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Soundfont Resources
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Soundfont Resources & Products

  • Awave - FMJ Software
  • Awave is great audio format converter for Windows and has Soundfont support.
  • Analoguesque
  • Sell sounds for SoundFont and Emu ® EOS compatible synths and for the Yamaha SY-77.
  • AWE Patch Caching
  • Software utility to make more efficient use of sample memory on SB32/AWE32 & AWE64 soundcards. This is only an archive ofr original site that has now gone. You can also download it from Hitsquad.
  • Bennet Ng
  • Archive of a site that provided AnotherGS soundfont plus a patch to change it to AnotherXG.
  • Cakewalk SFZ Player
  • A free Soundfont sample player. Works with any VST compatible host.
  • CDxtract
  • Allows you to read AKAI sample disks from your PC's SCSI CDROM drive. Also works under Virtual PC 3.0 Will also convert Akai and Roland samples to Soundfonts you can use on your soundcard.
  • CGM Prods
  • SF2 VIRTUAL CONTROL SURFACE software that will let you easily manipulate the most basic and important parameters of your SB Live/Audigy or SF2 compatible card.
  • ComputerMusic - Soundfonts
  • An archive of ComputerMusic.com explaining how Soundfonts work.
  • Digital Sound Factory
  • Digital Sound Factory sell sound libraries that are compatible with Steinberg Cubase/Halion, Cakewalk Sonar/Dimension, Propellerheads Reason, Native Instruments Kontakt, Apple Garageband, Apple Logic, Ableton Live, Overture, Finale, Creative Audigy/X-Fi, E-MU EmulatorX/Proteus X, FL Studio, VSamp, SFZ, SoundFont, and more.
  • Electronisounds
  • Electronisounds sell Junebug's Soundfonts featuring lush pads, ambient sounds and drum tools. There is also a free demo pack available to download.
  • Extreme Sample Translator
  • Extreme Sample Converter is a multifunctional audio program, browser, player, and program editor with advanced conversion between different sample formats. It supports most sample formats including Giga, Akai, SoundFont and Halion. Also provides an autolooping function.
  • Free Classical Soundfonts
  • Archive of a past site with classical Soundfonts .sf2 including Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, Percussion etc. (Use "Save As" to download). About half of the Soundfonts are still available from this archive.
  • HomeMusician.net
  • Soundfont news and info plus Soundfonts to download.
  • Jensen Samples
  • Sell authentic guitar sounds for Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, Reason NN-XT sampler or Creative soundcard.
  • Jeux D'Orgues
  • Organ SoundFonts available. Also in Kurzweil format.
  • Kenneth Rundt's Links
  • Links to Soundfont resources online.
  • Lars Ahlzen's AWE-32 Page
  • Lars provides AWE-32 info as well as some Soundfonts to download.
  • Lawrence's Orchard Of Oddities
  • Lawrence provides some of his original Soundfonts to download.
  • LearJeff
  • Provides free Rhodes piano soundfonts.
  • Megafont
  • Megafont allows you to use large Soundfonts using Soundfont caching. Download provided by Hitsquad.
  • Melody Machine
  • Sell commercial Soundfonts and also provide some free Soundfonts to download.
  • Natural Studio
  • Provide ns_kit7free to download as WAVm SoundFont, Gigastudio and Battery formats.
  • Ntonyx
  • Ntonyx produce commercial Soundfonts. They also have some free Soundfonts as well.
  • Papelmedia
  • Make commercial SoundFonts including the Univator synth.
  • PersonalCopy
  • PersonalCopy provide a small archive of high quality Soundfonts.
  • PowerFX
  • Time + Space and PowerFX Systems have combined forces to create the largest online sound library in the UK. Thousands of top quality loops, multisamples and sound effects can be auditioned, bought and downloaded as wav, aiff, or ACID formats. Multisamples are currently available in SoundFont, EXS24 and Gigasampler formats.
  • RKhive
  • Provide a good collection of SF2 files, arranged by instrument type, for you to download.
  • S. Christian Collins
  • GS compatible Soundfont available to download.
  • SampliTools
  • Nexoft provide software featuring Akai CD browsing plus precise Akai to SF2 conversion.
  • SampleCraze.com
  • UK based developer of drum sample CDs including SoundFonts.
  • SBLive - Ice Kold Techno Orkestra
  • A CD of Soundfont samples taken from the Korg MS-20, and designed specifically for the SB Live sound card. Free Soundfonts available for download also. See Stephan Kirschnick's review.
  • Sequencer's Friend
  • Windows software that remembers which samples you had loaded into your EWS64 or Soundfont compatible card. It also generates Cakewalk .INS files as well as performing MIDI routing functions.
  • sf2-Files
  • Commercial and free Soundfonts available to download.
  • sf2MIDI.com
  • Register to download Soundfonts.
  • sfArkXT
  • A lossless compression utility for SoundFont files and is now available for Mac OS and for Windows.
  • sfz
  • An archived website with a free VSTi plugin with sample-arranging capabilities, built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings , fully multitimbral operation including direct-from-disk streaming for SoundFonts.
  • SONiVOX
  • SONiVOX produce a range of Soundfont sample sets. See the Soundfonts Page with MP3 demos of each Soundfont set.
  • Sound Burst
  • Sound Burst present a series of Soundfont compatible CDROMs featuring professionally programmed synth sounds with 20 bit processing. Includes techno, bass and a Korg Polysix collection.
  • Soundfaction
  • Soundfaction present Alive, a Windows editor for Soundfont compatible devices.
  • Soundfont2 Group
  • Yahoo Group for Soundfont2 users.
  • Soundfonts.com
  • Soundfont help, resources and links.
  • Soundfont Page
  • Soundblaster & AWE 32 Page with an emphasis on midi songs, plus links & other resources.
  • Soundfont Songs
  • This site aims to get users to submit music files composed for SoundFont compatible soundcards.
  • Soundfont Synth
  • For Mac OSX SoundFont Synth is an Audio Unit plug-in designed to synthesize natural instruments using Sound Fonts.
  • Soundzone.info
  • Provides free SF2 files for you to download.
  • Splendid Grand
  • The Splendid Grand soundfonts is available to to download.
  • SSEYO Soundfont page
  • SSEYO provides free Soundfonts to download.
  • Synthfont
  • A tool for playing MIDI files using SoundFonts.
  • Synthfont
  • Soundfonts for Creative cards of classic synth sounds, currently featuring samples from the Roland D-50 and ARP Odessey.
  • Toxic Instruments
  • Provide some Casio VZ-1 Soundfonts to download.
  • Up Metal! Studio
  • Up Metal! Studio also has an collection of drumkit Soundfonts to download. plus a Fender Rhodes piano, Korg M3R and others.
  • Vintage Soundfonts
  • Provides free guitar soundfonts including acoustic 6 & 12 string, Fender Strat and upright bass.
  • Vintage Synth Dreams
  • Good basic synth programming information with specific info on the AWE-64 and also has Soundfont files and free FM wave rendering software available.
  • VIP Zone
  • Sell commercial multisamples in SF2 format.
  • Voice Crystal's Soundfont Locator
  • See Voice Crystal's Soundfont locator for their complete range of Soundfont sound sets covering instruments, loops, patterns and General MIDI.
  • VR Sound
  • Sell SoundFonts including hip hop drums.
  • WSTco Piano Soundfonts
  • Grand piano Soundfonts available for purchasing plus a free Soundfont can be downloaded.
  • Xtrakk
  • Xtrakk is Windows software to extract WAV files from Soundfonts or send them via SCSI (SMDI) to samplers. ( This an archive of the original site that doesn't seem to be available ).


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