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...
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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.
Meaner Contrabass Soundfont
by Karofyrer, Toru Inahama and Mike77154Uploaded on May 31, 2022
A famous sforzando library, size reduced and optimized for General Midi Usage, and now you have a proper Contrabass for your General Midi soundfonts
Collegium Musicum MIDI
by Musica PoeticaUploaded on Mar 11, 2023 (and last updated on May 05, 2023)
A modest collection of 17-18c. instruments. Many of these samples are from the Bate Collection of Oxford University.
Virtual Keyboard flash version soundfont beta
by TheSoundfontMakerUploaded on Nov 12, 2023 (and last updated on Nov 12, 2023)
The Link was down since the 12th November 2023
original link: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resourcesftp/clientftp/ks2/music/piano/
web archive version: http://web.archive.org/web/20150802004239/http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resourcesftp/clientftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
the only issue with this soundfont is that the Double Bass preset is not working properly because all the samples are stuck together in every note
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License 2.0
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you can do anything to this soundfont
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