How do I start?

[zonkmachine]

You need an editor. Something like this:
http://www.swamiproject.org/

[bleevlee]

I don't know how to download it, even. How do you run a .gz?

[zonkmachine]

What Operative system/version do you use?

[bleevlee]

Vista.

[zonkmachine]

Vista.

Sorry. I don't know what is a good editor for Windows. I'm on various Linuxes, mostly Mint, and Swami seem to be only Linux for the time being.
Try searching for:

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soundfont editor

[zonkmachine]

The wikipedia page on soundfonts has some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont

[bleevlee]

Now I have a new question: How do I open sfz in LMMS?

[musikbear]

sfz is specific for cakewalk. If you can find any vst that use this cakewalk format, then you can use your sfz within that vst, but .sfz definition file is just a text file, so there is no audio data in the file. its more as a shedule for when / how to play audiofiles

btw.
do not embed questions inside old threads.
if you have a new question, make a new thread. thats important for the structure and searchability in a forum
one question pr. thread. please do remember that.

br.

[bleevlee]

Okay, thanks.

[orpheon7]

When you're searching about making music in general, you can often go look at tutorials for other softwares, sound synthesis and electronic music is more or less the same everywhere.
Also thinking and googling about how to emulate this or that effect in LMMS is often pretty educative.

One of my favourite is boyinaband, he made a few very good tutorials.