timaeus222 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Weird scenario here, but I just found this website that is hosting this HUGE list of free, downloadable soundfonts. I wonder if people here can test them on their own time and pick out what they like, 'cause I haven't tried any of these before, and neither have many people here. http://beats.codenamehippie.com/samples/SoundFrontz/ Edited March 2, 2014 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejack Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'll give it a shot at testing but i don't have enough musical knowledge to share with you guys what is good or not so i'll just pick what i think "sounds" nice. I hope this gets my inspirtaion back up a little bit. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 This looks like an index site I frequented a couple times a couple years ago. Better get'em before they're gone, I don't think they tend to last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 neat. do tell if you find something really good in there. i dlded some for testers, didn't get anything larger than a mb. size doesn't strictly matter, but rarely do i hear a soundfont below a couple megabytes that is worth keeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Then why didn't you try the larger ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hm, Piccolo.sf2 isn't too bad. If you treat it with some fitting reverb and automate the volume, it can sound like this: https://app.box.com/s/5g2trgj4jvk9ebo09daj You can tell it's fake from the lack of round robins and articulations, but it's not quite as noticeable as the dry one, eh? The things you can do with soundfonts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Oh yeah, i'm doing stuff with 90% soundfonts atm. Dont have my kontakt dvds here. Found a mellotron and chamberlain (its predecessor) soundfont that i love to death. No velocity layers, one sample per key like the original. It sounds alive because each key is articulated a bit differently. The greatest thing with soundfonts is that FL pitch event notes work. I'm using them so much for just volume changes by now. It's easier than automation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejack Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 So i downloaded them all (took a long time) and i tried about 60% of them. So far i like ambient organ, darkworld, dream 1 and m12 strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 This might be a good excuse to learn how to use soundfonts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Tried some of these out and... yeah, not really thrilling me at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Tibetn Bowl.sf2 is cool for whoever wants to do an ethnic remix. So far I've found Dulcimer.sf2, Nylon Guitar.sf2, Piccolo.sf2, Santoor.sf2, Tibetn Bowl.sf2, and Vibraphone.sf2 to be good with reverb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I might compile a list of some of my fav soundfonts sometime. I'd pay for some of them if they weren't free, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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