[zircon]

Post here if you are looking for sounds (samples), synth/instrument plugins, or effects.

The following directory is a work in progress. I will work on it over time and make it as specific and detailed as possible.

Plugin & Sample Library Manufacturers

Native Instruments
Spectrasonics
rgc:audio
Arturia
Big Fish Audio
Sonic Reality
http://www.espace-cubase.org/anglais...?page=freevsti (VSTi's)
http://www.kvraudio.com/index.php?s=sounds
www.kvraudio.com (VSTi's)
http://preromanbritain.com/ymvst/ (atari)
http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bram/
soundfonts.darkesword.com
http://www.novakill.com/killerz.htm (vst)
sf2midi.com
Hammersound.net (sound font website)
Florestan (sound font website)
http://www.findsounds.com (breath sounds)
sectionz.com
Plugsound free (guitar stuff? -http://www.ultimatesoundbank.com/usb/exec/demo)
http://www.musicbootcamp.com/audio_sample_library.shtml
http://www.findsounds.com (sounds, fx)
http://www.freewebs.com/qualitysoundfonts/index.htm
soundfontdepot.com
http://www.homemusician.net/ (sound fonts)
modarchive.com(wav samples)
http://web.hibo.no/~mva/viewreview.php?id=710 (VSTI apparently)

___________Guitars____________
BelaDmedia.com (Demos and what not, check Lyricsl Distortion, DO IT!)


_____________Brass_____________
Kick Ass Brass (GREAT!)
Greg Adam' Big Band Brass
Squidfont(soundfonts.darkesword.com also has sfark unpackers! but here too
http://melodymachine.com/sfark.htm)
projectsam.com

_____________Choir________________
$Magnus Choir VSTi [v1.0
$$$$East West (Quantum Leap) ($1000+ for some)
http://gdream.n-zone.org/liens/download.php?id=51 (sf)
http://oui.com.br/nando (female)
http://www.papelmedia.de/sf2/sf2_uk_index.htm
http://www.guraydere.com/soundfonts/
http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/ns_piano.html
Vocalplanet (website, just google it)


______________Piano_________________
Realistic Virtual Grand Piano VSTi [ver. 2.1
Bosendorfer 290
http://home.foni.net/~winfried-hubbe/ (click the disk icon at top)
http://www.musik.auc.dk/%7Ebovbjerg/piano.html
http://www.gsonic.com/maestro/ (rather big piano - decent drumkit also available)
http://exce.ath.cx/~route909/download.html
http://www.kvr-vst.com/get/597.html
http://www.gbmuk.fsnet.co.uk/soundfonts.html (organ)

_______________Drums___________________
http://www.natural-studio.co.uk/nskit_download.htm
www.soundtempest.net
http://www.funk-city.de/musica/Samples.rar
http://www.musicmall-asia.com/malays...truments/Erhu/ (oriental)
http://www.dorumalaia.com/freerefillswavsamples.htm


___________Orchestra____________
Garritan Personal Orchestra (VSTi)
Synful Orchestra (VSTi)
sinfonia
Cadenza
http://www.audiomastermind.com/brows...5887089-1.html
http://home.foni.net/~winfried-hubbe/ (click the disk icon at top)
http://www.musik.auc.dk/%7Ebovbjerg/piano.html
http://www.gsonic.com/maestro/ (rather big piano - decent drumkit also available)
http://exce.ath.cx/~route909/download.html
http://www.titanicsf.com

__________Weather effects_________
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/Weather.shtml

This thread will serve to consolidate the older "Sample Request" and "VST, DirectX instruments and effects" threads. You can still find those threads at the following links;

Sample Request: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21071
VST/DX Instruments: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=30514

[avaris]

sweetness.

What about samplefusion? They have some great ethnic drums and percussion, along with tons of other stuff. Plus its free if you've bought fl studio or any of their plugins.

[Chavous]

My god, this is awesome....

This was much needed here, thanks.

[electric concerto]

I'm looking for a distorted synth soundfont/vst/effect/technique, like the one Darude uses in Sandstorm as the lead synth...

[OverCoat]

Try combining any average synth with distortion effects, it's fun.

I think it is time for an OVERCOAT PROTIP:

If you're looking for a sound and already have a few synths and effects, make combinations of stuff you already have! You can play around with something like Synth1 for hours and not get bored. Actually I ended up writing a song by just doing that, more than once.

Though I do have good synth recommendations for you. In fact, they're right in the first post:
http://www.novakill.com/killerz.htm

Distorted, ugly sounds right out of the presets. I've used most of the novakill synths in at least one song and I think they're okay. He seems to have taken most of the older synths offline, but most of the old Novakill synths were very similar anyway.

[Dafydd]

A number of those links were dead or misleading...

[KungFuFurby06Edition]

Is there a soundfont with a solo gong that's good?

[OverCoat]

go to findsounds.com and search for "gong"

you will get results of varying quality, but there should be a decent one

[big giant circles]

Originally Posted by avaris

sweetness.

What about samplefusion? They have some great ethnic drums and percussion, along with tons of other stuff. Plus its free if you've bought fl studio or any of their plugins.

samplefusion DOES have some good free downloads if you register your copy of FL, but you can only download the samples that are under 10MB I believe. Recently, they put up the option to buy all 17 CD's for $99, whereas they are somewhere around $25-$35 individually. That's a GREAT offer, and you get a TON more awesome (and better organized) samples than if you just go the free route.

Trust me on that. I know from experience. I downloaded EVERY available free sample, and there was a TON of stuff I missed until i splurged.

[sephfire]

I've been searching for a cheesy brass/band shot sample like you'd frequently hear in the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack (example).

Anyone know of such a sample (or how I might emulate it)?