Vospi's City Piano

July 13, 2014, 7:33 pm

A cool chap named Vospi who I met on Reddit kindly reworked the Clean City Piano. He tightened it up and added a bit of room IR. Now in its fourth version thanks to the help of many folks, I think this is the best the City Piano has ever sounded. It is free and entirely public domain.

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Soundcloud Demo

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Musyng Kite for Kontakt

July 13, 2014, 7:40 pm

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Sarcyan has created a huge Soundfont called Musyng Kite. At 200 plus instruments and over 6500 samples, I'm glad for Kontakt's fairly easy conversion features. Thanks Native Instruments!

Just so we are on the same page. These are fun, classic, retro sounds. They are not intended to take the place of the sounds on the K5 Factory library. As you can see the piano is 50 megs, while the Salamander Piano available on this site is nineteen times larger and of course you can hear the difference. If you want massively sampled modern sounds this isn't for you. If you want fun sounds, carefully molded by Sarcyan that will give your audio pallet an interesting slightly quirky feel, you will enjoy. There are lots of odd sounds, sound effects, cool vintage synth sounds and just obscure instruments that might be hard to find.

Here is the entire soundfont in one big file. It is sorted in GM order aka piano, chromatic, organs...
Musyng Kite for Kontakt 5

Soundcloud Demo

Acoustic Piano Soundcloud Demo

Here is the Kontakt 5 conversion in Alphabetical Order. If you download the big file above, you don't need to download these.
The Letter A - Acoustic Grand Piano, Accordion, Africa, Agog, Alto Sax, Applause and more
The Letter B - Bagpipe, Banjo, Bass & Lead, Bright Grand Piano, Brass and more
The Letter C - Celtic Harp, Clarinet, Clean Guitar, Cars and more
The Letter D - Distorted Guitars, Detuned Organs, Doors, a Dog and more
The Letter E - Electric Pianos, Electric and Ethnic Percussion and more
The Letter F - Fiddle, Flute, French Horn, Freaky Footsteps and more
The Letters G & H - From Gabba to House with Gunshot, Harpsichord and Harmonica and more
The Letters I, J, K & L - Lots of Drums, Industrial, Jazz, Jungle and Latin and more
The Letters M, N & O - Mandolin, Muted Guitar, Nylon Guitar, Overdriven Guitar and more
The Letter P & R - The Piccollo, a Legendary Electric Piano, Organs, Drums and more
The Letter S, Part 1 - It's a big letter. Ethnic, Drums, Bass a little Sax and more
The Letter S, Part 2 - Synth Bass, Synth Brass, Synth Strings, Synth Drums... and more
The Letter T - From Bells, Tinker and Tubular, to Trumpets, Trombones and Tubas and more
The Letters U 2 Z - Ukulele, Vibraphone, Xylophone and no Zs at all and more

The Musyng Kite Soundfont is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. Sarcyan says "Please note that Evanessence (previous name of Musyng Kite) soundfont is a compilation of samples from different people and my own collections/work. Many of the samples were edited from different free sources and hence it is a free soundfont, thus not meant to redistribute as a commercial soundfont or use it for any commercial purpose. Other than that, you can sell any music and so on you have made with it, it's up to you."

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Article 22

July 19, 2014, 4:40 pm

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Cute Emily Guitar for Kontakt 5
Demo
Another Demo

I redid the Kontakt conversion of the brilliant D Smolkin's cutest creation. It now has 4 velocity layers and release samples and a great script new shell from Mickaël Ménager that lets you kick up an amp right in the instrument along with other cool effects.
Thanks to FLWrd for spotting a couple bad notes. They should now be fixed.
Go to D. Smolkin's site for the SFZ version. Also grab his Basses. All his bass are belong to U.

Creative Commons 3
From the Dman's site
"This is a free download and royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use with no restrictions, including redistribution of samples in other forms. In other words, you can even make a Kontakt or VSTi version if you want. But if you do, please keep the GUI cute. "

Cute Emily's picture is from http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=21326&picture=woman-and-umbrella

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Thanks for 100K pageviews

July 21, 2014, 10:47 am

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Thanks everybody for visiting the blog. We just hit 100,000 pageviews!

Here's a little preview of my next project.

Mattias Westlund created the famous Sonatina Symphony Orchestra in SFZ format and I thought it would be fun to take a shot at converting to Kontakt.

SSO is a free (as in speech, and beer) library released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license."

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Sonatina Symphony Orchestra for Kontakt

July 30, 2014, 3:27 pm

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Another Konversion project. This time the legendary Creative Commons Licensed Sonatina Symphony Orchestra created by Mattias Westlund. In addition to the samples included in SSO, I've added some samples that Mattias put up on his blog after the release of Sonatina. In Konverting, each instrument will have all articulations included in a single Kontakt instrument.

Allow me to quote from the Sonatina Symphony Orchestra website.
"Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is a free orchestral sample library. While not as advanced or ambitious in scope as commercial offerings, SSO contains all the basic building blocks for creating real virtual orchestrations. It's primarily aimed at beginners, but also more experienced composers looking for something lightweight and/or portable might find it useful."

Grand Piano Concert Harp

The String Section
Solo Violin Solo Cello

1st Violins - Take 2          2nd Violins - Take 2       Violas - Take 2
Celli    Basses

The Brass Section
Trumpet    Horn    Tenor Trombone Bass Trombone    Tuba
Trumpets - Take 2          Horns - Take 2              Trombones

The Woodwind Section
Piccolo    Alto Flute      Flute       Cor Anglias       Oboe
Clarinet Bass Clarinet    Bassoon      Contrabassoon
Flutes      Clarinets      Oboes       Bassoons

Chromatic Percussion
Chimes      Glockenspiel Timpani   Xylophone

Percussion

The Chorus
Male    Female       Mixed

Shell Only

If you already have the SSO samples, Thorsten Keller was kind enough to create an small 8 meg file that allows you to use the new Kontakt mappings without re downloading the samples. It contains the nkis and the wallpapers. Just point the instrument to your SSO samples folder and then the Wallpaper and save it.

SSO is a free (as in speech, and beer) library released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license."

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Sasje's Instruments

August 1, 2014, 8:03 am

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The fine instrument maker named Sasje has released a number of free Kontakt 5 instruments. Read about them here. She says "My health is seriously deteriorating and I won't be able to create something new or maintain them. Do what you want with them, as long as you don't sell them." So I've put them up on my mediafire account. God bless you Sasje and I pray your health is improving.

I can't emphasize enough, I didn't create these instruments Sasje did. I'm just trying to make sure they continue to be available for folks to download.

9 World Instruments
Crumhorn
Dark Drones
Grasshopper
Jackson Guitar
Lighter Glitch
The Pink Tambourine
The Trumpet
Simple Viola da Gamba
VI-Celestia Synthesizer

Orchestra 1 - Part 1 - Part 2

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Iowa Orchestra

August 2, 2014, 4:48 pm

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The University of Iowa samples are probably the most famous public domain sounds and fortunately Blackhole12 edited many of them into individual notes. Some of notes are a tad out of tune and eventually I might try to do a bit of tuning on them. Generally I think they sound quite nice and appreciate the University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios and their Director, Lawrence Fritts, creating them and making them available as Public Domain samples.

The String section is really the only thing that doesn't work very well at all. Blackhole12 I think gave up on it as there really aren't enough Violin or Cello samples to make an instrument. Fortunately Lawrence Fitts re-recorded the entire string section in 2012. At some point when I'm up to some serious editing work, I'd like to play with them.

The Brass Section

Trumpet Tenor Trombone Bass Trombone Horn Tuba

The Woodwind Section

Alto Flute Flute Bass Flute Oboe

Eb Clarinet Bb Clarinet Bass Clarinet Bassoon
Soprano Sax Alto Sax

The Not Very Good String Section
Viola Double Bass

I'm slowly working on tuning all the instruments.

You can find the ones I've done so far here.

Thanks to the kindness of Lawrence Fritts and the University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios team these samples and instruments are in the public domain. You can do anything you like with them. Thanks to Blackhole12 for editing the samples which was no small feat.

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GM Midi Instruments for Kontakt

August 5, 2014, 11:30 am

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General Midi Sound Set

I'm a bit obsessed with making available all 128 instruments of the General Midi 1 Sound Set. This is the sound set that midi files use to recreate music, soundfonts traditionally revolve around them and if you get 128 voice keyboard these are generally the voices it has. It is a standard to make sure that when Instrument 1 is called for it is always Acoustic Grand Piano and not bagpipes or a car crash.
Thanks to Sarcyan allowing me to convert his most excellent Musyng Kite Sound Font, I think all 128 sounds are now represented here at old bigcat Instruments and available for Kontakt 5.
Being me, getting all of the GM sound set as instruments for Kontakt calls for a list. A really long list. Initials at the front of the instrument name refers to the maker, see the key at the bottom. If there is more than one instrument that fits the patch, all instruments are listed side by side. Bonus instruments of similar type are included under the more general midi instrument.

PIANO

1    Acoustic Grand      *City Piano WarmTunedBonus PatchesCity Piano Clean

      continued...       Iowa PianoMK Acoustic GrandSSO Grand PianoS Piano

2    Bright Acoustic     Salamander PianoSummer PianoMK Bright Grand

UprightSkerratt London Upright Piano

3    Electric Grand      The Y PianoMK Electric Grand

4    Honky-Tonk          Shoot the PianoMK Honky Tonk

 Intimate            The WhisperMSLP Piano Grand Soft

 Prepared            A Prepared Piano

 Toy                 MSLP Toy Piano

5    Electric Piano 1    The W PianoStreet Bumper PianoMK R Piano

    Detuned             MK Detuned EP 1

6    Electric Piano 2    The H Planet S PianoMK Electric 2

     Detuned             MK Detuned EP 2

7    Harpsichord         MK Harpsichord

 Coupled             MK Coupled Harpsichord

8    Clavinet            MK Clavinet

  CHROMATIC PERCUSSION

9    Celesta             MK Celesta

10   Glockenspiel        MK GlockenspielSSO Glockenspiel

11   Music Box           MK Music Box

     Found               Finger Piano

     Chimes              SSO Chimes

12   Vibraphone          MSLP VibraphoneMK Vibraphone

13   Marimba             MSLP MarimbaMK Marimba

     Toy                 MSLP Toy MarimbaMSLP Broken Toy Marimba

14   Xylophone           MSLP XylophoneMK XylophoneSSO Xylophone

     Toy                 MSLP Toy Zylo

15   Tubular Bells       MK Tubular Bells

     Church Bells        MK Church Bells

16   Dulcimer            MK Dulcimer  MSLP Kantele

     Toy                 MSLP Toy Zither

ORGAN

17   Drawbar Organ       MK Drawbar Organ

     Detuned             MK Detuned Organ 1MK Detuned Organ 3

18   Percussive Organ    MK Percussive Organ

     Detuned             MK Detuned Percussive Organ

19   Rock Organ          MK Rock Organ

20   Church Organ        MK Church Organ 1MK Church Organ 2

PipeOrgan          Bureu OrganSaint Augustine's OrganBurea Funeral Organ

21   Reed Organ          MK Reed Organ

22   Accordion           MK Accordion

     Italian             MK Italian Accordion

23   Harmonica           MK Harmonica

     Toy                 MSLP Hippo Harmonica

     Melodica            MSLP Melodica

24   Tango AccordionMK Bandoneon

GUITAR

25   Nylon String        MF Natural Concert GuitarQuartertone GuitarMK Nylon Guitar

      continued...       S GuitarMSLP Acoustic Lil Nylon

      Shell              DIY Philharmonic  Guitar (see here)

     Chords              MSLP Acoustic Guitar Chords

     Ukulele             MK Ukulele

26   Steel String        Project 16 Sherwood SH887 GuitarFS Seagull Steel String Acoustic Guitar

      continued...       FS Ibanez Steel String Acoustic Guitar MK Steel Guitar

     12 Sring            MK 12 String Guitar

     Mandolin            MSLP Mandolin NillssonMK Mandolin

      Shell              DIY Philharmonic Mandolin (see here)

     Tiple               Tiple

27   Electric Jazz       FS Gibson Les Paul Electric GuitarMK Jazz Guitar

     Hawaiian            MK Hawaiian Guitar

28   Electric Clean      FS Fender Jaguar ElectricFS Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar

      continued...       Cute EmilyMK Clean Guitar  S Jackson EMG

     Chords              MSLP Electric Guitar Chords

     Chorus              MK Chorus Guitar

29   Electric Muted      MK Muted Guitar

     Funk                MK Funk Guitar

30   Overdriven          MK Overdriven Guitar

31   Distortion          MK Distortion Guitar 1MK Distortion Guitar 2

     Feedback            MK Feedback Guitar

32   G Harmonics         MK Guitar Harmonics

     G Feedback          MK Guitar Feedback

BASS

33   Acoustic Bass       FS Washburn Acoustic Bass GuitarMK Acoustic Bass

34   Electric Fingered   FS Yamaha Electric Bass GuitarQuartertone Bass Guitar MK Finger Bass

     Muffled             FS Ibanez Electric Bass Guitar

35   Electric Picked     MK Pick Bass

     Variety of Basses   Project16 Bass - Version 2Eight MSLP Basses

36   Fretless Bass       MK Fretless Bass

37   Slap Bass 1         MK Slap Bass

38   Slap Bass 2         MK Slap Bass 2

39   Synth Bass 1        MK Synth Bass 1MK Synth Bass 2

40   Synth Bass 2        MK Synth Bass 3MK Synth Bass 4

SOLO STRINGS

41   Violin             Ldk1609 ViolinSSO Solo ViolinMK Violin  S Violin

      Shell             DIY Violin (see here)

     Violins            SSO 1st Violins - Take 2  SSO 2nd Violins - Take 2

42   Viola              *Iowa ViolaTunedWIPSS ViolaMK Viola

      Shell             DIY Viola (see here)

     Violas             SSO Violas - Take 2

43   Cello              Karoryfer CelloMSLP Cello Lofberg

      continued...      SSO Solo CelloS CelloMK Cello

     Celli              SSO Celli

     Viola Da Gamba     S Simple Viola da Gamba

44   Contrabass         D Smolken Double BassChad's Double Bass Pizzicato

      continued...      MSLP Double Bass LofbergMK Contrabass

                        *Iowa Double BassTunedWIPS

     Contrabasses       SSO Basses

45   Tremolo Strings    MK Tremolo Strings

46   Pizzicato Strings  MK Pizzicato Strings

47   Harp               SSO Concert HarpMK Celtic Harp

48   Timpani            SSO Timpani  MSLP TimpaniMK Timpani

     Frightening Bows   CrotbowGlockbow

ENSEMBLE

49   String Ensemble 1  bigcat String SectionMK String Ensemble

50   String Ensemble 2  MK Slow Strings

51   SynthStrings 1     MK Synth Strings 1Mk Synth Strings 2

52   SynthStrings 2     MK Synth Strings 3MK Orchestral Pad

53   Choir Aahs         SSO MaleSSO FemaleSSO MixedMK Choral Aahs

54   Voice Oohs         BetsyJosephMK Melodic Choir

55   Synth Voice        MK Synth Vox

56   Orchestra Hit      MK Orchestral Hit

BRASS

57   Trumpet            SSO Trumpet  S The TrumpetMK TrumpetS Bb Trumpet

                        *Iowa TrumpetTunedWIPS

     Trumpets           SSO Trumpets - Take 2

58   Trombone           MSLP Trombone KnutssonSSO Tenor TromboneS Tenor Trombone

                        *Iowa Tenor TromboneTuned

     Bass Trombone      SSO Bass Trombone  S Bass Trombone

                        *Iowa Bass TromboneTunedWIPS

     Trombones          MSLP Trombone Knutsson Ensemble SSO TrombonesMK Trombones

59   Tuba               SSO TubaMK TubaS TubaIowa Tuba

60   Muted Trumpet      MK Muted Trumpet

61   French Horn        SSO Horn S French Horn  *Iowa HornTunedWIPS

     French Horns       SSO Horns - Take 2MK French Horns

62   Brass Section      MK Brass Section

63   SynthBrass 1       MK Synth Brass 1MK Synth Brass 2

64   SynthBrass 2       MK Synth Brass 3MK Synth Brass 4

REED

65   Soprano Sax        Iowa Soprano SaxMK Soprano Sax

66   Alto Sax           Iowa Alto Sax  *Iowa Alto Sax 2TunedWIPS

Club Alto SaxClub Jazz Alto SaxMK Alto Sax

67   Tenor Sax          Club Tenor SaxMSLP SaxMK Tenor Sax

68   Baritone Sax       Club Baritone SaxMK Baritone Sax

69   Oboe               SSO Oboe  *Iowa Oboe  TunedMK OboeS Oboe

     Oboes              SSO Oboes

70   English Horn       SSO Cor Anglias  MK English Horn

71   Bassoon            SSO Bassoon  *Iowa BassoonTunedWIPSS BassoonMK Bassoon

     Bassoons           SSO Bassoons

     Contrabassoon      SSO Contrabassoon

72   Clarinet           SSO Clarinet  MSLP Sad ClarinetMK Clarinet Legato

      continued...      *Iowa Eb Clarinet  TunedWIPS

                        *Iowa Bb ClarinetTunedWIPSS Bb Clarinet

     Bass Clarinet      *Iowa Bass Clarinet  TunedWIPSS Bass Clarinet

 Clarinets          SSO Clarinets

     Crumhorn           S Crumhorn

PIPE

73   Piccolo            SSO PiccoloMK Piccolo

74   Flute              MSLP Flute GrbavacSSO Flute  MK Flute

                        *Iowa FluteTunedWIPS

     Alto Flute         *Iowa Alto Flute  TunedWIPSS Alto Flute SSO Alto Flute

     Bass Flute         *Iowa Bass FluteTunedWIPSS Bass Flute

   Flutes SSO Flutes

75   Recorder           MSLP RecorderMK Recorder

76   Pan Flute          MK Pan Flute

77   Blown Bottle       MK Blown BottleMK Breathe

78   Skakuhachi         MK Skakuhachi

79   Whistle            MK Whistle

80   Ocarina            MK Ocarina

SYNTH LEAD

81   Lead 1 (square)    MK Square Lead

     Lead 1.2 (sine)    MK AC Sine Wave

82   Lead 2 (sawtooth)  MK Saw Wave

     Lead 2.2 (doctor)  MK Doctor Solo

83   Lead 3 (calliope)  MK Calliope Lead

84   Lead 4 (chiff)     MK Chiffer Lead

85   Lead 5 (charang)   MK Charang

86   Lead 6 (voice)     MK Solo Vox

     Lead 6.2 (doo)     MK Doo Vox

87   Lead 7 (fifths)    MK 5th Saw Wave

88   Lead 8 (bass+lead) MK Bass + Lead

SYNTH PAD

89   Pad 1 (new age)    MK Fantasia Pad

90   Pad 2 (warm)       MK Warm Strings

91   Pad 3 (polysynth)  MK Polysynth

92   Pad 4 (choir)      MK Voice Pad

93   Pad 5 (bowed)      MK Bowed Pad

94   Pad 6 (metallic)   MK Metal Pad

95   Pad 7 (halo)       MK Halo Pad

96   Pad 8 (sweep)      MK Sweep Pad

SYNTH EFFECTS

97   FX 1 (rain)        MK Ice Rain

98   FX 2 (soundtrack)  MK Soundtrack

99   FX 3 (crystal)     MK Crystal

100  FX 4 (atmosphere)  MK Atmosphere

101  FX 5 (brightness)  MK Brightness

102  FX 6 (goblins)     MK Goblins

103  FX 7 (echoes)      MK Echoes

104  FX 8 (sci-fi)      MK Star Theme

ETHNIC

105SitarMK Sitar

106  Banjo              FS Kay 5-String BanjoMK BanjoMSLP Banjo

      Shell             DIY Philharmonic Banjo (see here)

107  Shamisen           MK Shamisen

108  Koto               MK Koto

     Taisho Koto        MK Taisho Koto

109  Kalimba            MK Kalimba

110  Bagpipe            MK Bagpipe

111  Fiddle             MK FiddleMSLP Folk Violin Lofberg

112  Shenai             MK Shenai

     World Instruments  S 9 World Instruments

     Kayageum           Spt3125 Kayageum

PERCUSSIVE

113  Tinkle Bell        MK Tinkle Bell

     Jingle Bells       MSLP Jingle Bells

114  Agogo              MK Agogo

115  Steel Drums        MK Steel PanSteel Drums

116  Woodblock          MK Woodblock

     Castanets          MK Castanets

     Maracas            MSLP Maracas

117  Taiko Drum         MK Taiko Drum

     Concert Bass Drum  MK Concert Bass Drum

118  Melodic Tom        MK Melodic TomMK Melodic Tom 2

119  Synth Drum         MK Snyth Drum

     808 Tom            MK 808 Tom

120  Reverse Cymbal     MK Reverse Cymbal

     Tambourine         S Pink Tambourine

SOUND EFFECTS

121Guitar Fret Noise  MK Fret Noise

     Guitar Cut Noise   MK Cut Noise

     String Slap        MK String Slap

122  Breath Noise       Breathing Noises

     Flute Key Click    MK Key Click

123  Seashore           MK Seashore

     Rain               MK Rain

     Thunder            MK Thunder

     Wind               MK Wind

     Stream             MK Stream

     Bubble             MK BubbleTverse Bubbles

124  Bird Tweet         MK Bird  SFX Goose

     Dog                MK Dog

     Horse              MK Horse Gallop

     Grasshopper        S Grasshopper

125  Telephone          MK Telephone 1MK Telephone 2

     Door Creak         MK Door Creak

     Door Close         The DoorsMK Door Slam

     Scratch            MK Scratch

     Wind Chimes        MK Wind Chimes

126  Helicopter         SFX Helicopter

     Car Engine         MK Car Engine

     Car Stop           MK Car Skid

     Car Pass           MK Car Pass

     Car Crash          MK Car Crash

     Siren              MK Siren

     Train              MK Train

     Jet Plane          MK Jet Plane

     Star Ship          MK Star Ship

     Burst Noise        MK Burst Noise

127  Applause           MK Applause

     Laughing           MK Laughter

     Screaming          MK Screaming

     Punch              MK Punch

     Heartbeat          MK Heartbeat

     Footsteps          MK Footsteps

128  Gunshot            Gunshot SFXMK Gunshot

     Machine Gun        MK Machine Gun

     Lazar Gun          MK Lazar Gun

     Explosion          MK Explosion

     Basketball         SFX Basketball Bounce

     Cartoon Boing      SFX Jawharp Boing

Drums

1    Standard Kit       Quartertone DrumsSmithULTD/Evil Dragon DrumsMK Standard Kit

2    Standard Kit 2     MK Standard Kit 2

3    Pop Kit            MK Pop Kit

4    Jungle Kit         MK Jungle Kit

9    Room Kit           MK Room Kit

10   Room Kit 2         MK Room Kit 2

17   Power Kit          MK Power Kit

25   Electronic Kit     MK Electronic Kit

26   TR-808 Kit         MK US 88

27   TR-909 Kit         MK US 99

28   GORK Kit           MK Synth QORK

33   Jazz Kit           MK Jazz Kit

34   Jazz Kit 2         MK Jazz Kit 2

35   Latin Kit          MK Latin Kit

41   Brush Kit          MK Brush Kit

49   Orchestra Kit      MK Orchestra Drums  MSLP Orchestral Percussion

57   SFX Kit            MK SFX Set

81   Electro Kit        MK Electro Kit

82   Dance Kit          MK Dance Kit

83   Gabba Kit          MK Gabba Kit

84   House Kit          MK House Kit

85   Industrial Kit     MK Industrial Kit

86   Rave Kit           MK Rave Kit

87   Techno Kit         MK Techno Kit

105  Ethnic Percussion  MK Ethnic Percussion

106  Africa Kit         MK Africa Kit

107  Gamelan            Complete GamelanDelft Bonang Barung Pelog GMB Gamelan

128  CM Kit             MK Drum Synth

* Certain instruments I have tuned to 440. These offer a Tuned download in addition to the main download.
Certain instruments I've improved with a 'WIPS' script and other features and this download says WIPS. These have legato and vibrato, fake round robins, a smoother velocity scale and can be played using the usual keyboard or midi file, but also a wind controller if you have one.

Many of these instruments are Creative Commons Attribution. Please credit the following.

MK - Musyng Kite by Sarcyan.
MSLP - MSLP project created by Erick Kvist.
SSO - Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra by Mattias Westlund.
S - Sasje.
FS - Flame Studios.
Project 16 Bass & Guitar - Project 16
Quartertone Drums, Bass & Guitar - Quartertone
SmithULTD/Evildragon - Quartertone & EvilDragon
Salamander Piano - Alexander HolmFeel.
A Prepared Piano - Kurt James Werner.
Finger Piano - Prent Rogers
Bureu - Lars Palo. Scripting - Matt McKay.
Saint Augustine's Organ - Nick Appleton
Burea Funeral Organ - Lars Palo
MF Natural Concert Guitar - Markus Fiedler
D Smolken Double Bass & Cute Emily - Karoryfer Samples
bigcat String Section - dk1609, Mattias Westlund and Erick Kvist
Tiple - Andrés Cabrera
Club Saxes - Clruwe
Breathing Noises - The Baron
The Doors - Sounds from FreeSound.org sampled by Anton, Leady, Ddohler, The Bizness, Lg, Matucha, Joe Deshon, Zabuhailo, Tiptoe 84, Baujahr 66, Ultra Dust, Simpsi, Omar Alvarado, Land Dub and Aiyuma.
Goose - US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Helicopter - Mike Koenig and Chester Barrett
Gamelan - Akito Van Troyer
GMB Gamelan - Anamorphosi

Any corporate names used are simply those that the instruments were originally created under and the name has been retained to avoid confusion. No relationship, endorsement or connection in any way exists or is implied.

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bigcat Piano Collection Version 2

August 14, 2014, 11:59 am

≫ Next: Electric Pianos

≪ Previous: GM Midi Instruments for Kontakt

Its time to update the Piano Collection. The biggest addition is the Summer Piano recorded from a Yamaha Disklavier Pro with over 800 samples including true sustain samples. Also new to the collection are three lightly sampled acoustic pianos including an Upright and a Fazioli.
Electric Pianos can be found here. Maize VST versions (Non-Kontakt) are here.
The pianos from the first collection have had the NI Piano Pedal Script added to emulated the sustain pedal correctly. A few mistakes have also been corrected.
Thanks to Dave aka Dathyr1 and FrozenJazz for finding many errors for me.

The BIG Four

Along with the Maestro Grand and the Piano in 162, these are the most fully sampled and best sounding free pianos available for Kontakt.

Summer Piano with no Release Samples - Yamaha Disklavier Pro

Summer Piano with Release Samples - Yamaha Disklavier Pro
Summer Piano Sound Cloud Demo

Attribution Creative Commons - Please credit The OLPC Project and, if you use the release samples, Alexander HolmFeel.

The Summer Piano has actual sustain samples, so using the sustain pedal should (hopefully) sound very close to what it sounds like on a real piano. It is sampled every third note with roughly 12 to 16 velocity layers for both sustain and non-sustain. The sharp ringing Yamaha sound makes it good for cutting through a pop soundtrack.

The OLPC Project has 8.5 gigs of Creative Commons instruments. Dr. Mikhail Krishtal and Zenph Studios recorded well over a 1000 samples of a Yamaha Disklavier Pro including both sustain and non-sustain versions of each note in roughly 12 to 16 velocity layers. I added in the release samples from the Salamander Piano, also a Yamaha, into the piano. you can try it with or without my grafted on release samples. They also have Staccato and when I'm less lazy I'll add those in too.

The Salamander Piano - Yamaha C5
Soundcloud Demo

Creative Commons Attribution License - Please Credit Alexander HolmFeel

One of the most famous free pianos, this Yamaha is sampled in minor thirds from the lowest A with 16 velocity layers. At just a shade under a Gig in size there are a lot of stereo samples and it shows with a good tone and one of the smoothest velocity curves in a free piano.

I've done some correcting on the Salamander. The velocity faded too sharply before and there was a problem with the release samples. These issues have been fixed and the Piano Pedal Script added.

The City Piano Joe's Version - Baldwin Grand, Warm and Dirty

The City Piano Vospi's Version - Baldwin Grand, Clean and Crisp
Soundcloud Demo

Public Domain License.

Every note is sampled in four velocity layers with per note release samples. I know because I did it myself. Baldwin pianos pop up in homes and churches all over the place, but are rarely sampled because they aren't a prestige brand.
Joe's version is the one I came up with after lots of help from the folks at KVR. It is warm and a bit dirty and sounds pretty analogue for a digital piano.
Vospi's version is a cleaned up version of the Clean Version that Jeff from Critical Vibrations created. How's that for confusing! It is much cleaner and crisper as the you can probably guess.
To me the two sound different enough that you might give each a try.
A bad note was fixed and the Piano Pedals script added.

The Iowa Piano - Steinway
Soundcloud Demo
Elgar Krish on the Iowa

Public Domain License created from University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples.

A solid Steinway in under 200 megs. The Iowa has almost every note sampled in three velocity layers. The only real negative is that the tuning is slightly off and can jump a bit between velocity layers. My EDM friends over at Reddit really fell in love with this piano, so I suspect it works well for that genre.

the little three

While taking up only 25 to 50 megs each, these three pianos each have a pleasant and distinctive sound. They include a Fazioli and an Upright, both rare in the free instrument world.

Skerratt London Upright Piano

Skerratt London Sound Cloud Demo

This piano is lightly sampled with only one velocity layer but with that distinctive upright sitting around the house sound. It sounds slightly unlike any other digital piano. It also has very long samples that work nicely to emulate sustain using the NI Piano Pedals Script.

KungKrill sampled his parent's Skerratt London Upright Piano. He says "You are allowed to do whatever you want with the samples." So I suppose it is Public Domain, through crediting KungKrill would be polite.

The Musyng Kite Acoustic Grand - Fazioli

Soundcloud Demo

Creative Commons Attribution License - Please Credit Sarcyan

Created by Sarcyan for his Musyng Kite soundfont, this is another rarely found piano. This time it is an Italian Fazioli. The company only produces about 125 pianos a year. Sampled every third note (except for the very ends) and in five velocity layers, the piano has a small footprint but a rich sound.

The velocity response is now more corrector and it uses the NI Piano Pedal Script for sustain.

Sonatina Grand Piano

SSO is a free (as in speech, and beer) library released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license." Created by Mattias Westlund.

This piano has an interesting resonance. I have no idea who manufactured it or where the samples came from. It is sampled every third note and has two velocity layers. It's main fault is that the notes are just too short.

The Specialty Pianos

The Whisper

Soundcloud Demo

This Intimate Piano is derived from the softest layers of the City Piano and is Public Domain. A bad note has been fixed and the Piano Pedal Script added.

Black Winny on Soundcloud said "The nightly ambiance of the most quiet parisian cabarets in 1910 at Montmartre... Lovely! I adore!" Which sums up the sound better than I ever could. Thank you!

Shoot the Piano

Soundcloud Demo

A Honky-Tonk Piano also derived from the City Piano and Public Domain. It basically uses samples mistuned by 5 cents both up and down to simulate the tinny sound of the classic barroom piano.

A Prepared Piano

Soundcloud Demo

This piano has true sustain samples which the addition of the Piano Pedals script should enhance.

Kurt James Werner sampled a prepared piano on the CCRMA stage at Stanford and kindly shared them. Samples from https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~kwerner/samples_such.html
Samples and Such by Kurt James Werner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The piano may be used for commercial use as long as credit is given.

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Electric Pianos

August 18, 2014, 4:00 am

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One of the weaknesses of bigcat Instruments has been Electric Pianos. After extensive negotiations with Greg Sullivan (I emailed to ask if I could use his samples and he kindly said Yes.) three new pianos join the family. Having read that some EPiano manufacturers are a bit possessive of their brand and instrument names, I decided to use initials to identify the pianos. Better safe than sued.

The Y Piano

Soundcloud Demo

The Y Piano is a personal favorite. Greg Sullivan sampled roughly every 4 notes and 4 velocity layers on this piano. Just about every pop and rock act in the mid-70s and 80s seemed to have one on stage as it was the closest you could get to a full Grand Piano without breaking the backs of a roadie army.

The H Planet S Piano

Soundcloud Demo

The H Planet S Piano has a unique sound thanks to its Sticky Reeds. The H is sampled roughly every 4 notes in two velocity layers. The H was on stage for many rock concerts for decades as it was portable and relatively inexpensive. Script and Shell by Mickaël Ménager.

The W Piano

Soundcloud Demo

The W Piano is one of the legendary instruments in modern music history. This piano is sampled at roughly every 6 notes in two velocity layers. The W samples are cited as a particular favorite of Tomislav Zlatic of the excellent Bedroom Producer's Blog.

Thanks again to Greg Sullivan for his excellent samples of these Electric Pianos and for permission to use them to create these Kontakt instruments. Feel free to use these instruments in any projects, but if you want to do anything with the samples directly (like make an instrument in another format) please contact Greg.

As bonus here is the Street Bumper Electric Piano from Sarcyan's Musyng Kite soundfont. It's a nice sounding instrument that was in competition with the W Piano for folks that preferred to go down that Road instead. Script and Shell by Mickaël Ménager.

The Street Bumper Piano

Soundcloud Demo

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bigcat Maize VSTis

September 2, 2014, 6:16 am

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One of my goals is to help folks starting out or who like me are far from rich. It can be difficult to find free instruments covering an entire orchestra that sound at least passable. The Sonatina Orchestra by Mattias Westlund is probably the best sounding free Orchestra in the world, so probably the best starting place for free orchestral VSTis. While somewhat lightly sampled and lacking in more exotic articulation, these instruments have a pleasant sound and tend to blend together well. The City and Iowa Pianos also fit well in the orchestral theme.
Saxophones, Acoustic and Electric Guitar and Bass along with the Pianos should hopefully help out folks looking for the more pop oriented forms of music.
A great big thank you to VST4Free for hosting these on their site as well and for making some nice demos. Check them out for really nice free VSTis.

For some reason Maize VSTis don't always work well with FL Studio. It seems to be a problem with the Maize Sampler and not something I can fix. My apologies. You might try the SFZ versions of the Sonatina or the Kontakt versions.

Soundcloud Demo

Sonatina Violin: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Viola: Win 64, Win32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Cello: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Double Bass: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

Sonatina Trumpet: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Horn: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Trombone: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Tuba: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

Sonatina Flute (with Piccolo): Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Oboe (with English Horn): Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Clarinet: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Bassoon: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

Sonatina Harp: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Choir: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

Sonatina Percussion: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Chimes: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Glockenspiel: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Xylophone: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Sonatina Timpani: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

Cute Emily Guitar: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
From Karoryfer Samples, for an even better free instrument with round robins and instrument sounds, visit their site and get the SFZ version and use it with the free SFZ player, Sforzando.
Royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use. Copyright 2014 D. Smolken.

MF Natural Concert Guitar: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Exception: Therecordings of thesound librarymay be used forcommercial musicproductions.
Sampler / Original Author: Markus Fiedler

Project16 Rick 4001 Bass - Fingered: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Project16 Rick 4001 Bass - Picked: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
A member of the KVR forum sampled his bass guitar and made the samples available.
// License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), modified
// Modification: You may use this sound in a commercial music production for free! You are not allowed to use this product in a sampling library or in a related product (like sampling CD's) !

City Piano: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
The Whisper: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Iowa Piano: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Skerratt London Upright Piano: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
KungKrill sampled his parent's Skerratt London Upright Piano. He says "You are allowed to do whatever you want with the samples."

Iowa Alto Sax: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU
Iowa Soprano Sax: Win 64, Win 32, Mac VST, Mac AU

From the Sonatina website:
SSO is a free (as in speech, and beer) library released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license."

For the Iowa Instruments
"The University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples (MIS) are created by Lawrence Fritts, Director of the Electronic Music Studios and Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Iowa. Since 1997, these recordings have been freely available on this website and may be downloaded and used for any projects, without restrictions."

The City Piano was sampled by me and is in the Public Domain. The Whisper is derived from the City Piano and is also Public Domain.

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Karoryfer Cello

September 3, 2014, 7:14 am

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Karoryfer Cello for Kontakt 5 and SFZ

or get it from the great Karoryfer website

The Kontakt version uses the new script and shell by Mickaël Ménager. The samples here include sustained notes, staccato notes, pizz notes, and in the usual Karoryfer tradition some bonus noises - various parts of the cello being thumped for pizz, and harmonics slides for arco. There are also two not-so-realistic mappings. One with short and long notes bowed at once, for fake marcato, and another with all the four velocity layers and both round robins of the long notes triggered at once. The total of eight layers don't sound much like a cello section, more like the world's most organic string machine.

The samples are close-miked and recorded dry and without vibrato, so it's probably not the best cello for being epic, cinematic or melodramatic, but should be very flexible for pop, EDM and rock, especially considering the Kontakt instruments include distortion and amp simulation. We ended up with 527 samples and a 155 MB download that contains both the SFZ and Kontakt versions.

Here's a demo, a fragment of the cello parts from one of Ludwik Zamenhof's tracks - he also worked on recording and editing this cello and made the glitch libraries we released earlier.

Soundcloud Demo

Thanks to DSmolkenfor letting me in on this cool project. He does an awesome job of recording and editing all these samples.

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Project16 Bass Version 2

September 24, 2014, 12:26 pm

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Project16 Bass - Version 2 : Kontakt 5

Some time ago, Project16 sampled his Rickenbacker 4001 Bass. Available as Kontakt and SFZ instruments, you should definitely pick them up if you haven't already. They are among the best free Basses available anywhere and I think they stack up well against commercial libraries.

Project16 redid many Fingered and Picked samples in even higher quality before a rope broke. While this session was never finished, Project16 gave me permission to use the over 1400 samples he had recorded and edited. Using the script and shell by Mickaël Ménager, I've created a new Kontakt instrument called Version 2 to differentiate it from the great Kontakt instruments created by AKJ using the original samples. The two are quite different and both are worth trying.

This instrument has over 1400 samples, every note sampled across three octaves (the top and bottom notes are stretched a bit for extended range) and 5 velocity layers.

The Keyswitches are:
C:   Fingered Bridge Pickup
C#: Fingered Bridge Pickup Muted
D:   Fingered Both Pickups
D#: Fingered Both Pickups Muted
E:   Fingered Neck Pickup
F:   Picked Bridge Pickup
G: Picked Both Pickups
A: Picked Neck Pickup

Let's call this a standard Creative Commons License with a request for credit to Project16.

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Ldk1609 Violin

October 7, 2014, 4:13 am

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Ldk1609 Violin for Kontakt 5

Soundcloud Demo

This violin has a pleasant tone and a very natural sounding decay and with 250 samples and 6 articulations it is quite heavily sampled for a free instrument. Every note is sampled in a single velocity layer, though I extended the range a bit using the last high and low note.

There were some mistakes in the first version, that are now corrected.

Keystroke Articulations:
E1 - Tremolo, F1 - Arco Non-Vibrato (Default), F#1 - Arco Vibrato,
G1 - Pizzicato Non-Vibrato, G#1 - Pizzicato Vibrato, A1 - Spiccato

I was browsing Freesound.org (great site) and found these lovely violin samples from professional violinist, ldk1609. He kindly place them under Creative Commons 0 or Public Domain status meaning you can use this instrument for any purpose, with only the request to give attribution to ldk1609 @ www.freesound.org.

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Quartertone Guitar

October 8, 2014, 3:11 pm

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Quartertone Guitar for Kontakt 5

Bill Bailey Soundcloud Demo
Arabesque Soundcloud Demo

With 5 velocity layers, the Quartertone Guitar is a nice mix of aggressive sounds at the higher velocity layers as you can hear in the Bill Bailey Demo and gentler tones in the middle velocity layers as you can hear in the Arabesque Demo. There are 144 samples with a mix of every note and every other note sampled, except for the last note which I stretched to give extended range.

I found these samples browsing through Freesound.org. They were created by Quartertone from a Yamaha Eterna classical acoustic guitar, recorded with a CAD E100 microphone and are finger-plucked note performances.

They are licensed Creative Commons Attribution and can be used for any purpose including commercial. Please credit Quartertone.

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Bits and Pieces

October 21, 2014, 10:26 am

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Well my aging parents got burned out of their home and trying to find them an assisted living place where they will actually go is proving tough. I'm discovering you need either time or money to make this work and they / I have neither. Sigh.

With no real updates, the blog topped 250,000 page views. Thanks for dropping by. Sorry there isn't anything new to see.

As I muddle about and make little instruments for myself in my quasi retired break time (its hard to break the habit), I'll share a few in this post.

String Section for Kontakt

Soundcloud Demo

Messing about with a (hopefully) decent quality instrument for string section type parts in my little Christmas album and thought I'd share the results. The lead instruments are the Ldk1609 Violin used in SSO and the Cello and Bass from MSLP combined with the violin, viola, celli and bass sections from SSO. It's intended to be for backup string tracks where you don't feel like putting in a lot of work but want something that sounds realer than a synth patch. At 100 megs its fairly small, though it will eat up some voices. Any feedback is appreciated.

Creative Commons Attribution. Please credit ldk1609, Mattias Westlund and Erick Kvist.

Gunshot SFX Kontakt 5 Instrument?

Kontakt instrument based on The Free Firearm Sound Library, http://freefirearmsfx.com/the-library/4582574710
CC0 NO RIGHTS RESERVED

Delft Bonang Barung Pelog for Kontakt 5

Soundcloud Demo

This is a weird but fun sound. From a Gamelan with the samples dropped in the closest notes (most are pretty close) and then stretched to include every note in a two octave range. It comes from The Museum Nusantara in Delft, the Netherlands, 100 years old Javanese gamelan, Kyahi Paridjata.

These samples are made available under the GPL, i.e., you can use them for whatever you want, but if you redistribute them in another form you should provide the original samples, and allow the recipient to redistribute these as well. The full text can be found here, see the GNU site for all the details.

I've been browsing the OLPC sound samples for odd and interesting sounds to use in making little instruments. These will be small, fun, oddball instruments.

Bell Can Bucket for Kontakt 5

A tiny percussive instrument featuring the sounds of bell, can and bucket. Its Creative Commons Attribution, please credit OLPC.

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Free Sound Instruments

February 17, 2015, 6:20 am

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Freesound.org has lots of fun Public Domain and Creative Commons sounds that have been uploaded by the community. As you can imagine this is right up my street. I've used some before to make instruments, but I thought I'd put them all in the same place.

There is something called the Pablo Project which i don't understand on Freesound. It seems to involve uploading both good and bad samples of various instruments. I assembled the better sounding Violin samples from Kake85 into this little Kontakt instrument. It uses the WIPs script to add legato and vibrato.

WIPs Kake Violin - Kontakt 5
Soundcloud Demo

This instrument is one velocity layer with about every other note sampled. It is Creative Commons Attribution, please give credit to Kake85.

TVerse put up a fun sample set called Bubblesound Octature Bass Multi Samples. I shortened it to Bubbles. He was kind enough to place the samples in the Public Domain and the instrument is the same, use it for anything you like.

Tverse Bubbles for Kontakt

Soundcloud Demo

Francesco Da Pyjama suggested this Kayageum from samples created by Spt3125. The samples were placed in the Public Domain as is this instrument, so you can use it for anything you like. Be warned that I recently updated Kontakt because none of the Komplete instruments would work, so you will need the latest version too.

Spt3125 Kayageum for Kontakt 5

According to Wikipedia, This instrument is a Korean zither with 12 strings.

Another request was for the GMB Gamelan. Sampled by anamorphosi, the samples are Sampling+ which seems like an earlier CC license and requests attribution. So use for anything you like but please credit anamorphosi.

GMB Gamelan for Kontakt 5

This Indonesian instrument features Gongs in Dark Blue on the bass end of the keyboard, Jegog in the middle in Green and Kantilan on the treble end in Light Blue. In general the Jegog and Kantilan have been put on the nearest white key. They don't conform to the western scale, so this is to give you a general idea of where the sounds are relative to each other and an approximation to the western scale. The lower two gongs are about correct, the upper two gongs are placed next to them for convenience.
Oddly I did another Gamelan about a year ago. You can find it here.

Another nice FreeSounds instrument is the Ldk1609 Violin. I just put out a new and improved version... aka I fixed some mistakes.

The Quartertone Guitar is yet another FreeSounds creation. Some have criticized it, but its also been downloaded a lot for the limited time its been up. As with most digital guitars, a good amp helps.
Guitars are hard to get right. I've spent actual money for some and never been entirely satisfied. You can check out this list of free Guitars to see if you find something you like.

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Project 16 Sherwood Guitar

February 18, 2015, 3:05 pm

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Project 16 - Sherwood SH887 Guitar - Kontakt 5

Soundcloud Demo

Some time ago I was fortunate enough to work with Project 16's great bass samples on a Kontakt instrument. He mentioned to me that he had sampled his Sherwood guitar, but I was taking a break at the time with some shoulder problems so I never worked with these samples. I've also wanted to do more guitars with the script and shell that Mickaël Ménager has allowed me to use. His scripting of great effects works really well with electric band instruments like guitar, bass and electric piano.

So I decided to see what I remembered about making instruments and here is the result. The guitar is fully sampled (though I stretched the notes on the ends) and has 5 velocity layers. I made a few errors that I hope I've ironed out. It's been a while since I've worked with this many samples and this rather complex (for me) shell. If you find any problems please yell and I'll try to get them fixed.

Creative Commons Attribution License. You can use this instrument for any purpose but please give credit to Project 16.

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QuarterTone Rhythm Section

February 23, 2015, 3:12 am

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I really don't understand drums, but these great Samples by Quatertone made me want to give them a try. If you can give them a test it would be much appreciated. There are over 2500 samples. The mod wheel controls the pitch of the Kick, Snares and Toms. The lower the mod wheel, the lower the pitch. Check this as when Kontakt loads up for me the mod wheel is always down giving the lowest pitch by default. The keyswitches alter the sound quite a lot. In general the lower white keyswitches are a louder more open sound while the black keys give things like a Cross Stick Strike. Be warned this is almost a gig download and takes about 500 megs of memory.

Quartertone Drums for Kontakt

Soundcloud Demo

Sometime ago the brilliant Kontakt scripter EvilDragon created a fine Kontakt instrument using these samples. He was kind enough to give permission for old bigcat to host this drumkit. It is a significantly different and in many ways superior version to mine that you should try.

SmithULTD / Evil Dragon Kontakt Drums

Based on Samples by Quartertone at Freesound.org
Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, please give credit to Quartertone and Evil Dragon for these drums.

If you are looking for more free Drums check out this list from Bedroom Producers Blog.

And here's the other part of the Quartertone Rhythm Section. The Bass Guitar.

Quartertone Bass Guitar - Kontakt

Soundcloud Demo

Based on Freesound.org samples created by Quartertone. The license is Creative Commons Attribution. Please give that credit to Quartertone.

You can find the Quartertone Guitar below.

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SFX

March 25, 2015, 7:01 am

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As an old radio guy who loves old time radio, sound effects have always had a special place in my heart. I've done a few sound effects instruments in the past and Sarcyan's Musyng Kite soundfont collection has many more. However I have an itch to make a collection all in one place. I've collected the old sound effects and given some of them a facelift and started adding a few new ones. These are all for Kontakt 5.

Waves - SFX

Creative Commons Attribution to Luftrum

Gunshot SFX

Kontakt instrument based on The Free Firearm Sound Library, CC0 or Public Domain

Thunder. CC Attribution 3.0 - Credit R Humphries

Helicopter. It has sounds like leaving, approaching, hovering and blowing up.
From Sound Bible. By Mike Koenig and Chester Barrett. CC Attribution 3.0

Jawharp Boing straight from cartoons. From Plingativator. Public Domain.

Basketball Bouncing. By Shakaharu. Public Domain.

Goose Sounds. From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public Domain.

A old sound effect instrument called The Doors.

You can find all the Sound Effects at the bottom of this GM Instrument List.

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