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Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard.

Anyone got any recommendations?

(edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ )

I found some good sets:

https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/

https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/packs/2680/

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

You can also look for "sound fonts".

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't WebMidi[1] be a solution to your problem? Here is a piano example [2]

1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_MIDI_AP... 2. https://abbernie.github.io/tune/

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

Try https://www.pianobook.co.uk/ Tons of free sample libraries

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't WebMidi[1] be a solution to your problem? Here is a piano example [2] 1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_MIDI_AP... 2. https://abbernie.github.io/tune/

There's no audio in MIDI - midi is like a machine readable sheet of notes.

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

What kind of toy keyboard are you making?

You can also consider Tone.js which is a synthesizer. Also, I like the sound of https://github.com/PencilCode/musical.js

Those two above will allow you to make a simple website toy piano.

If you are making a command line app, you can record the samples from GarageBand if you have a Mac.

There are other cool command line options. If you're interested, let me know.

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #3
post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

You can also look for "sound fonts".

"You can also look for "sound fonts""

Good suggestion. Though, searching soundfont, would be more efficient perhaps?

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

This collection of free SoundFonts might be of interest :) https://www.pistonsoft.com/soundfonts.html

Re: Freesound: Repository of more than 500k CC licensed sounds and effects samples

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post #2

I'm not sure if I'll find it here, but something I was looking for, and never found, is a selection of free instrument samples (i.e one for each note), enough to make a toy keyboard. Anyone got any recommendations? (edit - the tag seems to be 'multisample' https://freesound.org/browse/tags/multisample/ ) I found some good sets: https://freesound.org/people/Carlos_Vaquero/packs/9528/ https://freesound.org/people/tim.k…

You can also use a single note sample (eg, C4) and tweak the playback frequency. This is how some keyboards do it. Also tracked music does it, simple and cheap.
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