Bow Quartet GM
by Ethan Winer, Giovanni Valentino, Omega and Mike77154Uploaded on Mar 10, 2023
just a simply compilation of an orchestral string quartet but in solo mode
The Airfont Acoustic Bass
by JazzStylezzUploaded on Jul 19, 2022
A cool acoustic bass, mapped for general midi
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
North Toloche (Mexican Acoustic Slapped Contrabass)
by DrJassMusic With Mike77154Uploaded on Sep 26, 2021 (and last updated on Jul 19, 2022)
This is used in Mexican Polka Style (Norteño/Norteno), original waveforms by DrJassMusic, arranged to be General Midi by Me, this can be used on jazz standards too, and eurohouse music
Buck Bumble soundfont
by HandlebarOrionXUploaded on May 26, 2021 (and last updated on May 26, 2021)
Right about now it's time to rock with the bickitty Buck Bumble.
Right about now it's time to rock with the bickitty Buck Bumble.
Bum to the boo to the bum to the base, bum to the Buck to the Bumble
MUNU MUNU MAH MUNU MUNU MAH BASS BASS
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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.
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