Soundfont links and downloads

[Bill_Dance]

Anyone have good soundfont links?

I've found a few:

https://soundpacks.com/?s=soundfont
http://www.hammersound.net/ look in "soundfonts by thomas"
http://chusocol.sourceforge.net/

Edit: I'm not sure about the licenses of thes files. Check before using for commercial purpose.

[zk]

Thanks for sharing these links!

Most of EXA's default Soundfonts were found at these sites:

• http://polyphone-soundfonts.com/en/soundfonts
  
• http://rkhive.com

It's worth looking at these sites for additional Soundfonts, as EXA could only include the ones that offered the most permissive licenses.

Some other archives I've found along the way:

• http://www.flamestudios.org/free/Soundfonts
  
• http://www.freesoundvault.com/sounds
  
• http://beats.codenamehippie.com/samples/SoundFrontz

Of course, please be sure to verify licenses for these files, especially if you plan to use them commercially (in recordings, performances, etc.).

[Bill_Dance]

Nice sites thanks!

[Surge]

Here are some SoundFonts that I fond online that are good quality:

This is my favorit Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra:
https://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/

The MuseScore Orchestra SoundFont:
https://musescore.org/en/node/96896

Squidfont Orchestral Soundfont:
https://musescore.org/en/node/124236

Ultimate SoundFont Pack:
https://soundpacks.com/free-presets/ultimate-soundfont-pack/

[Pythagoras]

If I bought a whole set of soundfonts for otrher programs, do you think I can bring them here? I assume its easy to import.

[zk]

EXA v1.3.2 will have support for using audio files (WAV and OGG formats) directly, in addition to the existing support for Soundfonts! This has been a much-requested feature, and I have to say, it does feel good to drop in random audio files and try them out in EXA -- rather than finding or building a custom Soundfont.

So, EXA is in need of a nice "default" collection of audio files! Does anyone have some links to good audio file collections? Important: just like the default Soundfonts, these audio files would need to be clearly licensed as "public domain" or "just provide attribution".

Ideally, I'm looking for collections with a wide variety of sounds, rather than many variations of the same kind of sound (like "200 snare hits"). A good folder organization would be useful, too. I might also record a handful of simple audio clips myself -- different wave shapes, sound effects, short vocal sounds, etc.

Note: EXA assumes that an audio file is tuned to middle C (MIDI key 60).

[Surge]

Sweet!
I use SampleSwap in the past, I know their aif but could convert them to WAV or OGG. would some of those kits work?
https://sampleswap.org/
I will look around, I tend to buy all of my stuff.

[zk]

SampleSwap looks great for the amount of content! Given their site's structure, it looks like it would be pretty time-consuming to curate a collection. But, should be good for searching for a specific type of sound.

The WAV/OGG restriction was just because that's what Unity does by default... I should be able to handle AIFF, too, with another code library (NAudio) that EXA already uses.

[Bill_Dance]

wow, that would be really awesome... ill see what i can find

[zk]

I've found a lot of audio-sample links over the past few days. Some are public domain or CC0/CCBY licenced, others are free but non-commercial. I'll post the links soon. In any case, there are way too many to include with the EXA release, so now I'm trying to curate a "best of" collection.

Help me share this latest video, testing out some new samples to make a beat:

https://twitter.com/zachkinstner/status/988076989964783616

[Surge]

Sounds great!
Yeah its hard to find free content, I have thousands of dollars worth of samples i cant wait to try out!

[zk]

EXA v1.3.2 now supports audio samples (WAV, AIFF, OGG):
https://steamcommunity.com/games/606920/announcements/detail/1655515215495666384
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-wPsSRuBG0

Here are some links for finding samples, either as individual files or packs/collections. Many of these sounds/packs are royalty-free, but please check for yourself to make sure:

• https://freesound.org/browse -- huge collection of user-uploaded sounds, searchable via keywords/tags, sometimes organized into packs, various licenses
  
• http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples -- 8.5GB of CC-licenced sounds (for the OLPC project[creativecommons.org])
  
• http://modularsamples.com -- dozens of classic synths/kits (looks like these are also available on Freesound[blog.freesound.org])
  
• http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html -- musical instruments from Univ. of Iowa
  
• https://upsound.com/library -- various packs and sounds (Upsound generously allowed EXA to redistribute The Pack Volume 1[upsound.com]!)
  
• https://samples.landr.com -- various packs and sounds (includes the former WavyAudio packs)
  
• https://sampleswap.org/index.php -- samples for electronic music
  
• https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/free-music-samples-download-loops-hits-and-multis-627820 -- various
  
• http://gotsound.org/tags/single-note/ -- searchable sounds
  
• https://www.audioblocks.com/royalty-free-audio?srch-type=sfx&duration_max=20.00&search-origin=filters -- searchable sounds
  
• https://awolfe.home.xs4all.nl/samples.html -- sounds from synths and drum machines
  
• https://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml -- sound effects organized into categories
  
• https://splice.com/sounds/catalog -- looks like free trial + subscription

EXA includes 1,000+ audio samples (ones that have permissive licenses, like CC0, for redistribution). To make the samples work well with EXA, I spent some time editing the audio -- normalizing, re-pitching to C, trimming out silence, etc. You may want to do the same when bringing in new samples.

[Old Man Reflex]

This site - http://next.warbeats.com/ - has Soundfonts, Loops and Drumkits samples. Sidebar will take you to the correct area.

[Bill_Dance]

nice, thanks old man =)

[droneattack]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Drumkits/ - got most of my kits here. Also has soundfonts