Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SF2 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SF2 to another file type
To convert your SF2 file to another format, you need Polyphone or other Audio software.
Convert a file to SF2
To convert other file formats to the "Wavetable Synthesis Bank" file type, you need software like Polyphone or a similar tool.
About SF2 files
The .SF2 file extension represents a SoundFont 2 bank, a specific audio format developed by E-mu Systems and Creative Technology for storing PCM samples and articulation data (loops, vibrato, envelopes). Unlike standard audio files (like MP3 or WAV), an .SF2 file is a database of instruments used to interpret MIDI data; it does not produce sound on its own without a host synthesizer or MIDI player. Users often deal with issues because modern operating systems cannot natively "play" these files, and many modern Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) have moved toward proprietary formats like NKI (Kontakt) or open standards like SFZ. To utilize these sounds in modern production environments, it is recommended to convert .SF2 banks to the SFZ format for broad compatibility with free players like Sforzando, or extract the internal audio data to WAV files for direct use in audio editors like Audacity.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SF2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SF2 file to WAV, SFZ, DWP, MP3, DLS, NKI, MIDI, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA or M4A, you can use Polyphone or similar software from the "Instrument Sample Bank" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to SF2, try Polyphone or another comparable tool in the "Instrument Sample Bank" category.
The SF2 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SF2 converter.