Free GM soundbank sounds

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  1. bigcat1969

    bigcat1969 Producer

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    I made this, with some help from friends, on another forum, but I figured Audiosex loves free instruments more than anyone, so see what you think. The somewhat flawed idea is to find all 128 midi GM soundbank sounds for free. In general I'm leaning toward Kontakt and trying to list only one or two of each instrument. So my slowly building, somewhat selfish list.

    Pianos

    0 Acoustic Grand Piano
    Maestro Concert Grand Giga
    City Piano Kontakt

    1 Bright Acoustic Piano
    Amore Grand Piano Kontakt
    Salamander Piano Kontakt

    2 Electric Grand Piano
    Yamaha CP80 Electric Grand Piano Giga

    3 Honky-tonk Piano
    Shoot the Piano Kontakt

    4 Electric Piano 1
    Wurlitzer 200A Kontakt

    5 Electric Piano 2
    Hohner Pianet T Electric Piano Giga

    6 Harpsichord
    The Small Italian Kontakt
    The Blanchet 1720 Kontakt

    7 Clavinet
    Hispasonic Sampled Series Kontakt part of Vintage Keys

    Chromatic Percussion

    8 Celesta
    Necromare Celesta Vsti

    9 Glockenspiel
    Jonathans Glockenspiel Kontakt
    Xylophon Studio 49 Royal Percussion Kontakt

    10 Music Box
    Bolder Sounds Music Box Kontakt
    W-MusicBox Kontakt

    11 Vibraphone
    MSLP Vibro Kontakt
    Xoxos Phybes Vsti

    12 Marimba
    MSLP Marimba Kontakt
    Bolder Sounds Toy and African Marimbas Kontakt

    13 Xylophone
    MSLP Xylo Kontakt
    dmihammer Vsti

    14 Tubular Bells
    TCO Orchestra Kontakt has a set of Orchestral Chimes
    Bell and Chime Simulator Carillon Vsti
    Church Bells The Ghent Carillon SF2

    15 Dulcimer
    Boulder Sounds Music Maker V4 Kontakt Kid's Hammer Dulcimer
    DSK World StringZ Vsti
    MSLP Kantele Kontakt

    Organ (Drawbar, Percussive and Rock are basically lumped together here)

    16 Drawbar Organ
    Pettinhouse Vinyl Hammond Kontakt (mute the scratch)
    AZR3 Vsti

    17 Percussive Organ
    S3O and Morphiza Mk2 Vsti

    18 Rock Organ
    Combo Model F Vsti
    NuBi LE Vsti

    19 Church Organ
    Saint Augustine's Organ Kontakt
    Samplephonics The Leeds Town Hall Organ Kontakt

    20 Reed Organ
    Magnus Chord Organ Kontakt
    Supertone Vsti

    21 Accordion
    Diato : a diatonic accordion Kontakt
    Bolder Sounds Button Accordion Kontakt

    22 Harmonica
    Bolder Sounds Harmonica Kontakt
    Boulder Sounds Harmonica Riffs Kontakt

    23 Tango Accordion
    Concertina Mac only soundfont How to use in Windows

    Guitar

    24 Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
    Pettinhouse ClassicGuitarFREE Kontakt
    Natural Concert Guitar SFZ

    25 Acoustic Guitar (steel)
    Pettinhouse AcousticGuitarFREE Kontakt
    Flamestudios Seagull and Ibanez Kontakt

    26 Electric Guitar (jazz)
    Pettinhouse WarmJazzFREE Kontakt

    27 Electric Guitar (clean)
    Pettinhouse DirectGuitar 2.0 FREE Kontakt
    Hephaestus Clean Guitar Kontakt

    28 Electric Guitar (muted)
    Waves Factory Power Guitars - Free Kontakt

    29 Overdriven Guitar
    Pettinhouse HumbuckerFREE Kontakt
    Junk Guitar Kontakt

    30 Distortion Guitar
    Thrash DI Kontakt
    NI Guitar Rig Free to distort all these guitars

    31 Guitar Harmonics
    Suburban Guitarist by Greg Jazz has Harmonics Vsti

    Here are 10 more guitars Flame Studios Guitars Giga
    5 converted to Kontakt Flame Studios Guitars Kontakt

    Bass

    32 Acoustic Bass
    Chad's Double Bass Kontakt
    Flamestudios Washburn Kontakt

    33 Electric Bass (finger)
    Pettinhouse DirectBass 2.0 FREE Kontakt
    Greg Jazz XMas Bass

    34 Electric Bass (pick)
    Turtle Sounds Bass SFZ fingered and picked

    35 Fretless Bass
    EZ Fretless SF2

    36 Slap Bass 1
    Precission E-Bass SFZ fingered and slapped

    37 Slap Bass 2
    Rickenbacker 4001 by Project 16 Kontakt slapped, picked and fingered non-mute and mute

    38 Synth Bass 1
    OMB1 Vsti
    EVM Bassline Vsti

    39 Synth Bass 2
    DSK BassZ Vsti

    Complete Free Orchestras are available that contain many of the instruments in the following five categories.
    Total Composure Orchestra Kontakt
    Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra SFZ
    Sasje's Orchestra One Part One Kontakt
    Sasje's Orchestra One Part Two Kontakt

    Strings

    40 Violin
    Depone Violin Kontakt

    41 Viola
    DSK Strings Vst
    Not a Viola Sasje's Viola Da Gamba Kontakt

    42 Cello
    pocketBlakus Cello Kontakt
    MSLP Cello Lofberg Kontakt

    43 Contrabass
    D. Smolken's multi-sampled double bass SFZ or now for Kontakt

    44 Tremolo Strings & 45 Pizzicato Strings
    Orchestral Strings One Vsti Does Tremolo, Pizzicato, Staccato, Glissando, Vibrato
    Staccato Strings
    Cornucopia: Strings freebie Kontakt, halfway down page

    46 Orchestral Harp
    Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra
    DIY Harp? M Theory Vst that emulates plucked string type instruments
    Celtic Harp DSK World Strings Vsti

    47 Timpani
    Total Composure Orchestra
    Samsara Cycle Audio Kettle Drum VSTi

    Ensemble

    48 String Ensemble 1
    Embertone Intimate Strings Lite Kontakt

    49 String Ensemble 2
    DSK Strings Vsti

    50 Synth Strings 1
    Hollowsun Freebies Kontakt including Novachord, PolyMoog Strings and SQ Strings
    Analogue Orchestra Lite Kontakt
    Crazy Diamonds Vsti

    51 Synth Strings 2
    String Synth Vsti
    Elektrostudio eSLine Vsti

    52 Choir Aahs
    Mihai Sorohan Vowel Ensemble Kontakt

    53 Voice Oohs
    Hephaestus Female Solo Kontakt
    bigcat Betsy Kontakt

    54 Synth Choir
    DSK ChoirZ

    55 Orchestra Hit
    Proteus VX Vsti, lots of good old sounds including Orchestra Hits

    Brass

    56 Trumpet
    Sasje's The Trumpet Kontakt
    Solo Trumpet Kontakt
    Fortissimo Trumpet Ensemble

    57 Trombone
    MSLP Trombone Knutsson Kontakt
    Fortissimo Trombone Ensemble Kontakt

    58 Tuba
    DSK Brass Vsti

    59 Muted Trumpet
    Mihai Sorohan Muted Trumpet SF2

    60 French Horn
    Solo French Horn Kontakt
    Fortissimo Horn Ensemble Kontakt

    61 Brass Section
    Noisecrux Brass Ensemble Sampler SFZ

    62 Synth Brass 1
    Rticul8R Vsti

    63 Synth Brass 2
    polyIblit Vsti

    Reed

    64 Soprano Sax & 65 Alto Sax & 66 Tenor Sax
    Iowa Soprano & Alto Sax, Club Alto & Tenor Sax Kontakt
    HS Saxotopia - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Kontakt
    DSK Saxophone - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Vsti
    DVS Sax Vsti
    Anthony's Philharmonic Alto Sax SFZ

    67 Baritone Sax
    Club Baritone Sax Kontakt

    68 Oboe
    Hephaestus Oboe Kontakt
    Anthony's Philharmonic Oboe SFZ

    69 English Horn
    DSK Overture Vsti

    70 Bassoon
    Anthony's Philharmonic Bassoon SFZ

    71 Clarinet
    Hephaestus Clarinet Kontakt
    Philharmonia Clarinet Kontakt
    Anthony's Philharmonic Clarinet SFZ

    Pipe

    72 Piccolo
    DSK Virtuoso Vsti

    73 Flute
    MSLP Flute Grbavac Kontakt
    Anthony's Philharmonic Flute SFZ
    WooFlute Kontakt Bamboo Flute

    74 Recorder
    RECsoprano Kontakt
    Feroyn's Flute Kontakt (note he says he sampled from a Recorder)

    75 Pan Flute
    The Panflute Gift Kontakt

    76 Blown bottle
    Beer Bottle Kontakt

    77 Shakuhachi
    Mini DiZi Vsti Chinese rather than Japanese flute
    Varazuvi Indian Flute Vsti

    78 Whistle
    The Shepherd Vsti Whistling Simulator
    Alto Tin Flute Kontakt

    79 Ocarina
    PrecisionSound Peruvian Ocarina Kontakt

    I just put a ton of freeware synths in the different slots so go download them all and you'll surely find many versions of every GM Synth sound plus 12.376 trillion more.

    Synth Lead


    80 Lead 1 (square)
    Fender Chroma Polaris Kontakt

    81 Lead 2 (sawtooth)
    Synth One Vst

    82 Lead 3 (calliope)
    Akia AH80 Kontakt

    83 Lead 4 (chiff)
    u-he TyrellN6 Vst

    84 Lead 5 (charang)
    Oatmeal Vst

    85 Lead 6 (voice)
    BPB Commodore 64 Synthesizer Sessions Kontakt

    86 Lead 7 (fifths)
    AZ SimSyn Part 3 Kontakt

    87 Lead 8 (bass + lead)
    Hollowsun Bass Station Kontakt

    Synth Pad

    88 Pad 1 (new age)
    Ohm Force Symptohm Vst

    89 Pad 2 (warm)
    de la Mancha FMMF Vst

    90 Pad 3 (polysynth)
    Julian Ray Pad A Day Kontakt

    91 Pad 4 (choir)
    Hollowsun Aah Kontakt

    92 Pad 5 (bowed)
    Kosmonaut Kontakt

    93 Pad 6 (metallic)
    u-he Zebralette Vst

    94 Pad 7 (halo)
    Morfiki MassTurboTar Vst

    95 Pad 8 (sweep)
    AZ SimSyn Part 6 Kontakt

    Synth Effects

    96 FX 1 (rain)
    Jeremy Evers Atlantis Vst

    97 FX 2 (soundtrack)
    Krog MS-20 Kontakt

    98 FX 3 (crystal)
    Green Oak Crystal Vst

    99 FX 4 (atmosphere)
    KX-Synth-X16-V3 Vst

    100 FX 5 (brightness)
    Elektrostudio Or2v Vst

    101 FX 6 (goblins)
    Crazy Sounds 1, Crazy Sounds 2 and Crazy Sounds 3 Kontakt

    102 FX 7 (echoes)
    Cakewalk Synths Vst

    103 FX 8 (sci-fi)
    Space and Time Kontakt

    Ethnic

    104 Sitar
    Bolder Sounds Electric Sitar Loops Kontakt
    Impact Soundworks Trial Pack Kontakt include Sitar Nation Instrument and tons more.

    105 Banjo
    Flame Studios Kay 5 String Banjo Kontakt
    DIY Banjo Kontakt also a Mandolin

    106 Shamisen
    yukinisuzume Shamisen Kontakt

    107 Koto
    yukinisuzume Koto Kontakt

    108 Kalimba
    Bolder Sounds Thumb Piano Kontakt

    109 Bagpipe
    Musyng Kite Bagpipe Kontakt
    Crazy Diamonds Vst use Braveheart Patch
    Bagpipes 1 Soundfont or Sf2Midi type Bagpipes Soundfonts

    110 Fiddle
    Musyng Kite Fiddle Kontakt
    MSLP Folk Violin Lofberg Kontakt

    111 Shanai
    Musyng Kite Shanai Kontakt

    Percussive

    112 Tinkle Bell
    Musyng Kite Tinkle Bell Kontakt

    113 Agogo
    Musyng Kite Agogo Kontakt

    114 Steel Drums
    Lead Steel Drum Kontakt
    Hang Drum Kontakt

    115 Woodblock
    Musyng Kite Wood Block Kontakt

    116 Taiko Drum
    Musyng Kite Taiko Drum Kontakt

    117 Melodic Tom
    Musyng Kite Melodic Tom Kontakt

    118 Synth Drum
    Wave Alchemy Synth Drums Taster Kontakt

    119 Reverse Cymbal
    Musyng Kite Reverse Cymbal Kontakt

    Percussion Sets
    Musyng Kite Ethnic Percussion Kontakt
    Flame Studios FS Percussion Giga

    Sound effects

    120 Guitar Fret Noise
    Musyng Kite Fret Noise Kontakt
    Flame Studios Acoustic Guitars Kontakt Both guitars contain guitar effects that can be loaded separately.

    121 Breath Noise
    Breathing Noises Kontakt

    122 Seashore
    Musyng Kite Seashore Kontakt

    123 Bird Tweet
    XoXos Sounds of Nature Vst
    Musyng Kite Bird Kontakt
    Atom Hub Cuckoo Kontakt
    Kinda Klose bigcat Goose Kontakt

    124 Telephone Ring
    Musyng Kite Telephone Kontakt
    Musyng Kite Telephone 2 Kontakt

    125 Helicopter
    Cobra 1 Vst
    bigcat Helicopter Kontakt

    126 Applause
    Musyng Kite Applause Kontakt
    FXpansion ClapOMatic Vst. I think free if you sign up for an account. I bought BFD Eco so can't test free account.

    127 Gunshot
    Musyng Kite Gunshot Kontakt

    Entire SFX Set
    Musyng Kite SFX Set Kontakt

    Thanks to Bedroom Producer Blog, Rekkard and akingsmercury for their many links to free instruments.
     
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  3. Introninja

    Introninja Audiosexual

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    Thanks for the project seems very interesting to say the least :wink:
     
  4. bigcat1969

    bigcat1969 Producer

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    Dang how did you do that? Nice formatting! Now if you can find a free Shanai and possibly an Agogo we are in business.
     
  5. Introninja

    Introninja Audiosexual

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    LOL No problem...Magician

    I will remove it since you updated your thread
     
  6. transporter1333

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    Nice work.
    Congratulations and thanks for sharing. :mates:

    :wink: :wink: :wink:
     
  7. Olymoon

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    Big Cat, this is amazing, thank you :wink:
     
  8. Olaf

    Olaf Platinum Record

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    It's a nice project, but I believe if you stick at GM, you would probably want to use it in a GM environment. And then it's not enough to just have quality sounds. They also should fit well together and that's where the hard work begins.
    Else you would end up with something like NI's Bandstand. It flopped for a reason.

    Br,
    Olaf
     
  9. Gramofon

    Gramofon Producer

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    This made me think, maybe we could have a consolidated thread for free (Kontakt) samples. I had a folder with freebies that weighted around 60GB before I deleted some. For smaller/simpler projects or demos or if you don't want to go around hunting huge libraries these do just fine on their own. Could also serve as a list of Kontakt freebies. It could also contain links to phloopy's posts so that everything also has its own separate thread (at least for new stuff or what gets posted) or other pre-made lists from elsewhere. Have a sticky or something. Hm...

    Maybe I should get around to it... :dancing:
     
  10. bigcat1969

    bigcat1969 Producer

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    I did a decent size list of SFZ/VST on KVR and such and a small list of Kontakt 5 and then Idfpower did a massive Kontakt list a little lower on the thread if that helps. Concated with the 'King of Free' Phloopy's great finds and the GM Soundbank list you would have a good starting point. Also there is a Vi Control topic with some more freebies.
    http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=395805
    http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27876&sid=fe306dc012cf3d89d4d1c5521f4c5a5e

    Also BPB free sample shootouts is a good source or just type free into BPB
    http://bedroomproducersblog.com/category/sample-packs/free-sample-shootout/

    Rekkerd's freeware http://rekkerd.org/tag/freeware/

    A King's Mercury freebie list http://akingsmercury.com/list-free-sample-libraries/

    Putting them all together would be quite a project.
     
  11. Gramofon

    Gramofon Producer

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    Yeah, I've already gathered a few links of this kind. I'll slowly start sorting them out. As good as those are, they still require some digging and you'll probably find many duplicates etc. The ideal thing would be to have them all listed separately (even by library name, developer name, instrument type...). I'd also rather include Kontakt builds only. Soft synths are generally more organised. Kontakt libs are a bit all over the place. It feels extravagant but I know I'll probably love myself for doing it in the future. :dunno: *yes*

    I could start a basic thread and build on it. There could also be comments with missing stuff which could get deleted after adding them so it doesn't get too crowded.

    Adding mirrors in case they "die" would also be cool.

    "Kontakt Freebies Master List" or "Kontakt Free Libraries List" or something... Shall I take the step?

    [​IMG]
     
  12. thisis theend

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    Do it! :wink:
     
  13. bigcat1969

    bigcat1969 Producer

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    Oh yeah make us freebie lovers happy! :wink:
     
  14. Gramofon

    Gramofon Producer

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    It's up!

    http://audiosex.pro/index.php?/topic/11421-kontakt-freebies-master-list/

    :grooves:
     
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