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| All kinds of free sounds can be found here - in various degrees of 'freeness' | All kinds of free sounds can be found here - in various degrees of 'freeness' |
| <note>This page and wiki/instruments need to be merged. </note> | <note>This page and wiki/[[soundfont_collection]] need to be merged. </note> |
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| ===== Sound Libraries ===== | ===== Sound Libraries ===== |
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| ==== SFZ files ==== | ==== 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://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://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/ | Sonatina Symphonic orchestra]] - quite complete Creative Commons licensed sample pack in SFZ format. |
| * [[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. | * [[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. |
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| | === 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. |
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| | 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? |
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| | [[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. |
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| ==== GIGA files ==== | ==== GIGA files ==== |
| * [[http://jongriffin.com/free-giga-samples/ | Free gigasamples]] Many free gigasamples over 100 Piano, Percussion, Guitar, Brass, etc. | * [[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://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 | * [[https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/77 | G-Town Church samples]] A collection of various percussion sounds and instruments |
| ==== Soundfonts ==== | ==== Soundfonts ==== |
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| * http://freepats.zenvoid.org/sf2/ - an effort to build a free (as in freedom) set of patches | * http://freepats.zenvoid.org/sf2/ - an effort to build a free (as in freedom) set of patches |
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| * http://www.sf2midi.com/ | * [[http://www.sf2midi.com|Sf2Midi.com]] |
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| * http://www.thejazzpage.de/index1.html - soundfonts under 'download', only for noncommercial use. | * http://www.thejazzpage.de/index1.html - soundfonts under 'download', only for noncommercial use. |
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| * http://www.hammersound.net/cgi-bin/soundlink.pl | * [[http://hammersound.net|HammerSound]] |
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| * Soundfonts on your Linux box: | * 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) |
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| | * 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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