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Back in 1998 or so. Florestan’s Free Orchestral SoundFonts. Florestan Basic GM GS. (1.6 MB) contains flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet and bassoon. They are realistic considering their small size. The oboe comes from Fluid, a GM bank created by Frank Wen.
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This aim of this site is to provide high quality SoundFonts (virtual musical instruments in sf2 format) that can be played using a midi keyboard connected to a computer, tablet or smart phone. Emphasis has been placed on real or acoustic instruments particularly piano and other favourites for keyboard players (pads, strings, electric pianos, organs and orchestral) but some SoundFonts here also include high quality guitars, some synths and ethnic instruments. There is also a nice GM set for playing general midi files. The SoundFont format sf2 is widely supported by lots of programs/apps and devices. If you are using the bs-16i or similar app try changing the Rx. Channel for say the first 8 channels all to 1.
You will then have 8 easily accessible sounds to play at the touch of the Solo/Mute button. You can then mix for instance piano and pads together. Alternatively you could leave the channels 1 to 16 and use channel select to choose your favorite sounds.
To play two sounds together just put them on the same channel. This is handy for pianos where you can add the level of resonance you prefer. When layering sounds with piano choose the non resonance piano versions (available in all the SoundFonts) to avoid lack of polyphony problems. This project began as a quest to find a really good software piano.
Not even the expensive commercial versions were satisfying to my ears. Most had velocity switching problems and unpleasant tones. I came across the University of Iowa Steinway piano samples which were great but there was room for improvement in the way they were presented. My goal was to have a selection of piano and other instruments that were pleasant to play and to keep them available for free. Using SoundFont editing programs Polyphone and Viena I have done some editing to allow for expression to give a more enjoyable and realistic playing experience where timbre changes gradually with velocity where possible and without that annoying jump that is commonly found. This was applied to many of the other instruments as well.
Nice-Keys-Extreme-2.0 Still a big SoundFont set at 1gb or 1000mb (645mb dedicated to 3 pianos with 6 velocity layers). Similar to the top set but the main piano is a little less detailed so it leaves room for an extra piano (Steinways).
PC users should not have any problems or if running on iOS this set runs perfectly well on iPhone 6s or iPad Air 2. It is still possible to load this set within the bs-16i app and run Sweet Midi Player app using GM set one at the same time for midi backing if required. This set has everything described below plus the addition of guitars. Some versions on this site have been carefully edited down to 6 velocity layers and looped at the almost inaudible tail ends to reduce Ram usage but the quality is almost indistinguishable. They are based on a nicely sampled Yamaha C5 Grand. Samples have been normalised, re-attenuated, latency reduced and modified for sf2. Three or more brightness levels are available plus optional resonance.
Gothic/Celtic Harp by Jason Sommerlad. [ The All Around Violin has three velocity layers plus key-off effects and is public domain.
Ethan's Cello is by Ethan Winer (ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html) Harps-Strings-Orchestra-V1.0 All of the above plus a second harp to choose from. Ethereal Winds Harp II Community Edition from Nice-Piano-Orchestra-V1.0 Has orchestral sounds as above minus the harps but includes a very nice 6-velocity-layer piano.
Size is 337mb in total with 157mb dedicated to the piano sounds. Nice-4-Bass-V1.5 This is an sf2 simplified version o f three different basses - all with 4 velocity layers. It includes the 1958 Otto Rubner double bass played and mapped by Drogomir Smolken, recorded by Ludwik Zamenhof. The samples are exceptional and some percussive effects have been mapped to some high notes. Royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use. Copyright 2016 Karoryfer Lecolds (Karoryfer Samples).
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to.
Back in 1998 or so. Florestan’s Free Orchestral SoundFonts. Florestan Basic GM GS. (1.6 MB) contains flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet and bassoon. They are realistic considering their small size. The oboe comes from Fluid, a GM bank created by Frank Wen.
The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Free john wick full movie. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
This aim of this site is to provide high quality SoundFonts (virtual musical instruments in sf2 format) that can be played using a midi keyboard connected to a computer, tablet or smart phone. Emphasis has been placed on real or acoustic instruments particularly piano and other favourites for keyboard players (pads, strings, electric pianos, organs and orchestral) but some SoundFonts here also include high quality guitars, some synths and ethnic instruments. There is also a nice GM set for playing general midi files. The SoundFont format sf2 is widely supported by lots of programs/apps and devices. If you are using the bs-16i or similar app try changing the Rx. Channel for say the first 8 channels all to 1.
You will then have 8 easily accessible sounds to play at the touch of the Solo/Mute button. You can then mix for instance piano and pads together. Alternatively you could leave the channels 1 to 16 and use channel select to choose your favorite sounds.
To play two sounds together just put them on the same channel. This is handy for pianos where you can add the level of resonance you prefer. When layering sounds with piano choose the non resonance piano versions (available in all the SoundFonts) to avoid lack of polyphony problems. This project began as a quest to find a really good software piano.
Not even the expensive commercial versions were satisfying to my ears. Most had velocity switching problems and unpleasant tones. I came across the University of Iowa Steinway piano samples which were great but there was room for improvement in the way they were presented. My goal was to have a selection of piano and other instruments that were pleasant to play and to keep them available for free. Using SoundFont editing programs Polyphone and Viena I have done some editing to allow for expression to give a more enjoyable and realistic playing experience where timbre changes gradually with velocity where possible and without that annoying jump that is commonly found. This was applied to many of the other instruments as well.
Nice-Keys-Extreme-2.0 Still a big SoundFont set at 1gb or 1000mb (645mb dedicated to 3 pianos with 6 velocity layers). Similar to the top set but the main piano is a little less detailed so it leaves room for an extra piano (Steinways).
PC users should not have any problems or if running on iOS this set runs perfectly well on iPhone 6s or iPad Air 2. It is still possible to load this set within the bs-16i app and run Sweet Midi Player app using GM set one at the same time for midi backing if required. This set has everything described below plus the addition of guitars. Some versions on this site have been carefully edited down to 6 velocity layers and looped at the almost inaudible tail ends to reduce Ram usage but the quality is almost indistinguishable. They are based on a nicely sampled Yamaha C5 Grand. Samples have been normalised, re-attenuated, latency reduced and modified for sf2. Three or more brightness levels are available plus optional resonance.
Gothic/Celtic Harp by Jason Sommerlad. [ The All Around Violin has three velocity layers plus key-off effects and is public domain.
Ethan's Cello is by Ethan Winer (ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html) Harps-Strings-Orchestra-V1.0 All of the above plus a second harp to choose from. Ethereal Winds Harp II Community Edition from Nice-Piano-Orchestra-V1.0 Has orchestral sounds as above minus the harps but includes a very nice 6-velocity-layer piano.
Size is 337mb in total with 157mb dedicated to the piano sounds. Nice-4-Bass-V1.5 This is an sf2 simplified version o f three different basses - all with 4 velocity layers. It includes the 1958 Otto Rubner double bass played and mapped by Drogomir Smolken, recorded by Ludwik Zamenhof. The samples are exceptional and some percussive effects have been mapped to some high notes. Royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use. Copyright 2016 Karoryfer Lecolds (Karoryfer Samples).