Thanks Ildon,
Off to check the sites...
G.
EMU soundfont sample sets?
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- KVRist
- 446 posts since 24 Apr, 2002
I'll second www.hammersound.net
One of the best, if not the best, SoundFont source on the planet. It actually doesn't matter that these are "SF's" per se, they are just a good collection of different types of sounds.
One of the best, if not the best, SoundFont source on the planet. It actually doesn't matter that these are "SF's" per se, they are just a good collection of different types of sounds.
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 Oct, 2004 from Durham, NC USA
Unfortunately, hammersound.net and sf2midi are pretty much the best there is for lists of fonts.
hammersound.net isn't being maintained and is woefully out of date, with no new postings allowed since 2004 and lots of dead links. A shame, because it has great features (reviews, rankings, etc). In it's day, it was a real gem.
sf2midi is horribly organized, and it helps if you speak bozonian (or who knows what language). Also, it only allows posting of .sf2 files, no compression allowed, so large soundfonts aren't very practical. One organization problem is it doesn't distinguish between complete soundfont collections and single-instrument soundfonts.
Some time ago I suggested the idea that some site (perhaps kvraudio) could host a soundfont or sample-set index, with user rankings and reviews. Nobody seemed to think it was a good idea, or that it was already being done elsewhere. Sheesh.
The Spendid Grand site is worth visiting, for the 72M piano. About the only other piano soundfont that's worth downloading is the Akai Grand, if you can find it. I believe the file name is Akai-SteinwayIII.sf2.zip (although you might find it as .sfArk or .sfpack).
Another site worth visiting is http://sullivang.net/samples, Greg has a Yamaha CP80, a Hohner Pianet, and a Wurlitzer electric piano. They're in GigaStudio format, but that can be converted to soundfont. Then you'll need to adjust the release envelopes, because Greg seems to like them very abrupt (makes them all sound a bit like a clav).
To convert Giga to sf, try any of the following -- not free but good programs:
- Chicken Translator
- CDExtract
- Extreme Sample Converter -- this one has a GREAT loop editor
They're not free, but the first two have a trial mode that works well enough to use the results. I use the third because of the loop editor, and because Chicken failed on my system when I tried it (probably would work fine now, years later).
Cheers
Jeff
hammersound.net isn't being maintained and is woefully out of date, with no new postings allowed since 2004 and lots of dead links. A shame, because it has great features (reviews, rankings, etc). In it's day, it was a real gem.
sf2midi is horribly organized, and it helps if you speak bozonian (or who knows what language). Also, it only allows posting of .sf2 files, no compression allowed, so large soundfonts aren't very practical. One organization problem is it doesn't distinguish between complete soundfont collections and single-instrument soundfonts.
Some time ago I suggested the idea that some site (perhaps kvraudio) could host a soundfont or sample-set index, with user rankings and reviews. Nobody seemed to think it was a good idea, or that it was already being done elsewhere. Sheesh.
The Spendid Grand site is worth visiting, for the 72M piano. About the only other piano soundfont that's worth downloading is the Akai Grand, if you can find it. I believe the file name is Akai-SteinwayIII.sf2.zip (although you might find it as .sfArk or .sfpack).
Another site worth visiting is http://sullivang.net/samples, Greg has a Yamaha CP80, a Hohner Pianet, and a Wurlitzer electric piano. They're in GigaStudio format, but that can be converted to soundfont. Then you'll need to adjust the release envelopes, because Greg seems to like them very abrupt (makes them all sound a bit like a clav).
To convert Giga to sf, try any of the following -- not free but good programs:
- Chicken Translator
- CDExtract
- Extreme Sample Converter -- this one has a GREAT loop editor
They're not free, but the first two have a trial mode that works well enough to use the results. I use the third because of the loop editor, and because Chicken failed on my system when I tried it (probably would work fine now, years later).
Cheers
Jeff
