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Acoustic grand piano
2008-09-13
A free soundfont resembling a Yamaha Disklavier Pro piano.
- Acoustic grand piano soundfont (132MiB), release 2008-09-10. Yamaha Disklavier Pro piano, sf2 format, 116 samples, 44100Hz, 16bit.
- Information and license for the acoustic grand piano soundfont, release 2008-09-10.
This is a work in progress. Listen to the example music below to get an idea of what you can expect from it.
The older version of the soundfont was based on the University of Iowa Musical Instrument Samples. It is still available for download, but I will continue the development with the new soundfont instead.
- Acoustic grand piano soundfont (old version) (37.5MiB). Steinway & Sons, sf2 format, 13 samples, stereo, 44100Hz, 16bit.
- Information and license for the acoustic grand piano soundfont (old version).
If you have comments, suggestions, or want to help to improve the quality, please send your messages to the freepats mailing list. Your help is appreciated.
Example music
Renderings of midi files through the acoustic grand piano soundfont.
- Canon in D, Pachelbel (ogg, 5.9MiB)
Those music files were produced using source midi files from Virtual Sheet Music. Fabrizio Ferrari, from Virtual Sheet Music, kindly gave me permission to use them.
Virtual Sheet Music, Inc
Classical Sheet Music Downloads(R)
http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com
License
The Yamaha Grand Piano soundfont is free. It is built from the Zenph Studios Yamaha Disklavier Pro Piano Multisamples for OLPC. The soundfont itself and all modifications made to the original samples are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Copyright 2008 by Roberto Gordo Saez.
The Zenph Studios Yamaha Disklavier Pro Piano Multisamples for OLPC is a collection of Grand Piano samples played by a Yamaha Disklavier Pro. Specifically recorded for OLPC by Dr. Mikhail Krishtal, Director of Music Research and Production, and his team at Zenph Studios. They are included in the OLPC sound sample library.
The collection of samples from the OLPC sound sample library have been donated to Dr. Richard Boulanger @ cSounds.com. They are free and are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
