Because the SF2 cannot sample, you are locked into the ROM, but creative programming (using velocity crossfades and filter sweeps) yields incredible variety.
The people of Arpeggio, freed from the Grid, blinked and looked at each other. They heard real sound for the first time: the gritty, imperfect, wonderful noise of their own city. korg sf2
A highly reliable, free, and lightweight player that converts SF2 files into the highly efficient SFZ format automatically upon loading. Because the SF2 cannot sample, you are locked
It's a common point of confusion, but there is no native "Korg SF2" file type. Korg's own proprietary formats are (Programs/Combis/Global), KMP (Korg Multi-sample Parameter file), and KSF (Korg Sample File). Because the SF2 cannot sample