CWBF Magdalenian Conch
by Colin WB FoleyUploaded on Feb 13, 2021 (and last updated on Feb 13, 2021)
I read the Ars Technica article about a conch shell that was used about 18000 years ago as a musical instrument: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/listen-to-haunting-notes-from-an-18000-year-old-conch-shell-trumpet/.
Happily, some researchers had recorded three very nice samples of the instrument. I went to the source (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/7/eabe9510), downloaded the file, chopped it up into samples, fixed the tuning, and turned it into a soundf...
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Using the license for the original work. It's arguable whether this can be copyrighted at all, though. My minimal work here can be used under a CC0 license.
LABS Drums v2 SFZ (also includes Drums v1!)
by JS121Uploaded on Jan 27, 2022 (and last updated on Jan 27, 2022)
This is a complete drumkit, with a kick, snare, another snare, hihats, toms, and a crash cymbal. All samples comes from Spitfire Audio LABS. I forgot to add the ride and stuff like that. I might add it to v3 of the drumkit.
I decided to make my own version of LABS Drums in sfz format, if anyone has linuxsampler or sforzando or any of those sfz players. All samples are made by Spitfire Audio LABS (Lets All Become Something.) Feel free to use Drums v2 and v1! BY THE WAY: it...
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