Music Production Resources

General

This is a list of websites that include a broad range of resources (MIDI clips, sfz/sf2, samples, etc.).

Name	URL
Musical Artifacts	https://musical-artifacts.com/
Freesound	https://freesound.org/browse/
Awesome GNU/Linux Audio	https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

SF2/SFZ Libraries

This is a list of free SFZ/SF2 libraries that I will keep updated as I discover new ones.

If you know of any library under a free license not mentioned here please shoot me a message. Note that all of these explicitly allow re-distribution, even of modified versions. Non-free soundfonts or unlicensed ones are not included.

Name	License	URL
Versilian Community Sample Library	CC0 1.0	https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL
RKhive Soundfonts	CC0 1.0	http://rkhive.com/
GSi soundfonts	Custom	https://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=soundfonts
Virtual Playing Orchestra	Various	http://virtualplaying.com/virtual-playing-orchestra
Ethan's SoundFonts	Custom	http://ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html
NTONYX SoundFonts	Custom	http://ntonyx.com/sf_f.htm
sfzinstruments	CC-BY-4.0	https://github.com/sfzinstruments/
FreePats	CC0 1.0	http://freepats.zenvoid.org/index.html
Detuned Piano	CC-BY-SA-3.0	http://download.linuxaudio.org/musical-instrument-libraries/sfz/detuned_piano.tar.7z
Plucked Piano Strings	CC-BY-SA-3.0	http://download.linuxaudio.org/musical-instrument-libraries/sfz/plucked_piano_strings.tar.7z
The City Piano	Public domain	http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.ca/2015/09/all-keyboard-instruments.html
Polyphone Soundfonts	Various	https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/en/soundfonts/search
VS Chamber Orchestra: Community Edition	CC0 1.0	https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE
Flame Studios	GPL	http://www.flamestudios.org/free/Soundfonts
Karoryfer Shinyguitar (and others)	CC-BY-4.0	https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/shinyguitar
D Smolken's multi-sampled double bass	CC-BY-3.0 Unported	http://www.drealm.info/sfz/DSmolken/
Da Real 110 sample library	CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0	https://www.synth.in/2015/06/da-real-110-sample-library.html

TODO: find some from here https://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewforum.php?f=8