Links to SoundFonts and other similar files
To fully exploit the capabilities of SynthFont you definitely need a good General Midi SoundFont. A GM SoundFont has presets (instruments) defined for all 128 melodic midi programs, plus at least one percussion set.
What more?
If you know of a site you think is worth listing here, then please contact me.
For a list of SoundFonts I recommend and offer for direct download, go here.
If you know of a site you think is worth listing here, then please contact me.
For a list of SoundFonts I recommend and offer for direct download, go here.
| Compifont (NEW) | Says Marcin Dziembor: "I decided to create my own GM .SF2. Something made out of precisely picked out samples out of every single SF2 file that I will stumble upon." |
| Prinsess Soft GM SoundFont by Giovannino Imperi | "Princess soft sf2 comes from a selection of the best presets of the web. The realisation of this bank, always updating, has required several months of hard work." Feel free to listen to a demo. |
| Keppy Studios by Riccardo Loi | Riccardo has a number of piano files in different formats. |
| "Merlin SoundFonts" |
This site does not ONLY have the Merlin SoundFonts but a rather large collection of other free SoundFonts. |
| Arachno by Maxime Abbey | This bank includes many famous sounds from the best synthesizers by Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq, and many others. |
| Giant SoundFont | Giant Soundfont 5.5: Note that you will need to download banks 1, 2, and 3 of v5.5 as well as the drumkit which is labelled v3.0. Giant soundfont is 450 MB uncompressed, the author updates it regularly. |
| Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra | The creative commons-licensed orchestral sample library Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is a free library by Mattias Westlund in SFZ ("SoundFez") format. Sounds good! |
| Free Sound Vault | "Here you can download free sound samples, soundfonts, wavs, hip hop samples, etc. for your use in music production and hip hop beat making." |
| Soni Musicae | "Original good quality soundbanks, in different formats, mainly harpsichords and pipe organs" |
| Precisionsound | "High quality sound samples for music production and sound effects for the multimedia/movie industry" Various formats |
| Soundfont Click | New site by the people behind the Composition Contest site. Get the free Merlin SoundFonts here! |
| Jensen Samples | Authentic guitar sounds. Some free SoundFont demos. By Andreas Lundsfryd Jensen. |
| SGM 180 | A good, large General Midi SoundFont |
| NTONYX | Some free SoundFonts |
| Sf2-files | Free and commercial hi-end quality soundfonts in many formats |
| Pipe Organs | Bruce Miles' 'English Organ' (Classical) and 'Cinema Organ' (Theatre) |
| Hammersound | A classic place to go. |
| Sf2 midi download | Quite large selection. Have a look. |
| S Christian Collins | GeneralUser GS is a very good GM and GS compatible SoundFont |
| Nando Florestan | Some very good orchestral SF's |
| Lysator | This is a Swedish FTP server with mostly old stuff. |
| SynthZone | Soundfont Resources, lots of links |
| Melodik | Rather large list. Site is in Turkish language only. |
| TheJazzPage | Well, eh... The Jazz Page |
| Johannes Roussel's site | Some good stuff there |
| Sf2 (Russian site) | Seems to be a large collection? |
| Helgesson | The Maestro Concert Grand by Mats Helgesson |
| Shareware Music Machine | Here you will not only find a collection of SoundFonts, but also SoundFont editors, players, and utilities. |
| RKHive SoundFonts | ... a SoundFont archive since 1995. Here you can find some of the classic GM SoundFonts (in "Banks"). |
| Ethan Winer's originals | Ethan provides a set of original musical instruments |
