CC0 / public domain samples of acoustic instruments

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Sample Packs (WIP - EDITING)

CC0 Sources:
Free:
https://producerspace.com/
https://signaturesounds.org/blogs-free-download (available as a single pack as paid 5 P)
https://freesound.org/people/Erokia/packs/26717/
https://versilian-studios.com/
https://github.com/sfzinstruments/Discord-SFZ-GM-Bank
https://freepats.zenvoid.org/ (warninig: GM Sets not CC0)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kXygDD ... 0gW8G/view (sourced from https://freesound.org/people/deadrobotmusic/ by the owner)
https://freemusicarchive.org/curator/Creative_Commons/ (music tracks , beats, etc...)
https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts ... C%93&q=Cc0 (it's a search for CC0, mind to read the license & details on each one)

Paid:
5 pounds https://signaturesounds.org/the-signature-soundbank

NOT CC0 (everyone should ask to Future publishing for this to be relicensed to CC0 before filesilo closes...)
https://www.filesilo.co.uk/
Last edited by wikter on Mon Jan 05, 2026 12:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Thanks for your contribution and reviving the topic! I have already worked a lot with the freepats sounds and would recommend them as first.

Another very interesting source for effect and foley sounds - the Sunset Editorial collection: https://archive.org/details/sound-effec ... -editorial.

And I have even found a comprehenesive sample set of the TR-808 - recorded in 1994 (<< Woodstock :).

Just ask Copilot. He can help a lot.

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Here's a link to many quality sfz instruments, including the free No Budget Orchestra (NBO2):

https://www.bandshed.net/sounds/sfz/

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wikter wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:54 pm
donkey tugger wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:30 pm Don't know if these are any good for you, but happy for you to do what whatever you want with them if so. It's kontakt instruments of two of my acoustics; the battered old encore (which I much prefer actually), and an epiphone. All the .wavs are in there.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFL_Ze ... sp=sharing
Quick example of the sound of each;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13o-l2E ... sp=sharing
Hi, we at Surge Synth Team are starting to build a library with CC0 samples for the coming ShortcircuitXT sampler form Surge Synth Team. It is just starting, but maybe it's now that the thing is pretty small that we need some friendly hands to push it harder, or just a CCO statement in your samples.
I'd like to make the claim extensive to everyone wishing to share their samples or patches.
Shortcircuit is still in pre-beta and it's not close to release, it's a volunteer job and we have few developers, but the thing is pretty close to work and it's massive.
Anyone joining the project or wishing to know about its status is invited to join us at Discord.
https://discord.gg/aFQDdMV
Ah, sorry for the delay. Yes, happy to do that. Is it ok then just to put a text file in with each instrument including the text in the box from here? (sorry, not well up on this!);

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomai ... .0/deed.en

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