diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditIds.h b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditIds.h
index d9b43957..869d1c44 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditIds.h
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditIds.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ enum class EditId : int {
     StretchTuning,
     CanEditUserFilesDir,
     UserFilesDir,
+    FallbackFilesDir,
     //
     Controller0,
     ControllerLast = Controller0 + sfz::config::numCCs - 1,
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
index 0b5c6e5a..f56b7f0a 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <system_error>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ struct Editor::Impl : EditorController::Receiver, IControlListener {
 
     std::string currentSfzFile_;
     std::string currentScalaFile_;
+    std::string userFilesDir_;
+    std::string fallbackFilesDir_;
 
     enum {
         kPanelGeneral,
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ struct Editor::Impl : EditorController::Receiver, IControlListener {
     enum {
         kTagLoadSfzFile,
         kTagEditSfzFile,
+        kTagCreateNewSfzFile,
+        kTagOpenSfzFolder,
         kTagPreviousSfzFile,
         kTagNextSfzFile,
         kTagFileOperations,
@@ -132,11 +137,13 @@ struct Editor::Impl : EditorController::Receiver, IControlListener {
     }
 
     void chooseSfzFile();
+    void createNewSfzFile();
     void changeSfzFile(const std::string& filePath);
     void changeToNextSfzFile(long offset);
     void chooseScalaFile();
     void changeScalaFile(const std::string& filePath);
     void chooseUserFilesDir();
+    std::string getFileChooserInitialDir(const std::string& previousFilePath) const;
 
     static bool scanDirectoryFiles(const fs::path& dirPath, std::function<bool(const fs::path&)> filter, std::vector<fs::path>& fileNames);
 
@@ -319,7 +326,13 @@ void Editor::Impl::uiReceiveValue(EditId id, const EditValue& v)
         }
     case EditId::UserFilesDir:
         {
-            updateUserFilesDirLabel(v.to_string());
+            userFilesDir_ = v.to_string();
+            updateUserFilesDirLabel(userFilesDir_);
+            break;
+        }
+    case EditId::FallbackFilesDir:
+        {
+            fallbackFilesDir_ = v.to_string();
             break;
         }
     case EditId::UINumCurves:
@@ -839,6 +852,8 @@ void Editor::Impl::createFrameContents()
     if (SActionMenu* menu = fileOperationsMenu_) {
         menu->addEntry("Load file", kTagLoadSfzFile);
         menu->addEntry("Edit file", kTagEditSfzFile);
+        menu->addEntry("Create new file", kTagCreateNewSfzFile);
+        menu->addEntry("Open SFZ folder", kTagOpenSfzFolder);
     }
 
     if (SPiano* piano = piano_) {
@@ -891,10 +906,10 @@ void Editor::Impl::chooseSfzFile()
 
     fs->setTitle("Load SFZ file");
     fs->setDefaultExtension(CFileExtension("SFZ", "sfz"));
-    if (!currentSfzFile_.empty()) {
-        std::string initialDir = fs::path(currentSfzFile_).parent_path().u8string() + '/';
+
+    std::string initialDir = getFileChooserInitialDir(currentSfzFile_);
+    if (!initialDir.empty())
         fs->setInitialDirectory(initialDir.c_str());
-    }
 
     if (fs->runModal()) {
         UTF8StringPtr file = fs->getSelectedFile(0);
@@ -903,6 +918,44 @@ void Editor::Impl::chooseSfzFile()
     }
 }
 
+///
+static const char defaultSfzText[] =
+    "<region>sample=*sine" "\n"
+    "ampeg_attack=0.02 ampeg_release=0.1" "\n";
+
+static void createDefaultSfzFileIfNotExisting(const fs::path& path)
+{
+    if (!fs::exists(path))
+        fs::ofstream { path } << defaultSfzText;
+}
+
+///
+void Editor::Impl::createNewSfzFile()
+{
+    SharedPointer<CNewFileSelector> fs = owned(CNewFileSelector::create(frame_, CNewFileSelector::kSelectSaveFile));
+
+    fs->setTitle("Create SFZ file");
+    fs->setDefaultExtension(CFileExtension("SFZ", "sfz"));
+
+    std::string initialDir = getFileChooserInitialDir(currentSfzFile_);
+    if (!initialDir.empty())
+        fs->setInitialDirectory(initialDir.c_str());
+
+    if (fs->runModal()) {
+        UTF8StringPtr file = fs->getSelectedFile(0);
+        std::string fileStr;
+        if (file && !absl::EndsWithIgnoreCase(file, ".sfz")) {
+            fileStr = std::string(file) + ".sfz";
+            file = fileStr.c_str();
+        }
+        if (file) {
+            createDefaultSfzFileIfNotExisting(fs::u8path(file));
+            changeSfzFile(file);
+            openFileInExternalEditor(file);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void Editor::Impl::changeSfzFile(const std::string& filePath)
 {
     ctrl_->uiSendValue(EditId::SfzFile, filePath);
@@ -969,10 +1022,10 @@ void Editor::Impl::chooseScalaFile()
 
     fs->setTitle("Load Scala file");
     fs->setDefaultExtension(CFileExtension("SCL", "scl"));
-    if (!currentScalaFile_.empty()) {
-        std::string initialDir = fs::path(currentScalaFile_).parent_path().u8string() + '/';
+
+    std::string initialDir = getFileChooserInitialDir(currentScalaFile_);
+    if (!initialDir.empty())
         fs->setInitialDirectory(initialDir.c_str());
-    }
 
     if (fs->runModal()) {
         UTF8StringPtr file = fs->getSelectedFile(0);
@@ -998,12 +1051,31 @@ void Editor::Impl::chooseUserFilesDir()
     if (fs->runModal()) {
         UTF8StringPtr dir = fs->getSelectedFile(0);
         if (dir) {
-            updateUserFilesDirLabel(dir);
-            ctrl_->uiSendValue(EditId::UserFilesDir, std::string(dir));
+            userFilesDir_ = std::string(dir);
+            updateUserFilesDirLabel(userFilesDir_);
+            ctrl_->uiSendValue(EditId::UserFilesDir, userFilesDir_);
         }
     }
 }
 
+std::string Editor::Impl::getFileChooserInitialDir(const std::string& previousFilePath) const
+{
+    fs::path initialPath;
+
+    if (!previousFilePath.empty())
+        initialPath = fs::u8path(previousFilePath).parent_path();
+    else if (!userFilesDir_.empty())
+        initialPath = fs::u8path(userFilesDir_);
+    else if (!fallbackFilesDir_.empty())
+        initialPath = fs::u8path(fallbackFilesDir_);
+
+    std::string initialDir = initialPath.u8string();
+    if (!initialDir.empty())
+        initialDir.push_back('/');
+
+    return initialDir;
+}
+
 bool Editor::Impl::scanDirectoryFiles(const fs::path& dirPath, std::function<bool(const fs::path&)> filter, std::vector<fs::path>& fileNames)
 {
     std::error_code ec;
@@ -1292,6 +1364,23 @@ void Editor::Impl::valueChanged(CControl* ctl)
             openFileInExternalEditor(currentSfzFile_.c_str());
         break;
 
+    case kTagCreateNewSfzFile:
+        if (value != 1)
+            break;
+
+        createNewSfzFile();
+        break;
+
+    case kTagOpenSfzFolder:
+        if (value != 1)
+            break;
+
+        if (!userFilesDir_.empty())
+            openDirectoryInExplorer(userFilesDir_.c_str());
+        else if (!fallbackFilesDir_.empty())
+            openDirectoryInExplorer(fallbackFilesDir_.c_str());
+        break;
+
     case kTagPreviousSfzFile:
         if (value != 1)
             break;
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp
index ab760d73..0a3ac516 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,20 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <cstring>
 
+static WCHAR *stringToWideChar(const char *str, int strCch = -1)
+{
+    unsigned strSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str, strCch, nullptr, 0);
+    if (strSize == 0)
+        return {};
+    std::unique_ptr<WCHAR[]> strW(new WCHAR[strSize]);
+    if (MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str, strCch, strW.get(), strSize) == 0)
+        return {};
+    return strW.release();
+}
+
 bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename)
 {
-    std::wstring path = fs::u8path(filename).wstring();
+    std::wstring path = stringToWideChar(filename);
 
     SHELLEXECUTEINFOW info;
     memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
@@ -27,14 +38,42 @@ bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename)
 
     return ShellExecuteExW(&info);
 }
+
+bool openDirectoryInExplorer(const char *filename)
+{
+    std::wstring path = stringToWideChar(filename);
+
+    SHELLEXECUTEINFOW info;
+    memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
+    info.cbSize = sizeof(info);
+    info.lpVerb = L"explore";
+    info.lpFile = path.c_str();
+    info.nShow = SW_SHOW;
+
+    return ShellExecuteExW(&info);
+}
+
+bool askQuestion(const char *text)
+{
+    int ret = MessageBoxW(nullptr, stringToWideChar(text), L"Question", MB_YESNO);
+    return ret == IDYES;
+}
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
     // implemented in NativeHelpers.mm
 #else
 #include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cerrno>
+extern "C" { extern char **environ; }
 
-bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename)
+static bool openFileByMimeType(const char *filename, const char *mimetype)
 {
-    GAppInfo* appinfo = g_app_info_get_default_for_type("text/plain", FALSE);
+    GAppInfo* appinfo = g_app_info_get_default_for_type(mimetype, FALSE);
     if (!appinfo)
         return 1;
 
@@ -47,4 +86,63 @@ bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename)
     g_object_unref(appinfo);
     return success == TRUE;
 }
+
+bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename)
+{
+    return openFileByMimeType(filename, "text/plain");
+}
+
+bool openDirectoryInExplorer(const char *filename)
+{
+    return openFileByMimeType(filename, "inode/directory");
+}
+
+static std::vector<char *> createForkEnviron()
+{
+    std::vector<char *> newEnv;
+    newEnv.reserve(256);
+    for (char **envp = environ; *envp; ++envp) {
+        // ensure the process will link with system libraries,
+        // and not these from the Ardour bundle.
+        if (strncmp(*envp, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=", 16) == 0)
+            continue;
+        newEnv.push_back(*envp);
+    }
+    newEnv.push_back(nullptr);
+    return newEnv;
+}
+
+bool askQuestion(const char *text)
+{
+    char *argv[] = {
+        const_cast<char *>("/usr/bin/zenity"),
+        const_cast<char *>("--question"),
+        const_cast<char *>("--text"),
+        const_cast<char *>(text),
+        nullptr,
+    };
+
+    std::vector<char *> newEnv = createForkEnviron();
+    char **envp = newEnv.data();
+
+    pid_t forkPid = vfork();
+    if (forkPid == -1)
+        return false;
+
+    if (forkPid == 0) {
+        execve(argv[0], argv, envp);
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    int wret;
+    int wstatus;
+    do {
+        wret = waitpid(forkPid, &wstatus, 0);
+    } while (wret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+
+    if (wret == -1 || !WIFEXITED(wstatus))
+        return false;
+
+    return WEXITSTATUS(wstatus) == 0;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.h b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.h
index b9c29bb6..9ccb5410 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.h
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.h
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
 bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *filename);
+bool openDirectoryInExplorer(const char *filename);
+bool askQuestion(const char *text);
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.mm b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.mm
index 9cb8cd28..56c1143d 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.mm
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/NativeHelpers.mm
@@ -11,20 +11,34 @@
 #import <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
-bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *fileNameUTF8)
+static bool openFileWithApplication(const char *fileName, NSString *application)
 {
-    BOOL wasOpened = NO;
+    NSWorkspace* workspace = [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace];
+    NSString* fileNameNs = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:fileName];
+    return [workspace openFile:fileNameNs withApplication:application] == YES;
+}
 
+bool openFileInExternalEditor(const char *fileName)
+{
     NSURL* applicationURL = (__bridge_transfer NSURL*)LSCopyDefaultApplicationURLForContentType(
         kUTTypePlainText, kLSRolesEditor, nil);
-    if (!applicationURL)
+    if (!applicationURL || ![applicationURL isFileURL])
         return false;
-    if ([applicationURL isFileURL]) {
-        NSWorkspace* workspace = [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace];
-        NSString* fileName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:fileNameUTF8];
-        wasOpened = [workspace openFile:fileName withApplication:[applicationURL path]];
-    }
+    return openFileWithApplication(fileName, [applicationURL path]);
+}
 
-    return wasOpened == YES;
+bool openDirectoryInExplorer(const char *fileName)
+{
+    return openFileWithApplication(fileName, @"Finder");
+}
+
+bool askQuestion(const char *text)
+{
+    NSAlert *alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
+    [alert setMessageText:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:text]];
+    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
+    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"Cancel"];
+    NSInteger button = [alert runModal];
+    return button == NSAlertFirstButtonReturn;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/vst/SfizzVstEditor.cpp b/plugins/vst/SfizzVstEditor.cpp
index d5788b48..8345c274 100644
--- a/plugins/vst/SfizzVstEditor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/vst/SfizzVstEditor.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ bool PLUGIN_API SfizzVstEditor::open(void* parent, const VSTGUI::PlatformType& p
     absl::optional<fs::path> userFilesDir = SfizzPaths::getSfzConfigDefaultPath();
     uiReceiveValue(EditId::CanEditUserFilesDir, 1);
     uiReceiveValue(EditId::UserFilesDir, userFilesDir.value_or(fs::path()).u8string());
+    uiReceiveValue(EditId::FallbackFilesDir, SfizzPaths::getSfzFallbackDefaultPath().u8string());
 
     return true;
 }