>>>>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:49:57 +1000, Mark Constable <markc@xxxxxxxxx> said: Mark> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 02:09 pm, Pete Bessman wrote: >> ... 2) Walk through your massive library of samples and try >> different sounds. ... [Chris] > > Of course, there are tons >> and tons of samples available; but then, > > in order to >> express the music you're hearing in your head, you're > > gonna >> be spending hours and hours trying to find samples that > > >> work. Mark> Where might all these samples be ? Mark> A few of us are trying to put together a free and open Mark> General MIDI compatible set of GUS pats, initially, in a way Mark> that the raw samples can be built up into SoundFonts or even Mark> small light weight gigasamples, or instrument patches of any Mark> kind. Mark> Please excuse the blatant plug but I believe this is a good Mark> cause and we _need_ (at first) free and open source samples Mark> to suit GM/GS/XG instruments at http://freepats.opensrc.org Mark, I didn't know about this project. It's really useful. I gave a short try to the patch set and made up a draft Debian package out of it. You can apt-get it at: deb http://apt.agnula.org/buildd/autorelease/ ./ If you find them interesting here there are some sound fonts for Fender Rhodes: http://www.yeeking.net/index.php?location=Sound%20Fonts It seems they are GPL. bye, free