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Free Sampled Lush Strings Ensemble Instrument – Warm Strings SFZ

Posted in: Virtual Instruments|Tags: Cakewalk Dimension SFZ, Cakewalk Rapture SFZ, Camel Audio Alchemy, free download, free samples, free sfz instruments, Free Sounds, free string samples, free string sfz instruments, free synthesizer patches, Lush String Samples, Plogue sforzando, sfz format, Warm Strings SFZ|January 13, 20142 Comments

warm strings sfz
Photo Credit: Flocowa

Warm Up Your SFZ Sampler/Player with these free string samples! These work nicely if you mix them underneath other string samples, thicken it up. Warm Strings SFZ:

Download Stats:

  • Warm Strings SFZ – FREE
  • 22 Samples
  • 44.1k – 16 Bit Stereo
  • 19MB Size

Download Warm Strings SFZ

PatchArena – Top 10 Synth Downloads List Of 2013!

Posted in: Hardware Synthesizers, Virtual Instruments|Tags: Alchemy, Cakewalk, Camel Audio, CHE, Crono X, CronoX 3, free download, free sfz instruments, free string samples, Free Synth Patches, free synthesizer patches, Image Line, Kalimba Samples, LinPlug, patcharena, PatchArena Most Downloaded, Plogue, Poizone, Sforzando, Top 10 Downloads, Top Downloads, Top Hardware Synth Patches of 2013, Top Synthesizer Downloads of 2013, Top Virtual Instrument Patches of 2013, Toxic Biohazard|December 31, 20131 Comment

We wanted to take the time to look back at the most popular synthesizer related downloads here at PatchArena for 2013.  It’s been a great year for virtual instrument releases, updates, and downloads.  The same goes for Hardware based synthesizers and samplers. You should be able to utilize the sfz samples here if you don’t have them already.  Top downloads include presets for CronoX, Alchemy, Toxic Biohazard, Guitar Samples, String Samples, A freeware download pdf list, and More.

The first list that we’ll go through is the Top 10 2013 download list ordered by download hits. 

Number 10

Contact SPACE Kalimba- SFZ Instrument

Contact Space Kalimba

Preset Design: PatchArena
Total Download Hits – 3330

– Kalimba recorded with homemade contact microphone plus SPACE reverb!  Intended for film-score percussion and other textures.  Use with your favorite SFZ player or sampler.  Special sounds can be achieve by either exaggerating or cutting out the reverb decay on this sample set.  Enjoy!

Download – Contact SPACE Kalimba

Number 9

Studio Strings Nebula – SFZ Instrument

Siel_Strings_Nebula

Preset Design: PatchArena
Total Download Hits – 3360

Free Sample Pack of synth string samples sampled from the strings preset of a vintage Siel analog synth!  9 samples recorded 44.1k 16bit, weighing in at just less then 30MB compressed in zip.  Use as SFZ sample food for your favorite SFZ based virtual instruments, or drag and drop the samples into your other samplers!

Download – Studio Strings Nebula

Number 8

Universe Trance Volume 1 & 2 For Image Line Poizone

image_line_Poizone

Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits – 3995

2 Collections of Trance Presets, 79 Sounds Total.  FXP, FXB, and FL Studio Formats. 

Download – Universe Trance Vol 1 & 2

Number 7

Rainbow Spectrum 54 Presets For Camel Audio’s Alchemy

alchemy_helges

Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits – 3997

The Rainbow Spectrum Soundset for the Camel Audio – Alchemy VSTi.  Format in ACP, AAZ, and .WAV.  54 Experimental Presets in 8 Categories. 

Download – Rainbow Spectrum Soundset

Number 6

Collection Of 24 Banks of Korg M1 Patches

Korg M1R

Preset Design: Korg Users Shared
Total Download Hits – 4058

24 Banks of M1 sounds from various sources over the internet. Check out the modified dates for their creation or last edit times.

Download – Korg M1 Collected Presets

Number 5

Toxic Planet 100 Presets For Image Line Toxic Biohazard

ToxicBiohazard-fullSize

Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits – 4715

100 Free Presets for Image Line – Toxic Biohazard.  Includes 100 FXP and 600 waveforms. 

Download Toxic Planet

Number 4

Oderions Guitar Steel Chords – SFZ Instrument

oderon_steel_guitar

Preset Design: Oderion
Total Download Hits – 5015

Acoustic steel string guitar by chords in sfz format.  Sampled chords from my steel stringed guitar into a sfz file! First octave gives you the chords in major and second in minor. If you hit the notes hard its a down stroke, and softer gives an up stroke. 

Download – Oderions Guitar Steel Chords – SFZ

Number 3

Virtual Software Synthesizer Freeware Index PDF

CHE Free Synth List

Download Author: CHE
Total Download Hits – 5430

This PDF includes All Free Virtual Software Synthesizer for Digital Audio Workstation’s & Sequencer’s.  (No MIDI Apps & Standalone’s) As Example :

– PRESONUS – STUDIO ONE
– IMAGE LINE – FL STUDIO
– STEINBERG – CUBASE
– CAKEWALK – SONAR
– ABLETON – LIVE
– MORE

EASY TO READ PDF with Color Images, Short descriptions, and Manufacturer Links

Download – Freeware Index PDF

Number 2

E-lec-tro Sounds – For Image Line Harmor VSTi

harmor patches

Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits – 6560

Harmor Soundset with 100 Single Presets in FXP Format. Including Arps, Leads, Pads & Bass.  Excellent use of Timbre mixing and combinations.

Download – E-lec-tro Sounds

Number 1

TAKAMINE GUITAR VOL 1 – For LinPlug Crono X

top downloads of 2013

Preset Design: Philippe Favré
Total Download Hits – 12649

A piezo electro acoustic guitar. Sampled and programmed for LinPlug Crono X.  Featuring 34 RealGuitar presets.  Metal an rubber hammers, Plectrum, thumb, pizzicato actions,
Background noises.

Download – TAKAMINE GUITAR VOL 1

Special thanks to everyone for sharing their sounds this past year.  Looking forward to a wonderful and exciting 2014.  Special tip of the hat goes out to CHE for making the top 10 list multiple times!

If you are interested check out more download statistics here:

http://patcharena.com/downloads/misc.php?action=toplist

Wishing you a happy and musically productive 2014!

Free MiniBrute MultiSaw Samples In SFZ Format – Bonus Rapture Programs

Posted in: Hardware Synthesizers, Virtual Instruments|Tags: Analog Synths Sampled, Arturia, Arturia MiniBrute, Cakewalk, Cakewalk Rapture Programs, Free MiniBrute Samples, Free Multisamples, Free Rapture Patches, Free Sampled Instruments, free sfz instruments, MutliSaw Multisamples Looped, Rapture Patches, Rapture Programs|December 27, 20131 Comment

Presenting The MiniBrute MultiSaw Samples In SFZ Format:

Minibrute Multisaw Samples
Photo Credit: John Grabowski

Download Includes MultiSaw Samples in looped in SFZ Format.  Original sampling of the MiniBrute by Kriminal.  Sample chopping, looping, and sfz mapping by PatchArena.

Also includes bonus Rapture Programs that utilize the SFZ files!

Download MiniBrute MultiSaw SFZ

Happy New Year!

Cuckoo’s Taped Piano – Free SoundFont for Sforzando

Posted in: Artists, Virtual Instruments|Tags: Cuckoo, free sfz instruments, free soundfonts for sforzando, grity grungy funky piano, Piano Préparé, Plogue, Prepared Piano, Prepared Piano Samples, Sforzando, sfz, sfz samples, SoundFont, Tape Piano|November 13, 20132 Comments

Download Cuckoo’s Piano

More info and link here:
http://www.patreon.com/share?hid=135617

This freebie SoundFont works well with the wonderful Plogue Sforzando virtual instrument:

sforzando

Free Multisampled Bass Instrument – Tubed Bass sfz

Posted in: Virtual Instruments|Tags: Alchemy, ARIA Player, bass instrument samples, bass sampled, Cakewalk, Camel Audio, Dimension Pro, free download, Free Multisampled Bass, Free Multisamples, Free sfz, free sfz instruments, Garritan, Multi velocity layer instrument, Plogue, Rapture, Sforzando, sfz player, smart eq, tubed bass sampled instrument|October 19, 20131 Comment

A sampled tubed bass instrument for you!  Presenting the sfz Tubed Bass!

tubed bass
Photo Credit: neistridlar

Featuring:

  • 3 velocity layers
  • Smart EQ randomization
  • Available in sfz format, load in your favorite sfz sampler/player!

Download:

Tubed Bass SFZ

We recommend that you load within:

Cakewalk Dimension Pro

Calkewalk Rapture

Plogue Sforzando

Garritan ARIA Player

Camel Audio Alchemy

Or another sfz player of your choice!  Enjoy.

Free Sampled Solo Cello sfz Instrument

Posted in: Virtual Instruments|Tags: Free Multisampled Cello, free samples, free sfz instruments, free sfz pack, free sfz sample pack, free sfz samples, free string samples, multisampled string samples, orchestral string instruments, Solo Cello Samples, Solo Cello SFZ, solo cello virtual instrument|June 24, 2013No Comments

solo cello samples
Cello Image via Steven Depolo

Presenting new free sfz instrument. Download the solo cello sfz:

Solo Cello SFZ

Includes individual sfz instruments for:

  • Cakewalk Dimension Pro
  • Cakewalk Rapture
  • ARIA Player
  • Plogue Sforzando
  • Camel Audio Alchemy
  • Light footprint and size!
  • 8 velocity layers!
  • looped cello samples!
  • FREE!

Plogue Releases sfzorzando, Free sfz Player and Soundset!

Posted in: Artists, Hardware Synthesizers, News & Announcements, Virtual Instruments|Tags: analogindustries, aria engine, digital sound factory, free cross platform sfz player, free sfz instruments, free sfz player, Garritan, patcharena, Plogue, Plogue sforzando|December 18, 20124 Comments

Plogue proudly presents a free cross-platform sfz sample player for 2012.  Presenting sforzando!

About sfz

sforzando is also a name given for a sudden change in music dynamics which, in musical notation has the “sfz” symbol.  The SFZ Format is widely accepted as the open standard to define the behavior of a musical instrument from a bare set of sound recordings. It was created by René Ceballos founder of RGC Audio™ and is now maintained by Cakewalk™. Being a royalty-free format, any developer can create, use and distribute SFZ files and players for either free or commercial purposes.

The goal behind the sfz format is to provide a free, simple, minimalistic and expandable format to arrange, distribute and use audio samples with the highest possible quality and the highest possible performance flexibility.

- René G. Ceballos

sforzando Overview

The things I really like about the Plogue sforzando is that it’s a free sfz player built for 2012. 

  • It’s cross-platform & 64-bit
  • Complete support for sfz 2.0 opcodes, not just a few keymapping opcodes, this is the real deal
  • Stable, minimal, and powerful. Embodiments of the sfz goals
  • Modular Controls Tab, allowing for unique customization of your sampled instruments

Bonus Round! – Converters

You can also drag and drop SoundFonts (SF2), DLS, and ACID wav files directly onto sforzando to load.  They will be converted to a new sfz instrument which you can then tweak, edit, and re-save.

Aria Engine Free Sounds Volume 1

With the help of partners and friends, Plogue also released the first ARIA Engine Free Sounds Pack!  This is a great place to start with Plogue sforzando for a basic soundset. 

http://ariaengine.com/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/5783/free-sounds-for-aria-engine


Contents:

  • 11 Instruments from Garritan
  • 14 Instruments from Digital Sound Factory
  • CR-909 Electronic Drum Machine, thanks to Analog Industries
  • Various Instruments from PatchArena, Plogue and More!

sforzando!

Featured free sfz instruments from PatchArena

Don’t have enough sfz instruments?  Here are a few more free sfz instruments to try out:

Download Sound Designer Hits
Oderions Guitar Steel ChordsOderion54526
Warm Strings SFZpatcharena52468
Siel Strings Nebulapatcharena50651
Double Bass Pizzpatcharena41566
Contact SPACE Kalimbapatcharena35046
PatchArena Marimba SFZ - Free Sampled Marimbapatcharena31790
solo cello sfzpatcharena20687
Casio CK-10 Sample Packpatcharena20677
sfz LatelyBass!patcharena20107
SFZ FLukelele - Sampled Ukelelepatcharena18388
Tubed Bass sfz Multisamples!patcharena12634
12Bit SubBass SFZpatcharena10129
TX81Z: JB1STBass_-_01.sfzjrmbisson8683
MiniBrute MultiSaw SFZpatcharena7962
The ' E-lec-tro ' Soundset by CHE for the Beat - Zampler VSTiHelges7561
sfz Xylophonepatcharena6746
sfz Bowed Vibraphonepatcharena6378
The Free Sonic Wave Soundset by CHE for the Beat Zampler VSTiHelges5832
Analog Sweep sfzpatcharena5725
Syn Multi Osc Samplespatcharena3008
FM House BassPatchArena2608
Waveformless Sculpture Basspatcharena2499
WaveformlessBrute - MiniBrute Samples!patcharena2448
Yamaha TX7 Bassjrmbisson2289
DX Dirt Basswaveformless2282
Kriminal Analogue Bass Samples - AnalogueBass2Kriminal2279
Kriminal Analogue Bass Samples 1 - PWMKriminal2062
TubeLately Basswaveformless1910
Sytrus EBM Bassjrmbisson1488
Tiny Piano 00 SFZsig-ex1047
Farfista-esque Organ [SF2]Synthematic1024
Tiny Piano 00 SFZ (ogg version)sig-ex524

Sampling & Beyond

This release could not have come at a better time.  Musicians looking for a platform to share and play custom sampled instruments have a clear and easy solution. 

Plogue has deployed a forum dedicated to the SFZ format to help users support each other. All technical support for this product will community driven at ARIAEngine.com.

http://www.ariaengine.com/forums/

See you there.

Oderions Guitar Steel Chords – free sfz sampled Epiphone Acoustic Guitar

Posted in: Virtual Instruments|Tags: Epiphone Acoustic Guitar, free sfz instruments, free sfz sample pack, Guitar Chord Samples, sampled acoustic guitar, sampled guitar, sfz|October 29, 2012No Comments

Our friend Oderion has shared his first sfz sample set.  It includes acoustic guitar chords from his Epiphone. 

I sampled chords from my steel stringed guitar into a sfz file! First octave gives you the chords in major and second in minor. If you hit the notes hard its a down stroke, and softer gives an up stroke:)
I’m not the best guitar-player, and this is my first sfz ever, but if you’d like a campfire guitarfeeling i think it might work very well!
Download Guitar SFZ

Contact SPACE Kalimba – Free sfz – Piezo sampled Kalimba

Posted in: Virtual Instruments|Tags: Eventide Space, free sfz instruments, homebrew piezo microphones, Kalimba, sampled kalimba, sfz samples|September 19, 20122 Comments

Presenting the Contact SPACE Kalimba! – free sfz sampled Kalimba instrument

Suggested use within these sfz synthesizer/samplers:

– Garritan ARIA Player
– Cakewalk Virtual Instruments
– Camel Audio Alchemy

Please let me know if you run into any issues.

Details:

– Kalimba recorded with homemade contact microphone plus SPACE reverb!  Heavy reverb usage intended for filmscore percussion and other textures.
– Use CC1 to increase the sample offsets to soften the attack.

Grab it here:
Contact SPACE Kalimba

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