sfArk

File Format
Name	SfArk
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression SfArk
Extension(s)	.sfArk
Wikidata ID	Q111342062
Released	~1998

sfArk (long name: sfArk SoundFont Compression) is an application, and a specialized compression format, for compressing SoundFont files. It was developed by MelodyMachine.

The main sfArk application is for 32-bit Windows. Source code for decompression was released in 2013.

Identification

ASCII "sfArk" appears at offset 26.

Software

• sfArkLib - Decompression library source code
• sfarkxtc - Decompression command-line utility source code
• sfArk v2.15 - Archived copy of Windows app

Sample files

• https://archive.org/details/GMSoundfonts

Links

• sfArk website (2017 archive)