FreePats General MIDI sound set
-------------------------------

Release 2019-10-01

This soundfont is put together by Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the
FreePats project: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/

FreePats is a project to create a free and open collection of digital
instruments for music production. This soundfont is a partial release of the
General MIDI sound set, in continuous development. More instruments will be
included in subsequent releases.

Instruments contained in this sound set are usually available individually in
higher quality and larger sizes in the FreePats web directory.

This version contains 30 entries for the melodic sound set and 19 entries for
the percussion kit.


License
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This soundfont is published under the GNU General Public License version 3 or
later, with a special exception as detailed below.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

As a special exception, if you create a composition which uses these sounds,
and mix these sounds or unaltered portions of these sounds into the
composition, these sounds do not by themselves cause the entire composition as
a whole to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does
not however invalidate any other reasons why the composition might be covered
by the GNU General Public License.

If you modify these sounds, you may extend this exception to your version of
the sounds, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
delete this exception statement from your version.


Detailed information for each instrument
----------------------------------------

The origin and license of each instrument in FreePats 2.0 has been subject to a
very strict policy, to ensure that all of them are original and placed under a
suitable license. Some individial sound samples contained in this sound set may
be covered by other licenses compatible with the GNU GPL.


Instrument: 001 - Acoustic Grand Piano
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from an upright piano
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Piano/acoustic-grand-piano.html#UprightKW
Comments: [5]

Instrument: 002 - Bright Acoustic Piano
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from an upright piano
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Piano/acoustic-grand-piano.html#UprightKW
Comments: [5]

Instrument: 005 - Electric Piano 1
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with Hexter synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricPiano/synthesized-piano.html#FM_Piano1

Instrument: 006 - Electric Piano 2
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with Hexter synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricPiano/synthesized-piano.html#FM_Piano2

Instrument: 017 - Drawbar Organ
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with setBfree synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Organ/electric-organ.html#DrawbarOrganEmulation

Instrument: 018 - Percussive Organ
Author: Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with setBfree synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Organ/electric-organ.html#PercussiveOrganEmulation

Instrument: 019 - Rock Organ
Author: Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with setBfree synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Organ/electric-organ.html#RockOrganEmulation

Instrument: 020 - Church Organ
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with Aeolus pipe organ synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Organ/pipe-organ.html#ChurchOrganEmulation

Instrument: 025 - Nylon-String Guitar
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from a Spanish classical guitar
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Guitar/acoustic-guitar.html#SpanishClassicalGuitar

Instrument: 026 - Steel-String Guitar
Author: FlameStudios (Gary Campion)
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: FS Seagull steel-string acoustic guitar
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Guitar/steel-acoustic-guitar.html#SeagullSteelStringGuitar
Comments: [4]

Instrument: 028 - Electric Guitar (clean)
Author: FlameStudios (Gary Campion)
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: FS Fender Telecaster electric guitar bridge pickup direct in
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricGuitar/clean-electric-guitar.html#FT_Clean
Comments: [4]

Instrument: 029 - Electric Guitar (muted)
Author: FlameStudios (Gary Campion)
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: FS Fender Telecaster electric guitar bridge pickup direct in
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricGuitar/clean-electric-guitar.html#FT_MutedClean
Comments: [4]

Instrument: 031 - Distortion Guitar
Author: FlameStudios (Gary Campion)
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: FS Fender Telecaster electric guitar bridge pickup direct in
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricGuitar/clean-electric-guitar.html#FT_Distortion
Comments: [4]

Instrument: 034 - Electric Bass (finger)
Author: FlameStudios (Gary Campion)
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: FS Yamaha electric bass guitar
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/ElectricGuitar/clean-electric-bass.html#YElectricBassClean
Comments: [4]

Instrument: 039 - Synth Bass 1
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-bass.html#SynthBass1

Instrument: 040 - Synth Bass 2
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with Hexter synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-bass.html#SynthBass2

Instrument: 051 - Synth Strings 1
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-strings.html#SynthStrings1

Instrument: 052 - Synth Strings 2
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-strings.html#SynthStrings2

Instrument: 063 - Synth Brass 1
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-brass.html#SynthBrass1

Instrument: 064 - Synth Brass 2
Author: Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with Dexed synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-brass.html#SynthBrass2
Comments:
 Samples and sound bank by Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>,
 sent to the FreePats project on June 2018. This version is modified by
 Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the General MIDI sound bank.

Instrument: 072 - Clarinet
Author: Tyler Dence <tyzoid.d@gmail.com> (Recording Engineer) and Kaili Dence (Performer)
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from a real clarinet
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Reed/clarinet.html#Clarinet1
Comments:
 Clarinet samples by Tyler Dence <tyzoid.d@gmail.com> (Recording Engineer) and
 Kaili Dence (Performer), contributed to the FreePats project on August 2017.
 This version is modified by Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the General
 MIDI sound bank.

Instrument: 075 - Recorder
Author: Eugene Vlaskin
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Sampled from a real wooden recorder
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Wind/flute-family.html#Recorder1
Comments:
 Samples of a wooden recorder performed and recorded by Eugene Vlaskin on
 March 2018 for the FreePats project. Raw samples were processed and modified
 by Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org>.

Instrument: 081 - Synth Lead 1 (square)
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-lead.html#SynthSquare

Instrument: 083 - Synth Lead 3 (calliope)
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Created with a combination of Hexter and ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-lead.html#SynthCalliope

Instrument: 089 - Synth Pad 1 (new age)
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-pad.html#NewAge

Instrument: 093 - Synth Pad 5 (bowed)
Author: Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-pad.html#Bowed
Comments:
 Sampled by Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>, modified by
 Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the General MIDI sound bank.

Instrument: 096 - Synth Pad 8 (sweep)
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with ZynAddSubFX/Yoshimi synthesizers
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-pad.html#SweepPad

Instrument: 099 - Synth Crystal (FX 3)
Author: Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Created with Dexed synthesizer
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Synthesizer/synth-brass.html#SynthBrass2
Comments:
 Samples and sound bank by Strix SoundFont Team <dsoundfont123@gmail.com>,
 sent to the FreePats project on November 2018. This version is modified by
 Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the General MIDI sound bank.

Instrument: 109 - Kalimba
Author: Xavimart, Gonzalo and Roberto
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from a real kalimba
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Ethnic/kalimba.html#Kalimba1
Comments: [6]

Instrument: 127 - Applause
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [2] GNU GPL v3 or later + exception
Origin: Recorded from an applause specially performed for FreePats
Comments:
 On February 14th of 2017 there was an event in the auditorium of
 Medialab-Prado center in Madrid (Spain), celebrating the "I love Free
 Software" day proposed by the FSFE. Among many talks and free software
 communities, FreePats was invited to present its project and show a
 demonstration of free sound banks to the public. At the end of the
 presentation, we told the audience that they could help us to record the
 General MIDI instrument number 127 (Applause), which will be subsequently
 published under a free license and included in the new FreePats GM sound
 bank. The wonderful people at the auditorium gifted us with an impressive
 applause that has become our GM instrument #127.

Instrument: Percussion 035 - Acoustic Bass Drum
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 037 - Side Stick
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 038 - Acoustic Snare
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 039 - Hand Clap
Author: roberto@zenvoid.org
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded with a condenser microphone

Instrument: Percussion 041 - Low Floor Tom
  Same as Percussion 043 - High Floor Tom

Instrument: Percussion 042 - Closed Hi-Hat
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 043 - High Floor Tom
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 045 - Low Tom
  Same as Percussion 047 - Low-Mid Tom

Instrument: Percussion 046 - Open Hi-Hat
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 047 - Low-Mid Tom
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 048 - Hi-Mid Tom
  Same as Percussion 050 - High Tom

Instrument: Percussion 049 - Crash Cymbal 1
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 050 - High Tom
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 051 - Ride Cymbal 1
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 053 - Ride Bell
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 057 - Cowbell
Author: Xavimart, Gonzalo and Roberto
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from a real cowbell
Comments: [6]

Instrument: Percussion 057 - Crash Cymbal 2
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 059 - Ride Cymbal 2
Author: Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
License: [3] GNU GPL v2 or later + exception
Origin: Colombo Acoustic Drumkit
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/acoustic-drum-kit.html#ColomboAcousticDrumkit

Instrument: Percussion 060 - High Bongo
Author: Xavimart, Gonzalo and Roberto
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Origin: Recorded from a real bongo
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/world-and-rare-percussion.html
Comments: [6]

Instrument: Percussion 061 - Low Bongo
Author: Xavimart, Gonzalo and Roberto
License: [1] Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Origin: Recorded from a real bongo URL:
Origin: Recorded from a real bongo
URL: http://freepats.zenvoid.org/Percussion/world-and-rare-percussion.html
Comments: [6]


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License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/


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License: GNU GPL version 3 or later + exception

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

As a special exception, if you create a composition which uses these sounds,
and mix these sounds or unaltered portions of these sounds into the
composition, these sounds do not by themselves cause the entire composition as
a whole to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does
not however invalidate any other reasons why the composition might be covered
by the GNU General Public License.

If you modify these sounds, you may extend this exception to your version of
the sounds, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
delete this exception statement from your version.


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Colombo Hydrogen Drumkit and free sound samples
Version: 1.0
(C) 2006 by Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica@gmail.com>
Modifications for the Freepats project by roberto@zenvoid.org, 2016.
Licence: GNU GPL version 2 or later + exception

These sound samples and the hydrogen drumkit are free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

These sound samples and the hydrogen drumkit are distributed in the hope that
it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.

As a special exception, if you create a composition which uses these sound
samples and/or the hydrogen drumkit, and mix these sound samples and/or the
hydrogen drumkit or unaltered portions of these sound samples and/or the
hydrogen drumkit into the composition, these sound samples and/or the hydrogen
drumkit do not by themselves cause the resulting composition to be covered by
the GNU General Public License.

This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the document
might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you modify these sound
samples and/or the hydrogen drumkit, you may extend this exception to your
version of the sound samples and/or the hydrogen drumkit, but you are not
obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
statement from your version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
these sound samples and the hydrogen drumkit; if not, write to the

Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


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Instruments #26, #28, #29, #31 and #34 have been created from original sound
samples by FlameStudios: http://www.flamestudios.org/free/GigaSamples

Contains a small subset of samples from the original GIG files. Samples had
been modified, trimmed, background noise has been filtered and some of them
had been edited to generate smooth loop regions.

Samples for instruments #28, #29, #31 and #34 had been greatly modified and
processed through Guitarix virtual amplifier to create different variations of
clean or distorted guitar sounds.

Thanks to Gary Campion from FlameStudios for giving permission to distribute
his samples under the FreePats GPL special exception.

Copyright 2008 Gary Campion.
Modified 2016 by Roberto <roberto@zenvoid.org> for the FreePats project.


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Instruments #1 and #2 have been created from a Kawai upright piano, located in
a living room. Thanks to Inma Martínez de Miguel for kindly letting us access
to her home to play and record the piano.

It was recorded by Gonzalo <humanogonzalo@gmail.com> and Roberto
<roberto@zenvoid.org> on January 2017, using a Zoom H1 portable recorder
mounted on a tripod in front of the piano, approximately at the place where
the head of a piano player would be. The raw recordings were cropped, edited,
and procesed by Roberto, using free software programs.


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Instrument #109 and percussion #60 and #61 were created from real instruments
provided by Xavimart (Javier), a musician that maintains a collection of
musical instruments from many places around the world. Recorded on January
2018 by Xavimart, Gonzalo <humanogonzalo@gmail.com> and Roberto
<roberto@zenvoid.org>, with two portable recorders. The raw recordings were
processed by Roberto using free software programs.
