Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Aspen GM Rompler

Eventually we might get a whole GM Rompler with many of the instruments. For the moment here is a collection of instruments covering the first 3 categories Piano, Chromatic Percussion and Organs with 24 instruments total. Many new instruments and lite versions of things like the Salamander Piano. Lots of cool instruments from Sam Gossner's new VCSL project.


Aspen GM Soundset       Win 64   Win 32     Mac AU   MacVST


Note that Reaper and some other DAWs don't like Maize Romplers

See read me for individual instrument licenses, all can be used to make commercial music.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

VCSL Instruments

Sam Gossner, the man behind Versillian Studios and the VSCO2 Orchestra, has created the Versilian Community Sample Library. It is really just starting, but there are already lots of fun samples. These samples and my instruments are CC0 which means you can use them for anything you like.

As always I'm using the acronym VCSL so that folks will know where the samples came from, these instruments are my own fault and Sam did all the amazing sampling work. I'm not affiliated with Versillian. I just love the free samples!

JH Piano                    Win 64   Win 32     Mac AU   Mac VST

K Piano                     Win 64   Win 32     Mac AU   Mac VST  

4 Recorder Pack         Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Saxello                       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Small Ocarina            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU


Samples CC0: Sam Gossner and Versillian Studios
Instruments CC0: bigcat instruments
As per usual you are agreeing to terms and conditions.


Here is a bonus instrument. Mattias Westlund of SSO fame created this violin trio using the violin samples from VSCO2, MSLP, ldk1609 and MIS.

Westlund 3 Violins        Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: Mattias Westlund

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Christian Henson Pleyel Piano VST

Christian Henson gave away a free set of samples / EXS & Kontakt instruments. I asked on thread if I could make Maize sampler versions and he responded "Oh I sooo want to see this! Please could you post here." So here is a link to the Youtube thread. You can find the instruments under my post as Joe Stevens. Pick the one for your OS.

Christian Henson Youtube

Since the response stopped short of complete permission, I don't feel comfortable posting it on the blog and don't want to get in wrong with one of the biggest sampling companies in our world, but it is easy enough to grab from the Youtube thread.

The piano itself is very odd. I did a lot of tuning, cutting and editing to get a somewhat in tune and consistent feel across the keyboard. It isn't for every situation, but it might be useful as a very different feel than a regular piano. It also comes with a pads VST.

Friday, February 16, 2018

NST Instruments

Magenta is a Google Brain project that has created something called NSynth which seems to be extracting the audio DNA from samples and then mixing it all together in a user controllable synth. While I can't give you the synth (it is highly confusing) which will hopefully someday come out as a VST, I can apparently use the NSynth Dataset to create more traditional though possibly funky sounding instruments.  I've finally added in a Reverb to the GUI as well and thanks to my friend at VST4Free for the background image.
These use the latest version of Maize Sampler and should be compatible with both VST 2 & 3. They also use the new ADSR controls from Maize and should work better.

NST Vocals       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

These are 30 acoustic choral 'patches' in 5 instruments. The are arranged by range, Full, High, Mid and Low.

NST Pianos       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

These are 5 Acoustic Keyboards which are pianolike at any rate. They are called up from a single instrument sort of like a mini-romper.

License: The dataset is made available by Google Inc. under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Paper: Jesse Engel, Cinjon Resnick, Adam Roberts, Sander Dieleman, Douglas Eck, Karen Simonyan, and Mohammad Norouzi. "Neural Audio Synthesis of Musical Notes with WaveNet Autoencoders." 2017.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Sample Science Player is out

I'm gonna break from my practice of using this blog to post only my own stuff because I wanted to mention that the endlessly cool Sample Science has issued the Sample Science Player.
It is totally free though you can slip him a couple of bucks if you like.




Note I had nothing to do with this, I just think its really cool.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The VSCO2 Orchestra

Sorry for the issues with this orchestra. I've changed the name to the Sketch Orchestra and the checksums are now different so hopefully no more issues.
Here are packs of individual instruments made with the latest version of Maize Sampler. They should be fully compatible with VST2 & VST3 for both Windows and Mac. In short they should work with any DAW.

Win 64         Strings    Brass    Woodwinds    Percussion    Keys
Win 32         Strings    Brass    Woodwinds    Percussion    Keys
Mac VST     Strings    Brass    Woodwinds    Percussion    Keys
Mac AU       Strings    Brass    Woodwinds    Percussion    Keys

You can find the full Rompler at VST4Free as my version got taken down again.


I know some countries can't access Mediafire and so the gentleman behind VST4Free has kindly agreed to provide another host for the project. This link is to the full Rompler, you can also browse bigcat instruments next to the '>' sign to get the individual instruments.


Note this needs Windows Vista or later, it won't work on XP.

Thanks to Sam Gossner and his crew for this collection of samples. Thanks to Simon Autenrieth for the artwork. Take a look at the Community Edition on Sam's site. You can find the samples, SFZ versions and much more. If you enjoy the sound you might invest in the pro edition. I did and I'm quite enjoying it. The fun exotic instruments like wooden flutes, baroque recorders and unique brass along with more standard orchestra instruments and great percussion make it worth the price of admission.

Thanks to VST4Free for providing alternate hosting here.

Creative Commons Zero: Versilian Studios / Sam Gossner 
Piano and Organ sampled by Simon Dalzell of Ivy Audio
Artwork: Simon Autenrieth

NSBreaks wrote "I have the instruments working in Garageband 10.2. I tried copying to the components folder in the MACHD/Library folder rather than the user/Library folder then I restarted my computer and the instruments simply became an option under 'AU instruments'."

Note this needs Windows Vista or later, it won't work on XP.


 Full Rompler contains all the instruments below it.

Instrument Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Full Orchestra Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU




I know some countries can't access Mediafire and so the gentleman behind VST4Free has kindly agreed to provide another host for the project. This link is to the full Rompler, you can also browse bigcat instruments next to the '>' sign to get the individual instruments.

Soundcloud Demo kindly created for me by Sam.

Demo of the Harp, Res Evil 3, Res Evil Main Hall by WhiteNoiz


Creative Commons Zero: Versilian Studios / Sam Gossner 

Piano and Organ sampled by Simon Dalzell of Ivy Audio 
Artwork: Simon Autenrieth  

By downloading and using anything on this site you agree to this Limited Warranty & Liability.


Instruments Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Violin Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Violin Section Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Viola Section Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Cello Section Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Double Bass Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Trumpet Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
French Horn Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Trombone Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Old Trombone Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Tuba Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Piccolo Lite Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Flute Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Oboe Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Clarinet Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Bassoon Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Piano Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Upright 1 Piano Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Organ Loud Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Organ Soft Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Harp Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Percussion Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Timpani Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Marimba Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Xylophone Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU
Glockenspiel Win 64 Win 32 Mac VST Mac AU

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

The GM Soundset

While far from complete, here is a list of all the instruments in basic GM order and their download links. A list of credits is at the bottom. All these instruments can be used commercially, but please give credit to the samplers listed under Attribution Credits.
Some instruments have links to my friend at VST4Free who kindly hosts many of my instruments.


Piano

1   Acoustic Grand Piano
      City Piano                                     Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
      City Piano Lite                               Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
      City Piano Crisp                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
      Iowa Piano                                    Win 64   Win 32      Mac VST   Mac AU
      Sonatina Piano                              Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
 
2    Bright Acoustic Piano
       Salamander Piano                         Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

3    Electric Grand Piano
       Y Piano                                       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

4    Upright Piano
       Skerratt London Piano                Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       VSCO2 Piano                              VST4Free Link
       VSCO1 Piano                              VST4Free Link
      Intimate Piano
       The Whisper                                Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU 

5    Electric Piano 1
       W Piano                                      Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

6    Electric Piano 2
       MK Merlittzer                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

8    Clavinet
       H Piano                                       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Chromatic Percussion

10  Glockenspiel
       VSCO2 Glock                             VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Glock                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST  Mac AU

11  Music Box
       UbikPhonik Music Box               Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

12 Vibraphone
       Atonia Vibraphone                      Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

13  Marimba
       VSCO2 Marimba                        VST4Free Link
     
14  Xylophone
       VSCO2 Xylophone                     VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Xylophone                    Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

15  Tubular Bells
       Sonatina Chimes                         Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Organ

20  Church Organ
       VSCO2 Organ                             VST4Free Link
       VSCO2 Soft Organ                     VST4Free Link
       Prudhoe Organ                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Guitar

25  Acoustic Guitar - Nylon
      Freepats Spanish Guitar                  Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
      MF Natural Concert Guitar             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU  

26  Acoustic Guitar - Steel
       FS Blues Steel String Guitar          Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU 

27  Electric Guitar - Jazz
       FS Mor Peter Bridge                      Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

28  Electric Guitar - Clean
       Karoryfer Cute Emily Guitar         Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Karoryfer Cute Emily Dirty           Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU


Bass

34  Electric Bass - Fingered
       Project16 Fingered Bass               Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Quartertone Bass                           Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

35  Electric Bass - Picked
       Project16 Picked Bass                  Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

39  Synth Bass 1
       Axis 80 Plinks and Plunks            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Contains Synth Bass

(Fairly) Complete Orchestra Romplers (contains all the VSCO2 or Sonatina instruments)


 VSCO2 Rompler                                 VST4Free Link
 Sonatina Rompler                               Win 64   Win 32    Mac VST


Strings

41  Violin
       LDK1609 Violin                          Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST  Mac AU
       VSCO2 Violin                             VST4Free Link
       VSCO2 Violin Section                VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Violins                           Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

42  Viola
       VSCO2 Viola Section                 VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Viola Section                Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

43  Cello
       VSCO2 Cello Section                 VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Cello Section                Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Contains Solo Cello

44  Double Bass
       VSCO2 Double Bass                  VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Double Bass                 Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

47  Orchestral Harp
       VSCO2 Harp                              VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Harp                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

48  Timpani
       VSCO2 Timpani                         VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Timpani                        Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Ensemble 

51  Synth Strings
      Axis 80 Weird Strings                  Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

53  Choir Aahs
       Sonatina Choir                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU


Brass

57  Trumpet
       VSCO2 Trumpet                         VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Trumpet                        Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Trumpet                              Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

58  Trombone
       VSCO2 Tenor Trombone            VST4Free Link
       VSCO2 Old Trombone                VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Trombone                     Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Tenor Trombone                 Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Bass Trombone                   Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

59  Tuba
       VSCO2 Tuba                               VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Tuba                              Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Tuba                                    Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

60  Muted Trumpet
       VSCO2 Trumpet                         Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
        Contains 2 Mute Articulations

61  French Horn
       VSCO2 Horn                             VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Horn                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Horn                                  Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Reed

65  Soprano Sax
       Iowa Soprano Sax                      Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       VCSL Saxello                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

66  Alto Sax
       Iowa Alto Sax                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Clruwe Alto Sax                        Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

69  Oboe
      VSCO2 Oboe                             VST4Free Link
      Sonatina Oboe                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

70  English Horn
       Sonatina Oboe                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
      Contains an English Horn

71  Bassoon
       VSCO2 Bassoon                        VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Bassoon                       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Contains a Contrabassoon.

72   Clarinet
        VSCO2 Clarinet                        VST4Free Link
        Sonatina Clarinet                       Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
        Contains a Bass Clarinet

 Pipe

 73  Piccolo
        Sonatina Flute                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
        Contains both Alto Flute & Piccolo
       VSCO2 Piccolo Lite                   VST4Free Link


74  Flute
       VSCO2 Flute                               VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Flute                              Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Alto Flute                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Flute                                    Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
       Iowa Bass Flute                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

75 Recorder
       VCSL Alto Recorder                   Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

80 Ocarina
       Small Ocarina                              Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU                  

Orchestral Percussion

       VSCO2 Percussion                      VST4Free Link
       Sonatina Percussion                     Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Drums

Quartertone Drums                             Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
Open Source Drums                           Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU
Musyng Kite Drums                            Win 64   Win 32     Mac VST   Mac AU

Attribution Credits
Sonatina: Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0: Mattias Westlund
Y,H & W Piano Samples created by Greg Sullivan used with permission, please credit him.
Salamander Piano: Creative Commons Attribution License: Alexander HolmFeel
Quartertone: Creative Commons Attribution: Quartertone
Project16: Creative Commons Attribution: Project16
MK or Musyng Kite: Creative Commons Attribution: Sarcyan
The Skerratt London Piano: Creative Commons Attribution: KungKrill
Prudhoe Organ: Creative Commons Attribution: Mark Beverley
Cute Emily: Creative Commons Attribution: Kaororyfer
MF Guitar: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported: Markus Fiedler
Exception allowed for Commercial Music, just no sale of the samples / instrument 
UbikPhonik Music Box: Creative Commons Attribution: UbikPhonik

Public Domain / CC0 / No Attribution Requested
FS: GNU GPL license: Flame Studios
VSCO 2: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal : Versilian Studios / Sam Gossner
Freepats Guitar: Creative Commons Zero:  Roberto of Zenvoid.org
Iowa: Public Domain thanks to the University of Iowa. 
Axis 80: Sampled by Richard Taylor and placed in the public domain
The City and Whisper Pianos were sampled by me and are Public Domain.
Atonia Vibraphone: CC0: Atonia

By downloading and using anything on this site you agree to this Limited Warranty & Liability.