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--- wiki:free_audio_data [2013/11/25 14:59] – [LinuxSampler files] foxanthony
+++ wiki:free_audio_data [2014/05/06 22:30] – suggest different merge baryon
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 All kinds of free sounds can be found here - in various degrees of 'freeness'
+<note>This page and wiki/[[soundfont_collection]] need to be merged. </note>
 ===== Sound Libraries =====
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   * [[http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37272|KVR: The Big sample site list]]
+  * [[http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html|University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples]] - Systematic recordings of notes from the entire range of most orchestral instruments and a Steinway piano)
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 ==== SFZ files ====
+See [[SFZ]]
-  * [[http://www.drealm.info/sfz/|What is sfz?]] sfz format is an open, non-proprietry method of describing a set of samples and how a sample player should play them. It explicitly doesn't include the samples in the file, unlike Soundfonts or GigaSampler sets (but similarly to a number of other proprietry binary formats). As the description is a text file, it's very easy to create and - more importantly - easy to tweak. [[http://www.linuxsampler.org/sfz/ |LinuxSampler]] supports SFZ.
   * [[http://wootangent.net/2010/05/the-salamander-grand-piano-and-linuxsampler-cvs/| The Salamander Grand Piano]] and LinuxSampler
   * [[http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/ | Sonatina Symphonic orchestra]] - quite complete Creative Commons licensed sample pack in SFZ format.
   * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/openoctave/files/libraries/sonatina1.tar.bz2/download | Linuxified version]] of Sonatina Symhonic Orchestra ([[https://github.com/ccherrett/oom/wiki/Installing-OOM | More info here]])
   * [[http://www.pettinhouse.com/html/dgl.html| Direct Guitar Lite]] Based on DirectGuitar, this smaller version offer to musicians, producers and composers the same quality of the “Big Brother”
+  * [[https://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/dimension_products|Digital Sound Factory]] A commercial SFZ library. The Dimension products (Cakewalk) work in LinuxSampler. It's a large and diverse set of instruments that are clearly licensed. They also have a good number of high quality sf2 fonts.
+=== Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra ===
+The [[http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/|Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra]] (SSO) is an SFZ orchestral sample library. It is currently the best open orchestral sample library - although there are a number of known issues with it. Unfortunately, it is not under development, and there is no structure put in place to help improve it. [[http://mattiaswestlund.net/|Mattias Westlund]], the author, is only one person. A project like this requires collaborative effort.
+There is a need in the Linux community for an open sample library. It is the missing link that hinders otherwise good tools, like LinuxSampler, from developing. What good is a sampler if there is no sample library?
+[[http://www.nilsgey.de/|Nils Gey]] has done a series of experiment pieces with SSO, the first one is [[http://www.nilsgey.de/Blog/14_Initial_opinion_about_Sonatina_Symphonic_Orchestra|here]]. While his conclusion is that the library disappoints, do check out his pieces and decide for yourself. He also maintains/maintained a [[https://github.com/nilsgey/sfz|github project (dead link)]] for collecting an maintaining/fixing SFZ libraries like SSO.
 ==== GIGA files  ====
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   * [[http://jongriffin.com/free-giga-samples/ | Free gigasamples]] Many free gigasamples over 100 Piano, Percussion, Guitar, Brass, etc.
   * [[http://jongriffin.com/salsa-blanca-giga-samples-free-version/ | Cuban instrument samples]] Many free Cuban instrument gigasamples tres,claves, marimbula
+  * [[http://www.vstcafe.com/2009/06/g-town-church-sampling-project.html | G-Town Church samples]] A collection of various percussion sounds and instruments
 ==== Soundfonts ====
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   * http://freepats.zenvoid.org/sf2/ - an effort to build a free (as in freedom) set of patches
-  * http://www.sf2midi.com/
+  * [[http://www.sf2midi.com|Sf2Midi.com]]
   * http://www.thejazzpage.de/index1.html - soundfonts under 'download', only for noncommercial use.
-  * http://www.hammersound.net/cgi-bin/soundlink.pl
+  * [[http://hammersound.net|HammerSound]]
   * Soundfonts on your Linux box:
-  - fluid-soundfont-gm                                     - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
+     fluid-soundfont-gm                                     - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
-  - fluid-soundfont-gs                                     - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GS)
+     fluid-soundfont-gs                                     - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GS)
+  * The [[http://www.sf2midi.com/soundfonts/file-detail/sinfon36-sf2-3885.html|sinfon36.sf2]] soundfont (from **Sf2Midi.com**) might be the best free orchestral soundfont on the net. For playbacks of well-known classical pieces, check [[https://soundcloud.com/misterdls|misterdls's SoundCloud page]]. The audio was produced simply with MuseScore and the sinfon36.sf2 soundfont.
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   * [[http://www.linuxsampler.org/instruments.html| Maestro Concert Grand v2]] (337 MB)
  Copyright (C) 2003 Mats Helgesson. Great Gig sample! [[http://sonimusicae.free.fr/matshelgesson-maestro-en.html|Alternative download mirror]]
+  * [[http://download.linuxaudio.org/lau/SalamanderGrandPianoV2/| Salamander Grand Piano SFZ]]
 ==== Guitar ====
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   * [[http://www.fitchsounds.com/freestuff.php|fitchsounds]] free cello samples.
+  * [[http://patcharena.com/free-sampled-solo-cello-sfz-instrument/|Fitch cello]] - sfz versions of the above
 ==== Hammond ====
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   * [[http://freepats.zenvoid.org/sf2/mellotron/melloreed.sf2| GPL soundfont of the "reed" timbre (sampled from the real thing)]]
   * [[http://www.leisureland.us/audio/MellotronSamples/MellotronSamples.htm | Nice collection of different mellotron instruments as wav samples.]]
 ==== Voices ====
-==== Many Instruments ====
-[[http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html|University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples]] (Systematic recordings of notes from the entire range of most orchestral instruments and a Steinway piano)
 ===== Convert and Compression tools =====