Salamander Grand Piano v3
by Alexander HolmUploaded on Jul 29, 2015 (and last updated on Jun 22, 2022)
16 Velocity layers Sampled in minor thirds from the lowest A. Hammer noise releases chromatically sampled in onle one layer. String resonance releases in minor thirds in three layers. Two AKG c414 disposed in an AB position ~12cm above the strings
Salamander Drumkit v1
by Alexander HolmUploaded on Jul 29, 2015 (and last updated on Jun 22, 2022)
A creative commons licensed drum library mapped with sfz.
Maestro Concert Grand v2
by Mats HelgessonUploaded on Jul 29, 2015
Maestro Concert Grand v2 is a big gig bank using 792 stereo samples of a concert piano, a Yamaha CF3 from the early 90s, It was chromatically sampled to maintain the tempered tuning. The samples were recorded with two Neumann KM84 microphones, disposed in X/Y, with 5 velocity layers, and weighs 932 MB ! The piano alone, without release samples, weighs 887 Mb and 440 samples. The release samples are 352 and weigh 45 MB. You can play with or without them.
All Rights Reserved to Mats Helgesson
Non-free
Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra
by Mattias WestlundUploaded on Aug 10, 2015 (and last updated on Dec 28, 2015)
Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is a free orchestral sample library. While not as advanced or ambitious in scope as commercial offerings, SSO contains all the basic building blocks for creating real virtual orchestrations. It's primarily aimed at beginners, but also more experienced composers looking for something lightweight and/or portable might find it useful.
D. Smolken's multi-sampled double bass (aka contrabass)
by DSmolkenUploaded on Aug 29, 2015 (and last updated on Dec 27, 2015)
DSmolken at the KVR Audio Forum posted about sampling his acoustic double bass (aka contrabass) and how to best use the samples. Two primary sets of samples are provided - arco (that's bowed) and pizz (plucked) - with the addition of various "noises". If you check out his performance video, on YouTube, you might see what these might be used for... also the start of the demos below.
Arco is 5 velocity layers with 2 round robins, pizz is 3 velocity layers with 3-4 round rob...
Creative Commons BY 4.0 International
Extra considerations:
I want it to be reusable including letting other people make better mappings, or an EQed and normalized version or whatever, and reuse it in other sample libraries.
911115n Percussion Kit
by Omega9Uploaded on Sep 06, 2015 (and last updated on Dec 20, 2021)
Scrap percussion kit in SFZ format.
It is raw, no processing were made.
911115n Percussion Kit [FLAC] - 24.8MB
911115n Percussion Kit [WAV] - 41.1 MB
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