DJ's Hip Hop Kit
by DJ IncendrationUploaded on Dec 10, 2021 (and last updated on Dec 11, 2021)
This is my first SFZ instrument! It has only five samples, but these should be enough to get you started in the world of hip hop music. You can use other soundfonts with this if you want a more complete feel, but these are the sounds I found that work together as one kit. If you find other drums that could work together with this, feel free to post a comment!
Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License 2.0
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Most of these samples found here were originally used in a hip hop song. However, this pack can be used for so many more styles than hip hop, it's fine.
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...
Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 International
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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.
toy violin 1.0, sfz version
by Milton Paredes, MPJ Factory studiosUploaded on Jun 22, 2020 (and last updated on Jun 22, 2020)
i sampled my toy violin, here is the sfz version, check the rreed me file for more info.
Creative Commons Sampling+ 1.0
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copyright 2020 mpj Factory studios, Quito, ecuador
CWBF's Emma kit
by Colin WB FoleyUploaded on Apr 22, 2020 (and last updated on Apr 22, 2020)
I hired a fantastic drummer on Fiverr to record drums for an album, and paid him to also record some samples of his kit. I mixed the samples, chopped them up, and added in some other percussion he recorded for me. I made this for my own usage, so it may be a little idiosyncratic, but hopefully you can get some mileage out of it too. I bought the rights to all the recordings he made, so thankfully I can release this one for free to all of you. The samples are WAV files, 48 ...
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International
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As a special exception, if you create a composition which uses these sounds, and mix these sounds or unaltered portions of these sounds into the composition, these sounds do not by themselves cause the entire composition as a whole to be covered by the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license.
CWBF's Mantovani Strings
by Colin FoleyUploaded on Apr 21, 2020 (and last updated on Apr 21, 2020)
A small, experimental soundfont. It consists of three samples (heavily cleaned up and edited) from vinyl records of Mantovani. The samples are each of a single violin in isolation, but if you have a few overlapping violin lines, it sounds pretty cool. Kinda like a mellotron.
Creative Commons BY 4.0 International
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Obviously the Mantovani samples aren't mine, but it's literally less than a second per sample, and only three samples, so I'm very sure this falls under fair use.
Baldwin Vertical (SFZ)
by LithaleanUploaded on Feb 06, 2019 (and last updated on Mar 27, 2020)
Sample #: 454 Sample Rate: 44,100 Bits Per Sample: 24 Uncompressed Size: 948.4mb
The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand. It was once the largest US-based manufacturer of keyboard instruments and known by the slogan, "America's Favorite Piano". It ceased most domestic production in December 2008, moving production to China. Baldwin is currently a subsidiary of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, the largest American manufacturer of musical instruments.
The compan...
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Cello (SFZ)
by LithaleanUploaded on Jan 21, 2019 (and last updated on Mar 27, 2020)
Sample #: 428 Sample Rate: 44,100 Bits Per Sample: 24 Uncompressed Size: 846.6mb
The cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ CHEL-oh; plural cellos or celli) or violoncello (/ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛloʊ/ VY-ə-lən-CHEL-oh;[1] Italian pronunciation: [vjolonˈtʃɛllo]) is a string instrument. It is played by bowing or plucking its four strings, which are usually tuned in perfect fifths an octave lower than the viola: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 and A3. It is the bass member of the violin family, which also inc...
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Violin (SFZ)
by LithaleanUploaded on Jan 21, 2019 (and last updated on Mar 27, 2020)
Sample #: 306 Sample Rate: 44,100 Bits Per Sample: 24 Uncompressed Size: 687.5mb
The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect ...
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Double Bass (SFZ)
by LithaleanUploaded on Jan 21, 2019 (and last updated on Mar 27, 2020)
Sample #: 315 Sample Rate: 44,100 Bits Per Sample: 24 Uncompressed Size: 680.2mb
The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.
It is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other genres, such as jazz, 1950s-styl...
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Gibson Thunderbird (SFZ)
by LithaleanUploaded on Jan 21, 2019 (and last updated on Mar 27, 2020)
Sample #: 145 Sample Rate: 44,100 Bits Per Sample: 24 Uncompressed Size: 152.8mb
The Gibson Thunderbird is an electric bass guitar made by Gibson and Epiphone.
The Gibson Thunderbird was introduced in 1963. At the time, Fender had been the leader in the electric bass market since their introduction of the Precision Bass twelve years earlier.
The Thunderbird was designed by U.S. auto designer Raymond H. Dietrich (Chrysler, Lincoln, Checker) along with the Firebird guitar,...
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