The page for editing the general information is displayed when the header General is selected in the tree. This page is made of three kinds of elements:

• editable fields,
• general information that are not editable,
• statistics about the soundfont.

Editable fields

The editing page of the general information provides fields for changing the following attributes:

Title

This is the internal name of the soundfont, which does not necessarily have to do with the file name.

Author

Relates to the author name of the soundfont.

Date

Creation date of the file.

Product

Product for which is designed the soundfont.

Copyright

Mention to fill if the file is subject to copyright.

Comments

Information not included in any of the previous categories.

Kind of samples

Indicates whether the samples are stored with a 16-bit or 24-bit resolution. Please note that 24-bit samples may not be supported in some synthesizers.

General information

The editing page of the general information comprises the following non-editable information:

Soundfont version

Version of the sf2 format used by the file.

ROM name and version

Name and version of a sample ROM if used.

Sound engine

Name of a sound engine.

Editing software

Editing software used for the soundfont creation.

File name

Address and name of the file.

File size

Size of the soundfont after it is saved.

Statistics

A count is made on:

• the number of samples and unused samples,
• the number of instruments and unused instruments,
• the number of presets,
• the number of parameters and modulators edited for the instruments,
• the number of parameters and modulators edited for the presets.

Unused samples and instruments can be easily removed with the tool “Remove unused elements”.

Note: The number of 65536 parameters in the instruments and the presets should not be exceeded. Some synthesizers may not be adapted to read them all.