I have collected a number of soundfonts of bass guitars, and want to combine them using Polyphone into a single .SF2 font representing multiple instruments. Then whilst playing I can change the type of bass I'm playing by just changing the voice number on my synth software.
The problem I'm finding is that when adding a 2nd or subsequent instrument, Polyphone says 'I have these sample (names) already. Shall I overwite them?' and of course I don't want to overwrite them because then I'm losing the versatility I seek. I know that 'sample G#4' from voice A is different from 'sample G#4' from voice B [because it's a different voice, for heaven's sake!] but I realise that the computer and Polyphone don't properly appreciate that.
I realise that I could bypass this problem by changing the soundfont selection on the synth rather than the voice selection - but there are other reasons (too long to explain here) why I can't do that.
Can you please advise how I can combine several voices into a single .SF2 file, such that the full variety of sounds expected is still available, even though the sample names of several of the voices may be duplicated (in name but not actual sound)? Thank you for your suggestions.