Sfz, Kontakt, Sampletank Etc: Which are the best Free Libraries?

[Erikson_Johnson]

Awesome, Bigcat!
I am gonna check those links.
But don't mind about IKM, because neither ESC
could convert the Maestro grand to the Sampletank format... It gave me 88 C notes, no release lol.
I was testing and discovered that the LE Grand is really bright and sounds really nice to my ears. Salamander otherwise, did not sounded good for me.
So I picked both Maestro and LE as my "default" pianos, together with the stock ST3 Piano.
For Organd, I already tried all the links that you gave me... Since april I am after an Organ, but perhaps I won't find the "perfect" one without paying...
ST3 has a really good one, but you cannot play with the drawbars.
I also use the VL 122 sometimes. It's good to my ears.
I am not an organist. I play guitars only, but some sounds are good to my ears, some are not...

[bigcat1969]

Yeah I like the LE Grand as well. Amazed they gave out something that good for free!
That is a nice trio of pianos you've found.
NI has a vintage organs thing that lets you mess with pretty much everything I think. Might come up on black friday sale at 50 bucks with a bit of luck.

[Erikson_Johnson]

Yeah, I know.
Actually, As far as I am concerned , there are 3 awesome organs (sample based) out there:
Vintage Organs, Hammr+ (sound dust) and UVI's organ.
Whatever I don't have Kontakt, so it's harder to me to buy it and use :/
As I told, I don't want to have piracy on my PC, and that's why I am searching for free stuff.
I just deleted 85gb of data from my PC, and most of it was cracked stuff like Kontakt Libraries, Ample Sound Guitars....
Now all that I've got is paid, giveaway or free!

[bigcat1969]

Cool I can appreciate that.
I think the Vintage Organs plays in Kontakt player so you don't need full Kontakt if it comes down to a good price for you.

[dune_rave]

I just try to sell my Vintage Organs in the "Sell & Buy" section of the forum

[Aryaroman]

Yeah, I know.
Actually, As far as I am concerned , there are 3 awesome organs (sample based) out there:
Vintage Organs, Hammr+ (sound dust) and UVI's organ.
Whatever I don't have Kontakt, so it's harder to me to buy it and use :/
As I told, I don't want to have piracy on my PC, and that's why I am searching for free stuff.
I just deleted 85gb of data from my PC, and most of it was cracked stuff like Kontakt Libraries, Ample Sound Guitars....
Now all that I've got is paid, giveaway or free!

First of all, good! That's a very good decision of you!

And don't worry, there's a lot of great free stuff out there for Kontakt. And trust me, even if you've browsed all the lists and suggestions in this thread, you've probably only scratched the surface yet!

As for Vintage Organs, there's a lot of variety and tones in there. However, that brings us to the problem: Being expansive, they're not the most realistic or dynamic samples, compared to some of the exhaustively detailed and multi-sampled libraries out there and slightly aged perhaps. But other than that, it's a very good and extensive palette of organ sounds.

[Erikson_Johnson]

I just try to sell my Vintage Organs in the "Sell & Buy" section of the forum

How much are you asking?

[Erikson_Johnson]

Yeah, I know.
Actually, As far as I am concerned , there are 3 awesome organs (sample based) out there:
Vintage Organs, Hammr+ (sound dust) and UVI's organ.
Whatever I don't have Kontakt, so it's harder to me to buy it and use :/
As I told, I don't want to have piracy on my PC, and that's why I am searching for free stuff.
I just deleted 85gb of data from my PC, and most of it was cracked stuff like Kontakt Libraries, Ample Sound Guitars....
Now all that I've got is paid, giveaway or free!

First of all, good! That's a very good decision of you!

And don't worry, there's a lot of great free stuff out there for Kontakt. And trust me, even if you've browsed all the lists and suggestions in this thread, you've probably only scratched the surface yet!

As for Vintage Organs, there's a lot of variety and tones in there. However, that brings us to the problem: Being expansive, they're not the most realistic or dynamic samples, compared to some of the exhaustively detailed and multi-sampled libraries out there and slightly aged perhaps. But other than that, it's a very good and extensive palette of organ sounds.

But do you know if it really Works with the player?
Also, which are the libraries that are better than vintage organs?
Thanks!

[Aryaroman]

But do you know if it really Works with the player?
Also, which are the libraries that are better than vintage organs?
Thanks!

Yes, it includes the free Kontakt Player.

As for your other question, I'm not really into organ-libraries, so I don't really know about other "all-in-one-solutions".
Some say Vintage Organs sounds very static, but I think it fares well in a mix with other instruments. In an exposed mix or solos, it most likely has the disadvantage next to some new "meticulously sampled and detailed" library. But then that library might have just one of the instruments in Vintage Organs. So, it's a case of quality vs. quantity.

[Erikson_Johnson]

Hey! Sorry for the late response.
I will check the black Friday.
I already "owned" the vintage organs, but did not tweek it.
I will check if they are going to make a deal and then try!

Thank you all for the answers!

[waltercruz]

Yeah, I know.
Actually, As far as I am concerned , there are 3 awesome organs (sample based) out there:
Vintage Organs, Hammr+ (sound dust) and UVI's organ.

And Acoustic Samples B-5 (that runs on UVI Workstation too).

https://www.acousticsamples.net/B5

[Mikelo]

Almost free ...

https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/vi ... air-xpand2

You can't go wrong with this at this ridiculous price!