Fluida LV2 for sf2 soundfont

Fluida is A new UI LV2 plugin for linux based on Fluidsynth so it support .sf2 sound fonts like Compifont or Sonatina and many others. It works well on Linux with Reaper and Ardour.

Fluida example

Install

We can simply install by compiling it:

git clone https://github.com/brummer10/Fluida.lv2.git
git submodule init
git submodule update
make

sudo cp -r Fluida/Fluida.lv2 ~/.lv2/Fluida.lv2

Use

Scan LV2 from your favourite daw and add Fluida. If you do not knwo how you can follow this guide.

Fluida into Reaper

Conclusions

The sf2 soundfount are surpassed in general from .sfz and also decent sampler, but they generally are very very light and work quickly so to have a lightweight session sometimes I use this kind of soundfont.

Enjoy!