Best SFZ/SF2 instrument sources Open Source, Free, and Commercial (and related misc) As of June 2023

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Post Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:06 pm

I have been gathering this list the last couple of days, and thought I would share. I basically grabbed everything that still seems to exist on the Internet. If you see anything missing, please add. Enjoy! 🙂



Best SFZ/SF2 instrument sources Open Source, Free, and Commercial (and related misc) As of June 2023

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Amazound Samples

https://www.amazound.com/store/

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Precision Sound

https://store.precisionsound.net/

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List of Sampled Instrument Libraries

https://hilbricht.net/foss-sampled-instruments.html

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The Other List of Sampled Instrument Libraries

https://hilbricht.net/other-sampled-instruments.html

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FreePats

https://freepats.zenvoid.org/

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Musical Artifacts

https://musical-artifacts.com/

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Signal Experiments

https://sig-ex.com/category/instruments/

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Virtual Playing Orchestra

http://virtualplaying.com/

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Karoryfer Samples

https://shop.karoryfer.com/

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Versilian Studios Virtual Instruments (VSCO-Community Edition Chamber Orchestra)

https://vis.versilstudios.com/vsco-community.html

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Da Real 110 Sample Library

https://www.synth.in/p/da-real-110.html

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Orange Tree Samples - Jazz Funk Drum Sample Library

https://www.orangetreesamples.com/blog/ ... le-library

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Salamander Drumkit

https://archive.org/details/SalamanderDrumkit

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SM Drums

https://smmdrums.wordpress.com/for-sfz-sforzando/

https://sfzinstruments.github.io/drums/sm_drums

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99Sounds

https://99sounds.org/bass-city/

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BPB Mini Analogue Collection

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2012/0 ... mple-pack/

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No Budget Orchestra Archive (on Bandshed.net)

http://www.bandshed.net/sounds/sfz/
http://www.bandshed.net/sounds/sf2/

https://www.bandshed.net/avldrumkits/

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Production Voices Free Pianos

https://www.productionvoices.com/free/

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Production Voices Piano Bundle

https://www.productionvoices.com/produc ... do-bundle/

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Salamander-grandpiano

https://rytmenpinne.wordpress.com/sound ... randpiano/

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IvyAudio - Piano-in-162

https://ivyaudio.com/Piano-in-162

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IvyAudio Libraries

https://ivyaudio.com/index#banner

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Bigcat Instruments

http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2 ... ments.html
http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2 ... choir.html


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K18 Upright Piano

https://archive.org/details/K18UprightPiano

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Synthfont Soundfonts

http://www.synthfont.com/soundfonts.html

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S. Christian Collins

http://schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php

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Soundfonts 4U

https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

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RK Hive Soundfont Archive

https://rkhive.com/

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Arachno Soundfont

http://maxime.abbey.free.fr/mirror/arac ... 10-sf2.zip

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GoldMidiSf2

https://www.goldmidisf2.com/

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Soni Musicae

http://sonimusicae.free.fr/accueil-en.html

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Zynthian Soundfont Collection Links

https://wiki.zynthian.org/index.php/Sound_Fonts

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Learjeff's Soundfonts

http://web.archive.org/web/201203281234 ... sf/sf.html

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Personal Copy Soundfonts

http://www.personalcopy.com/

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SoundBurst

http://www.soundburst.com/technolab.html

http://www.soundburst.com/polisix.html

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Breity's Free Instruments

https://www.angelfire.com/goth/TOX/tti.html

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The Jazz Page

http://www.thejazzpage.de/index1.html

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FMJ-Software Instruments

https://www.fmjsoft.com/instruments.html#main

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Ethan's Original SoundFonts

http://ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html

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Internet Archive Files for Free-Soundfonts-sf2-2019-04

https://archive.org/download/free-sound ... f2-2019-04

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Polyphone Soundfonts

https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/do ... soundfonts

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GM Synths and Soundfonts

http://gmsynths.blogspot.com/2014/05/li ... -vsts.html

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TbLOv ... Q7t8q-vsIe

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Solarus Forum Has a good list of soundfonts and SFZ

https://forum.solarus-games.org/en/inde ... opic=622.0

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FluidR3_GM.sf2

https://osdn.net/projects/sfnet_android ... R3_GM.sf2/

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Open Source Drumkit

https://github.com/crabacus/the-open-source-drumkit

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SFZ Mappings for various sample sets

http://www.drealm.info/sfz/

https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings

https://github.com/PeteCrighton/Analogue-Drums

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SFZ Instruments Github Repositories

https://github.com/orgs/sfzinstruments/ ... s?type=all

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Banchetto Musicale Sampling Library

http://www.banchetto-musicale.com/en/downloads.htm

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Commodore 64 Synthesizer Sessions DELUXE

https://www.kvraudio.com/kvr-developer- ... #dc12-6588

https://bedroomproducersblog.sellfy.sto ... ns-deluxe/

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Modular Samples

https://github.com/publicsamples

3 Pages of Open Source Sample Libraries (with SFZ mappings)

https://github.com/orgs/publicsamples/r ... s?type=all

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Fairlight Sound Library Database

http://www.nattvard.com/iix/database.php

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A little freebie Kontakt instrument. (Also, now in SFZ format)

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=480028

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8kx4ad3lc ... evssfz.zip

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Wave Alchemy Samples and SFZ mappings

https://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/product/ms-20-mini-drums/

https://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/product-c ... s/samples/

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BedRoomProducersBlog BPB

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/tag/sfz/

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2020/0 ... r-samples/

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2017/0 ... forzatron/

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Plogue.com

https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando-banks.html

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SOUNDBANK HOST: ZAMPLER (Check to confirm that Zampler sound banks are playable by sfz players)

https://vstwarehouse.com/sound-bank-host/zampler/

https://www.producerspot.com/product-ca ... ler-sounds

Zampler Soundbanks

https://zamplersounds.sellfy.store/zampler/

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SZCZ's Audio Adventures

http://waveforms.fairlyconfusing.net/20 ... rench.html

http://waveforms.fairlyconfusing.net/20 ... ammer.html

http://waveforms.fairlyconfusing.net/20 ... -tone.html

http://waveforms.fairlyconfusing.net/20 ... piano.html

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Samples From Mars

https://samplesfrommars.com/

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SampleTekk

https://www.sampletekk.com/grand-pianos&product_id=262

https://www.sampletekk.com/grand-pianos?product_id=224

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=291

https://www.sampletekk.com/grand-pianos?product_id=225

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=223

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=346

https://www.sampletekk.com/grand-pianos&product_id=294

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=255

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=243

https://www.sampletekk.com/index.php?ro ... uct_id=254

https://www.sampletekk.com/grand-pianos&product_id=235

https://www.sampletekk.com/synthesizers ... f76a2328d8

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LootAudio

https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kont ... /guitar-di

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http://www.retrosampling.se/electricpia ... 20v1.0.zip

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http://freedrumkits.net/sound-fonts/

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https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/0 ... -drum-kit/

https://bedroomproducersblog.sellfy.sto ... -drum-kit/

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Soundfonts 4U

https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/

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ProducerFeed

https://www.producerfeed.com/2011/12/20 ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/03/jr-soundfonts.html

https://www.angelfire.com/goth/TOX/tti.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2009/11/12 ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2012/09/vi ... t-and.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/02/25 ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/02/49 ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/04/56 ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/04/sa ... fonts.html

https://www.producerfeed.com/2010/06/29 ... fonts.html



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https://cymatics.fm/blogs/production/soundfonts

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MuseScore

https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/sou ... -sfz-files

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ZanderJaz

https://www.zanderjaz.com/downloads/soundfonts/synths/

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Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/sf2soundfonts

https://archive.org/download/free-sound ... f2-2019-04

https://archive.org/details/Soundfonts

https://archive.org/details/sc-55-rolan ... soundfonts

https://archive.org/details/500-soundfonts-full-gm-sets

https://archive.org/download/500-soundf ... ll-gm-sets

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Les Productions Zvon

http://lesproductionszvon.com/products.htm

http://lesproductionszvon.com/freesounds.htm

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https://www.hedsound.com/2019/10/hedorg ... dfont.html

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https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/do ... soundfonts

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Digital Sound Factory

https://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/

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Phils Computer Lab - General Midi and Soundfonts

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/genera ... fonts.html

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Soundfonts.darkesword.com

http://soundfonts.darkesword.com/

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http://www.guraydere.com/soundfonts/sfd ... aspx?kat=5

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https://beats.codenamehippie.com/samples/SoundFrontz/

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Michael Picher

https://shop.michaelpichermusic.com/col ... -libraries

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https://panndora-audio.com/collections/ ... 2195137578

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BigFishAudio - Soundfonts

https://www.bigfishaudio.com/SoundFont-Format.html

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Lucid Samples

https://www.lucidsamples.com/free-sampl ... s-sf2.html

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https://www.pistonsoft.com/soundfonts/chorium.sf2

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Producer Loops - Soundfonts

https://www.producerloops.com/download-soundfonts/

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PianoBook

https://www.pianobook.co.uk/

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Soundfonts folder

https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/awe32/soundfonts/

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Geek Funk Labs - SquishBox Soundfonts Collection

https://geekfunklabs.com/download/squishbox-soundfonts/

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PlatinumAudioLab.com - Soundfonts

https://www.platinumaudiolab.com/sample ... =Soundfont

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Lucid Samples

https://www.lucidsamples.com/60-soundfonts-sf2

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Quasar Sounds

https://quasarsounds.com/listing-catego ... fonts-sf2/

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Decent Samples (Easy to convert to SFZ)

https://www.decentsamples.com/

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SoundIron

https://soundiron.com/search?q=sfz

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https://github.com/sfzinstruments

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https://rytmenpinne.wordpress.com/sound ... r-drumkit/

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https://rytmenpinne.wordpress.com/sound ... randpiano/

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enroe
KVRAF
2312 posts since 19 Mar, 2008 from germany

Post Sat Jun 10, 2023 4:30 am

Thank you, audiojunkie!

Perhaps this could be a sticky?

Anyway - this is an impressive list, a real variety, a stimulus for
further creativity and great songs! :clap:
free mp3s + info: andy-enroe.de songs + weird stuff: enroe.de
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JeffLearman
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222 posts since 5 May, 2020

Post Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:01 am

Wow, that's quite the list!

Please add https://sfzinstruments.github.io/ . You included one subsection of this (for drums) but didn't point to the top.

Also, I believe that https://github.com/orgs/sfzinstruments/ ... s?type=all and https://github.com/sfzinstruments are the same thing, though the latter includes the pinned mappings repo. (Personally, I'd put this near the top of the list, since it's such a great source and with active development. Instead it's at the very bottom, under the heading "SoundIron" which is unrelated.)

Also, thanks for including http://web.archive.org/web/201203281234 ... sf/sf.html, but https://github.com/sfzinstruments is a better source (no need for sfArk, etc.) The archives are sf2 format; sfzs with improvements like unlooped samples can be found at github.com/sfzinstruments.
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