diff -up gt-0.4/utils/unsf.c.endian gt-0.4/utils/unsf.c
--- gt-0.4/utils/unsf.c.endian	2008-02-02 22:37:07.000000000 +0100
+++ gt-0.4/utils/unsf.c	2008-02-02 22:39:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 
 #ifndef TRUE 
    #define TRUE         -1
@@ -290,59 +291,6 @@ double bend_coarse[128] = {
  1290.1591550923506, 1366.8760106701147, 1448.1546878700494, 1534.2664467217226
 };
 
-typedef union {
-      unsigned char c[4];
-      unsigned long l;
-} long_end;
-typedef union {
-      unsigned char c[2];
-      unsigned short s;
-} short_end;
-
-static int big_endian = 1;
-
-static long longnum(unsigned char c1, unsigned char c2,
-		unsigned char c3, unsigned char c4)
-{
-    long_end lswitch;
-    if (big_endian) {
-	lswitch.c[0] = c4;
-	lswitch.c[1] = c3;
-	lswitch.c[2] = c2;
-	lswitch.c[3] = c1;
-    } else {
-	lswitch.c[0] = c1;
-	lswitch.c[1] = c2;
-	lswitch.c[2] = c3;
-	lswitch.c[3] = c4;
-    }
-    return(lswitch.l);
-}
-
-static short shortnum(unsigned char c1, unsigned char c2)
-{
-    short_end sswitch;
-    if (big_endian) {
-	sswitch.c[0] = c2;
-	sswitch.c[1] = c1;
-    } else {
-	sswitch.c[0] = c1;
-	sswitch.c[1] = c2;
-    }
-    return(sswitch.s);
-}
-
-static void byteorder(void)
-{   long_end hexx;
-
-    hexx.c[0] = 0x12;
-    hexx.c[1] = 0x34;
-    hexx.c[2] = 0x56;
-    hexx.c[3] = 0x78;
-    if (hexx.l == 0x78563412) big_endian = 0;
-}
-
-
 static char *getname(char *p)
 {
 	int i, j, e;
@@ -425,14 +373,8 @@ static void mem_write8(int val)
 /* writes a word to the memory buffer (little endian) */
 static void mem_write16(int val)
 {
- if (big_endian) {
-   mem_write8((val >> 8) & 0xFF);
-   mem_write8(val & 0xFF);
- }
- else {
    mem_write8(val & 0xFF);
    mem_write8((val >> 8) & 0xFF);
- }
 }
 
 
@@ -440,41 +382,13 @@ static void mem_write16(int val)
 /* writes a long to the memory buffer (little endian) */
 static void mem_write32(int val)
 {
- if (big_endian) {
-   mem_write8((val >> 24) & 0xFF);
-   mem_write8((val >> 16) & 0xFF);
-   mem_write8((val >> 8) & 0xFF);
-   mem_write8(val & 0xFF);
- }
- else {
    mem_write8(val & 0xFF);
    mem_write8((val >> 8) & 0xFF);
    mem_write8((val >> 16) & 0xFF);
    mem_write8((val >> 24) & 0xFF);
- }
-}
-
-
-
-/* alters data already written to the memory buffer (little endian) */
-static void mem_modify32(int pos, int val)
-{
- if (big_endian) {
-   mem[pos+3] = (val >> 24) & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos+2] = (val >> 16) & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos+1] = (val >> 8) & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos] = val & 0xFF;
- }
- else {
-   mem[pos] = val & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos+1] = (val >> 8) & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos+2] = (val >> 16) & 0xFF;
-   mem[pos+3] = (val >> 24) & 0xFF;
- }
 }
 
 
-
 /* writes a block of data the memory buffer */
 static void mem_write_block(void *data, int size)
 {
@@ -708,8 +622,13 @@ static int sf_num_preset_indexes = 0;
 /* SoundFont preset generators */
 typedef struct rangesType
 {
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
    unsigned char byLo;
    unsigned char byHi;
+#else
+   unsigned char byHi;
+   unsigned char byLo;
+#endif
 } rangesType;
 
 
@@ -3254,9 +3173,6 @@ static int get16(FILE *f)
    b1 = get8(f);
    b2 = get8(f);
 
- if (big_endian)
-   return ((b1 << 8) | b2);
- else
    return ((b2 << 8) | b1);
 }
 
@@ -3272,9 +3188,6 @@ static int get32(FILE *f)
    b3 = get8(f);
    b4 = get8(f);
 
- if (big_endian)
-   return ((b1 << 24) | (b2 << 16) | (b3 << 8) | b4);
- else
    return ((b4 << 24) | (b3 << 16) | (b2 << 8) | b1);
 }
 
@@ -3753,8 +3666,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	opt_soundfont = argv[optind];
 
-	byteorder();
-
 	add_soundfont_patches();
 
 	if (!opt_no_write) fclose(cfg_fd);