The
method one can use when not using keymap is to use
SFZ tools (open source tools) to get a mapped instrument, then use a translator to do the conversion. It also enables you to make the edits to the file directly in your text editor, as SFZ is a plain text/code language.
Check out the SFZ tools here:
https://sfzformat.com/software/tools/
And the number one mapper for mac and windows seems to be the free :
www.bjoernbojahr.de
Here´s a screen shot of that, it´s basic but good:
Also as a plus, if you have logic on mac, and like to map things in EXS24 or 'Sampler', you can then get a SFZ version via Broern´s other tool, the
EXS2SFZ converter. The SFZ format can after all be used in all DAWs on both PC and Mac (and in Linux with
Carla or other VST-wrapper softwares) using
Sforzando player.
Translator can then be used to convert the SFZ format into all others, and since you can easily edit out or search/replace things in an open text format, you can always edit out incompatible things and make sure transfers happen without a developer needing to be involved. That´s sustainable to me.
If you are using HISE to make vst:s you can import SFZ as a file into the sample mapper and voila, mapped. Not sure if Kontakt reads the SFZ format. But
Kontakt is probably a better mapping tool than any of the SFZ tools
if that is your only platform or format.
As a direct relation to the reason
@fretless58 wrote this post to begin with, Bjoern also has a
auto loop maker software, for samples, not specific to any format, as it seems. It´s called "
Endless Wave" and the description from translated German is:
Software for creating sustain loops in WAV files (8, 16 and 24 bit) with loop mix, auto loop, real-time crossfade, fade and cut functions. ...
... you can rename a complete folder with WAV files and have the root key entered in the file name and header using different patterns.
Check out what Endless Wave can do for you - for
PC & Mac:
www.bjoernbojahr.de
Here´s an image of that: