├── best_free_impulse_responses.md └── best_free_samples.md /best_free_impulse_responses.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # These are some of my favorite Impulse Responses / IR collections freely available 2 | #### There are some rather rare / obscure collections included, that are barely known. I'm particularly fond of impulses that capture real indoor and outdoor locations, as well as classic analog hardware (eg plate reverbs)... work in progress! If you have any question simply forward an [issue report](https://github.com/IsaakCode/freeaudio/issues) 3 | 4 | Please support the providers of these great gems by buying their commercial products! List compiled and curated by Isaak M. aka Synthiemental 5 | 6 | 7 | ## digital & analog reverbs, plates, springs & hardware gear 8 | 9 | Samplicity Free Impulse Responses 10 | [Bricasti M7](https://web.archive.org/web/20190820005114/http://www.samplicity.com/bricasti-m7-impulse-responses/) and [additional freebies](https://web.archive.org/web/20190821064208/http://www.samplicity.com/download) 11 | 12 | Beamsonic (archived) - includes IRs of microphones, a Studer tape machine, analog hardware and cabinets: 13 | https://web.archive.org/web/20120603060726/http://noox.sitesled.com/ 14 | 15 | MoreVox Free Pack 2020 - real spaces and analog devices captured 16 | http://www.morevox.com/web/freebbie.html 17 | 18 | Echochamber (archived) - mostly IRs of analog and digital reverbs 19 | https://web.archive.org/web/20111130095313/http://www.memi.de/echochamber/responses/index.html 20 | 21 | cksde.com Impulses - reverbs 22 | http://www.cksde.com/p_6_250.htm 23 | 24 | Fokke van Saane impulses - real spaces, devices and reverbs 25 | https://fokkie.home.xs4all.nl/IR.htm , everything converted to wav [here](https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynelz37103kkrxc/Fokke%20van%20Saane.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FFokke+van+Saane) 26 | 27 | PastToFuture Reverbs Freebies - (free IRs are shown together with free libraries, check their paid stuff - great and affordable!) 28 | https://gumroad.com/pasttofuturereverbs?maxPrice=0 29 | 30 | Greg Hopkins / Hopkins Media Services free impulse collection - analog & digital reverb devices, real outdoor & indoor spaces 31 | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vjf5bsi28hcrkli/AADNjt1AmES9TsEBblLrjUAaa?dl=0 32 | 33 | Ikea Plate Reverb 34 | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3h28jv0wapjrwdh/AACD5J5584yx8-Bh53tKJxira 35 | 36 | Flo Audio x Spring Reverbs Demo 37 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-spring-reverbs-demo/ 38 | 39 | Flo Audio x Electro​-​Harmonix Holy Grail 40 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-electro%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bharmonix-holy-grail/ 41 | 42 | Flo Audio x Fender Vibro Champ Spring Reverb 43 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-fender-vibro-champ-spring-reverb/ 44 | 45 | Flo Audio x Yamaha G5 Spring Reverb 46 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-yamahag5/ 47 | 48 | Flo Audio x Park G10R Spring Reverb 49 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-parkg10/ 50 | 51 | Fender Vibro Champ Amp & Spring Reverb Impulse Set 52 | https://floaudio.bandcamp.com/album/fender-vibro-champ-amp-spring-reverb-impulse-set 53 | 54 | Classic King Tubby style Spring Reverbs by Dubbhism 55 | http://www.dubbhism.org/2008/10/free-download-60-classic-and-king-tubby.html 56 | 57 | Henry Olonga Beautiful Room - Great room-type reverb sound created using hardware 58 | http://www.nebulapresets.com/?product=henry-olonga-beautiful-room-impulse-responses-192-khz 59 | 60 | Studio Nord Bremen Analog Reverbs (EMT Plate & AKG Spring) 61 | http://www.grgr.de/IR/ 62 | 63 | Spring Reverb Impulse Responses (192kHz) by Qhohi 64 | https://qhohi.bandcamp.com/album/spring-reverb-impulse-responses-192khz 65 | 66 | Yamaha SPX90 II by Jamie Skeen 67 | http://www.mediafire.com/file/oxgv0bniyyo/Yamaha+SPX90II.7z 68 | https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=18712 69 | 70 | ## Real places & spaces, echo chambers (indoors & outdoors) 71 | 72 | EdV3rb – LITE - industry & factory hall, staircase https://tovusound.com/shop/edv3rb-lite/ 73 | 74 | Fokke van Saane impulses - real spaces, devices and reverbs 75 | https://fokkie.home.xs4all.nl/IR.htm , everything converted to wav [here](https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynelz37103kkrxc/Fokke%20van%20Saane.zip?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FFokke+van+Saane) 76 | 77 | Isophonics Room Impulse Response Data Set - professionally captured real rooms and halls 78 | http://isophonics.net/content/room-impulse-response-data-set 79 | 80 | Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) Concert Hall Impulse Responses - Pori, Finland 81 | http://legacy.spa.aalto.fi/projects/poririrs/ 82 | 83 | Greg Hopkins / Hopkins Media Services free impulse collection - analog & digital reverb devices, real outdoor & indoor spaces 84 | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vjf5bsi28hcrkli/AADNjt1AmES9TsEBblLrjUAaa?dl=0 85 | 86 | Echothief - outdoor places 87 | http://www.echothief.com/ 88 | 89 | Hainbach Pool Of The Black Star 90 | https://www.patreon.com/posts/28297187 91 | 92 | Abandoned Audio - IRs of abandoned places in Berlin 93 | https://abandonedaudio.bandcamp.com/album/complete-bundle 94 | 95 | University of Kent IRs: A Sonic Palimpsest: Revisiting Chatham Historic Dockyards 96 | https://research.kent.ac.uk/sonic-palimpsest/impulse-responses/ 97 | 98 | Allister Sandwich Impulse Response Collection - real indoor and outdoor spaces 99 | https://freesound.org/people/allistersandwich/packs/27118/ 100 | 101 | Openair Lib - outdoor places 102 | https://openairlib.net/ 103 | 104 | Hybrid Reverb 2 Room Impulse Responses Library - real spaces 105 | https://web.archive.org/web/20191028120033/http://www2.ika.rub.de:80/HybridReverb2/#download 106 | 107 | Balancemastering Teufelsberg NSA tower 108 | https://x42-plugins.com/tmp/teufelsberg-ir.zip 109 | 110 | EMES Virtual Rooms - based on articial room models, that are supposed to take away some of the artifacts of real room captures 111 | http://www.emes.de/pageseng/products/Impulsresponse/eimpulse.htm 112 | 113 | Thatcher Ulrich DIY Room Impulse responses - real bedroom, dining room, bathroom captured 114 | http://tulrich.com/recording/ir_capture/#menu (scroll down to the bottom) 115 | 116 | Clap Impulse Responses in Faraway Places by jonsept 117 | https://freesound.org/people/jonsept/packs/32542/ 118 | 119 | Balloon Impulse Responses in Cool Spots by jonsept 120 | https://freesound.org/people/jonsept/packs/32541/ 121 | 122 | MoreVox Free Pack 2020 - some real spaces and some analog devices captured 123 | http://www.morevox.com/web/freebbie.html 124 | 125 | Reaperblog Kidsróom IRs 126 | https://www.dropbox.com/s/vshg2hnzt8ikdpu/REAPERBLOG_KIDSROOM_IRS.zip?dl=0 127 | 128 | Studio Balkandji Spaces 129 | https://studiobalkandji.com/product-category/studiobalkandji/ 130 | 131 | Flo Audio x Rooms demo 132 | https://floaudio.fr/product/flo-audio-x-rooms-demo/ 133 | 134 | Professor Angelo Farina's public impulse responses of various theaters 135 | http://pcfarina.eng.unipr.it/Public/IMP-RESP/ 136 | 137 | Barefoot Recording Impulse Response Project 138 | https://www.cianriordan.com/barefoot 139 | 140 | ## guitar & bass amp cabinets (more coming soon) 141 | 142 | Henry Olonga Amps Bundle Community Edition 143 | http://www.nebulapresets.com/Henry_Olonga_ULTRA_HiRes_Amp_Models_VOL_1.zip 144 | 145 | Studio Nord Bremen Amps 146 | http://www.grgr.de/IR/ 147 | 148 | TL806 and Basement 1960B Guitar Cab Impulse Responses by Zach Weeks 149 | https://zachweeks.bandcamp.com/album/tl806-and-basement-1960b-guitar-cab-impulse-responses 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /best_free_samples.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Free Sample libraries 2 | 3 | ### Free instrument libraries (mostly in the open SFZ format, nothing that requires paid software - eg. no NI Kontakt libraries). A curated list. Work in progress 4 | 5 | 6 | #### Acoustic Drums 7 | 8 | Strike Sound Home Kit http://strikesound.limitedrun.com/products/554846-strike-sound-home-kit 9 | 10 | AVL Drumkits http://www.bandshed.net/avldrumkits/ 11 | 12 | MF Natural Drumset (Fiedler Audio) https://www.fiedler-audio.de/creative-commons-library/ 13 | 14 | Naked Drums (Wilkinson Audio, SFZ by kinwie) 15 | 16 | Sams Sonor (Sam Greene, SFZ by kinwie) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SamsSonor 17 | 18 | Gogodze Phu Vol II (Karoryfer) https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/gogodze-phu-ii 19 | 20 | Gregjazz Jazz Funk Kit (Gregjazz, SFZ by kinwie) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/Gregjazz%20Jazz%20Funk%20Kit 21 | 22 | Past To Future Motown Drums Vol. 6 https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/PastToFuture%20Motown%20Drums%20Vol%206 23 | 24 | Colombo Acoustic Drum Kit (Freepats, Marcos Guglielmetti) https://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html 25 | 26 | Brush Kit Free (Pettinhouse, SFZ by SWTrex) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/blob/master/Pettinhouse%20Brush%20Kit%20Free/readme.md 27 | 28 | Taiko Drum SFZ by Isaac Cotec https://gumroad.com/l/qjUSo 29 | 30 | Samplephonics 513 Free Tube Drum Samples https://www.samplephonics.com/products/free/drums/513-free-tube-drum-samples 31 | 32 | Samplephonics Smashed Analogue Kit https://www.noiiz.com/sounds/free_packs/734 33 | 34 | Organic Loops Free Loops & One Shots https://www.organicdrumloops.com/ 35 | 36 | Kyle Krysa Basement Drums Vol. 1 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YXWlHGJMcc2X8qhTs3K95R-9IQLd79aA 37 | 38 | Kyle Krysa Basement Drums Vol. 2 https://kylekrysadrums.com/store/basement-drums-vol.-2 39 | 40 | 41 | #### Percussion 42 | 43 | Gogodze Phu Vol I (Karoryfer) https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/gogodze-phu-i 44 | 45 | Dim Cabasa (by kinwie) https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=331065 46 | 47 | One Man Tribe Sounds (Ben Aylon) https://www.benaylon.com/sounds/free-pack 48 | 49 | World percussion (Freepats) https://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/world-and-rare-percussion.html 50 | 51 | Petros Fera Djembuka https://gumroad.com/petrosfera?recommended_by=library#DugU 52 | 53 | Auxiliary Percussion (Michael Picher) https://www.michaelpichermusic.com/auxiliary-percussion 54 | 55 | No_Use Ratchet Guiro Samples https://www.mediafire.com/file/rnop1a7husuzd7d/ratchet_samples_%2528wav%2529.zip/file 56 | 57 | Reinsamba Cuica https://freesound.org/people/reinsamba/packs/1339/ 58 | 59 | Sylvain Kuntzmann Congas https://github.com/skuntzmann/Congas-Edition-Soundfont-V1.0 60 | 61 | Sample Phonics Gambian Percussion Freebie https://www.noiiz.com/sounds/free_packs/950 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | #### Acoustic Piano 66 | 67 | Headroom Piano (Bengt Nilsson) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/BengtNilsson.HeadroomPiano 68 | 69 | Splendid Grand Piano https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SplendidGrandPiano 70 | 71 | Salamander Grand Piano https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SalamanderGrandPiano 72 | 73 | Maestro Concert Grand (Mats Helgesson) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/MatsHelgesson.MaestroConcertGrandPiano 74 | 75 | #### Electric Piano 76 | 77 | jRhodes 3c (Jeff Learman) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3c 78 | 79 | Greg Sullivan's E-Pianos https://github.com/sfzinstruments/GregSullivan.E-Pianos 80 | 81 | mRhodes (Markus Kaes, SFZ by Kinwie) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/Pianobook%20SFZ/MRhodes 82 | 83 | 84 | #### Guitar and Plucked Strings 85 | 86 | TavyMusic Plucked Strings https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyy06nxzvt4d9s6/PluckedStrings.7z?dl=0 87 | 88 | 89 | #### Electric Bass Guitar 90 | 91 | Standard Bass (Unreal Instruments) https://unreal-instruments.wixsite.com/unreal-instruments/standard-bass 92 | 93 | Precision E-Bass (Fiedler Audio) https://www.fiedler-audio.de/creative-commons-library/ 94 | 95 | Rickenbacker 4001 (Project 16) 96 | 97 | Xmas Bass (Gregjazz) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/mappings/tree/master/gregjazz%20xmas%20bass 98 | 99 | Swagbass (Karoryfer) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.swagbass 100 | 101 | Pastabass (Karoryfer) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.pastabass 102 | 103 | Fashionbass (Karoryfer) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.fashionbass 104 | 105 | Viktor Černý Bass Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT6LNInI7xs 106 | 107 | #### Brass and Woodwinds 108 | 109 | Sax On The Beach (Samplephonics) https://www.noiiz.com/sounds/free_packs/972 110 | 111 | Weresax (Karoryfer) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.weresax 112 | 113 | Bearsax (Karoryfer) https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.bear-sax 114 | 115 | Noisecrux Brass Ensemble http://www.noisecrux.com/2013/09/29/brass-ensemble-sampler-instrument/ 116 | 117 | Suono Elettronico Muted Trumpet http://www.suonoelettronico.com/soundfont_scaricare_sf2.asp?nome=Tromba%20con%20sordina 118 | 119 | Suono Elettronico Trombone http://www.suonoelettronico.com/soundfont_scaricare_sf2.asp?nome=Trombone 120 | 121 | #### Strings 122 | 123 | SCC Expressive Strings (S. Christian Collins) http://schristiancollins.com/vi-orchestra.php 124 | 125 | Box Violin Sustains & Swells (David Hilowitz) https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-violin-sustains-swells-kontakt-sfz-free/ 126 | 127 | Box Violin Harmonics (David Hilowitz) https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-violin-harmonics-kontakt-ableton-sfz-free/ 128 | 129 | Lewis E. Pyle Violin (David Hilowitz) https://www.decentsamples.com/product/lewis-e-pyle-violin-kontakt-ableton-sfz-free/ 130 | 131 | Karoryfer x bigcat cello https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/cello 132 | 133 | Meatbass Acoustic Double Bass (Karoryfer) https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/meatbass 134 | 135 | Marmixer Arco Vibrato HQ Violin (Marmixer & ldk1609) https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=453859&p=6353349&hilit=violin+free#p6353349 136 | 137 | 138 | #### Synths Sampled 139 | 140 | Bass City (99 Sounds / Patch Arena) https://99sounds.org/bass-city/ 141 | 142 | BPB Mini Analogue Collection https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2012/06/13/bpb-mini-analogue-collection-free-sample-pack/ 143 | 144 | TX81Z: JB1STBass_-_01.sfz (Patcharena) http://web.archive.org/web/20150421010215/http://patcharena.com/downloads/comment.php?dlid=1285&ENGINEsessID=42dc2a6daa51b7ae94a47282126ebb3e 145 | 146 | 147 | ## other Sample collections (SFZ format) 148 | 149 | SFZinstruments on GitHub https://github.com/sfzinstruments 150 | 151 | Versilian Studios Freeware Projects https://vis.versilstudios.com/products.html#freeware 152 | 153 | Bandshed Collection http://www.bandshed.net/sounds/sfz/ 154 | 155 | Patch Arena [Archived](http://web.archive.org/web/20170704202210/http://patcharena.com/downloads/index.php?subcat=168&ENGINEsessID=cd17d509b38cd78dd024dfc14751ba9c) 156 | 157 | FreePats Project by Zenvoid https://freepats.zenvoid.org/ 158 | 159 | Aria Engine Free Sounds http://ariaengine.com/forums/index.php?p=/discussion/5783/free-sounds-for-aria-engine#Item_1 160 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------