Step-by-step FL Studio guide
Insert it as a virtual instrument on a track. Any host that loads VST3 plugins, or AU on macOS, can run simpleSF2, including Bitwig, Cubase and Studio One. Step-by-step Reaper guide
macOS AU+VST3 (Intel & Apple Silicon) · Windows VST3 · Linux VST3 · Hosts Logic, GarageBand, Ableton, FL Studio, Reaper. No AAX/CLAP.
Open SoundFont 2 files and SFZ instruments directly. Nothing to convert, nothing else to install.
Search presets by name, step through banks and hear each sound instantly.
Star the sounds you use most and find them again in one click.
AU and VST3 builds on macOS, so it works in Logic Pro and GarageBand as well as Live and Reaper.
Volume, polyphony, transpose, pitch bend, glissando and glide in one panel.
Library, bank, preset and knob positions come back when you reopen the session.
Low pass, high pass, band pass and notch. Drag the graph to adjust frequency and resonance, or switch the filter off.
Shape attack, decay, sustain and release. A moving indicator shows the active note’s envelope stage and level as you play.
Use Save As to name your sound and add it to the library. Search it, favourite it and return to your filter and envelope settings.
Everything you need for single-library workflows.
One-time purchase. No subscription.
Free native installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Your DAW finds the plugin in the standard system folders.
Import and switch between multiple SF2/SFZ libraries for £9.99. One-time purchase.
Unlock — £9.99Yes. Save As creates a named custom preset in your library with its filter and envelope settings. You can search, favourite, rename or delete it. Keep the original SF2 or SFZ library available: the preset stores your settings and a reference to that instrument.
SF2 is the SoundFont 2 format: a single file holding samples plus the settings that turn them into playable instruments, often a whole bank of them. simpleSF2 plays them as a plugin inside your DAW. More on SF2 files
No. Load .sf2 / .sfz directly. simpleSF2 plays both formats, so there is no conversion step.
Yes. Install VST3 on Mac or Windows, scan plugins in Ableton Live, and load simpleSF2 like any other instrument.
Yes. macOS ships AU + VST3. Use the AU in Logic Pro / GarageBand.
Both. The macOS installer includes AU and VST3, the Windows installer VST3, and Linux gets a .deb installer or a VST3 zip.
Everything except multiple libraries: SF2 and SFZ playback, preset browsing, favourites, playing controls and project recall, one library per instance. The £9.99 unlock is a one-time purchase.
Yes. The plugin was renamed from simpleSoundbank to simpleSF2, and simpleSoundbank is now the name of the company that makes it. Existing licence keys and saved projects keep working.
Email support@simplesoundbank.com for activation, refunds or anything else. Purchases are handled by Lemon Squeezy.