If you have a copy of Orchestral Essentials.sf2 sitting on an old hard drive, back it up. It’s a piece of digital history.
“Keep it alive,” he said.
Use free plugins like Sforzando (which handles .sfz and .sf2) or TX16Wx . Mobile: Use apps like BS-16i for iOS. Tips for Better Sound orchestral essentials.sf2
In an era before cloud storage and gigabit internet, a 90MB file was a sweet spot. It fit on a single Zip disk or a small USB drive. It could be emailed. It loaded instantly on a Pentium III machine using a free SoundFont player like SynthFont or the built-in Creative Vienna SoundFont Studio. It lowered the barrier to entry to zero. If you have a copy of Orchestral Essentials