Sample Based

SM Drums for Ableton

SM Drums for Ableton virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Live, by Critical Vibrations.

SM Drums for Ableton is the Ableton-compatible version of the free vintage acoustic drum library SM Drums. The work of Scott McLean, Tod StillWell, D Smolken, and Suleiman Ali, the original library is available for Kontakt, Reaper, TX16WX as well as SFZ format.

The drum sampled is an impeccable Ludwig Oyster Blue Pearl kit from the 1960s, owned and played by Scott McLean. The deep sampled library includes up to 64 velocity layers and up to 8 round robins. Recorded at 44.1kHz/24-bit, there are 3600+ samples totalling 3.7GB.

The SM Drums for Ableton is available for free download at Critical Vibrations, or visit the original SM Drums site at smmdrums.wordpress.com for other sample formats, pictures of the kit, and lots of other details.

http://www.criticalvibrations.com

Slam

Slam is a free drum machine and rompler VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Extent of the Jam. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Extent of the Jam: Slam is an original algorithmic drum machine design inspired by analog drum machines of days gone by. It’s made to allow users to create hard-hitting snares, beefy bassdrums, and all kinds of other sounds– with ease.

Each sound was meticulously tweaked to give you deep organic sounds with a wide range of options and settings. Close your eyes and you won’t even think it’s digital.

But Extent of the Jam: Slam isn’t content to just emulate old drum machines. While most old drum machines only had two levels of velocity (accented and non-accented), Slam gives you 127 levels of velocity for each drum. And it’s not just different volume levels: the velocity alters how the drums react. It also features drums not commonly found on analog drum machines such as finger-snap and tambourine. It’ll even produce gnarly synth bass tones that you can play on a chromatic scale.

Slam is 100% native C++ code.

http://extentofthejam.com

SKdrummer

SKdrummer is a free drum machine and rompler VST plugin developed by Distropolis. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

SKdrummer is a sample based recreation of the percussion sounds of the infamous Casio SK-1. It has a kick, two snares, open and closed hi-hats, and three toms. Each drum has its own volume and pitch control.

http://armanbohn.com/blog/

Simply Space

Simply Space virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Kontakt, by 99Sounds.

Simply Space is a free collection of melodic pad hits and background sonic textures crafted by Nigel Good. The sound library was designed to blend perfectly with all typical chords for a given key, making it possible to layer the included sounds underneath any given chord progression, melody or riff.

The samples are provided in the keys of C and G, however they can easily be transposed to different keys simply by tuning up or down. It’s also worth noting that the included sounds can be transformed into tension builders and classic EDM style build-up sounds simply by being reversed in an audio editor.

Apart from the royalty free sample content, the library also includes a collection of 34 NKI patches which can be used with Native Instruments Kontakt 5 or above. The provided NKI patches make it possible to play the included melodic hits as standard pad and lead sounds.

Contents:

64 audio samples.

34 NKI patches (NI Kontakt 5).

24-bit WAV format.

48 kHz Stereo.

408 MB size on disk.

341 MB download size (ZIP archive).

Price: Free.

{See video at top of page}

http://99sounds.org

Simple Flute

Simple Flute virtual instrument is a free flute sound bank for Kontakt, by FluffyAudio.

Simple Flute is a FREE instrument for Kontakt 4.2.4.
Powered by a customized version of WIPS Scripts (with the given permission of customizing it by its author Robert D. Villwock), Simple Flute is just a simple well-sounding flute for Kontakt. Thanks to the scripting engine and the sampling method used, they’ve realized a very playable instrument, which can be played at any tempos, has a controllable amount of vibrato, three phase locked dynamic layers, legato control, two (long and short) articulations, 3 Round Robin for the short articulations, micro tuning presets and a wide selection of impulse reverb presets.

Simple Flute enables the user to play with breath and wind controllers, has a keyswitching ability to change to the desired articulation and features a smooth crossfading between the three dynamic layers. Moreover Simple Flute can perform realistic trills and grace notes:

55 MB Sample library (compressed in Kontakt’s NCW Format).

130 Samples (44kHz/24-bit).

Synthesized legato engine.

3 Wheel Controlled Smooth Dynamic Layers.

3 Round Robins for Short Articulations.

16 unique Convolution IRs.

BC Controller and Wind Controller enabled.

http://www.fluffyaudio.com

Simple Colour Organ

Simple Colour Organ is a free rompler VST plugin developed by ndc Plugs. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Simple Colour Organ is a simple OpenGL plugin based on the ‘colour organ’ ideas of people like Father Louis Bertrand Castel and A. Wallace Rimington, where musical notes are seen as corresponding to specific colours.

The plugin is strictly a visual instrument – it does not output any sound. Instead colour is displayed when you hit a key. There are 7 colour palettes included – 6 of which are based on the palettes by the aforementioned Father Castel and Rimington, as well as Alexander Scriabin (all obtained from here), while the seventh is a pastel ‘scale’ of ndc Plugs own devising. You can add your own palettes. The palettes can be changed while the plugin is running by using the left and right mouse buttons to scroll through them.

The plugin also has 2 ‘hidden’ parameters, accessible via automation, which control the attack and delay values of the colour envelope.

A good primer on colour organs and the idea of ‘colour music’ can be found here.

http://www.niallmoody.com/ndcplugs

Sika Oriental Scale

Sika Oriental Scale virtual instrument is a free ethnic and world instrument sound bank for Kontakt, by Human Touch Technology.

Sika Oriental Scale is a free sound library for Kontakt.

Main Features:

• 9 Oriental light weight sounds.

(Alto sax, Oud, Kanoun (3 sounds), Accordion, Trumpet, Nay, Duduk)

•Legato with quarter note.
• Real time one click quarter note.
•Mini rhythm arranger.
• 3 styles (Saidi, Maksoum, Ayoub).
•Intro and break functions.
• Automatic Darbuka line.

Styles used in the arranger are mixed samples from Darbukator Dance and Traditional.

Audio Demo on Sound-cloud

http://www.httmusic.com/

Shruti Box Web

Shruti Box Web is a free virtual instrument plugin developed by Ocean Swift Synthesis. Compatible OS(s): Any OS.

Shruti Box Web is an online instrument written in Javascript, demonstrating a precise, tuned Shruti Box in the simplest form.

http://www.oceanswift.net

Shruti Box

Shruti Box virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Live, by EarthMoments.

Shruti Box

A Shruti Box is a small hand-pumped wooden instrument that provides a rich drone background as support to singing or playing almost any instrument.

The use of the Shruti Box has widened with the cross-cultural influences of world music and new age music, providing a drone for many other instruments not typically associated with it.

While normally it has been associated with Indian Music, the Shruti box is enjoying a renaissance in the West amongst traditional and contemporary musicians who are using it for a range of different styles.

We have captured an organic wooden shruti at 96kHz using tube mics and preamps.

Features :

A tube recording of hand crafted wooden Shruti box from India.

Captures the full range of the Instrument.

System of bellows.

Special designed Audio FX Rack to enhance the organic sound.

{See video at top of page}

http://www.earthmoments.com/

Shinyguitar

Shinyguitar virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Sforzando, by Karoryfer.

Shinyguitar is a free sample library of an archtop guitar for Plogue Sforzando.

Key features:

Graphical user interface with controls.

Blendable electric (direct pickup signal) and acoustic (microphone) recordings.

Simulated vibrato and muting.

Up to five unison voices with controllable width.

Notes sampled every minor third with four velocity layers and four round robins.

Muted plucks and release noises with five round robins.

Percussive sounds with four round robins.

846 WAV samples with 24-bit depth and 44.1 kHz sample rate.

439 MB total size.

Requires Plogue Sforzando version 1.822 or newer.

The below demo uses three instance of Shinyguitar. The melody is all pickup signal with the tone turned down and some vibrato applied, the chords are mostly microphone signal, and the percussion starts off as pickup signal but quickly changes to all microphone.

https://soundcloud.com/karoryfersamples/lullabye-of-the-leaves-on-shinyguitar

http://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples