Refactoring Zynthians factory soundfont library - Revision history

Jlearman: /* Candidates: List of top contenders per category */ replaced Salamander Grand with Accurate Salamander Grand

2026-04-11T18:29:57Z

Candidates: List of top contenders per category: replaced Salamander Grand with Accurate Salamander Grand

Jlearman: /* Candidates: List of top contenders per category */ added trumpet, soul brass trio

2026-03-25T15:50:02Z

Candidates: List of top contenders per category: added trumpet, soul brass trio

Jlearman: /* Candidates: List of top contenders per category */ added size column, renamed "secondary" to "webconf package"

2026-03-25T15:20:26Z

Candidates: List of top contenders per category: added size column, renamed "secondary" to "webconf package"

Hannesmenzel at 15:42, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:42:00Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:34, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:34:10Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:29, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:29:39Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:25, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:25:33Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:21, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:21:44Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:19, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:19:10Z

Hannesmenzel at 15:18, 9 March 2026

2026-03-09T15:18:38Z

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 | colspan=6 | '''Acoustic Pianos'''
 |-
-| 01	Grand Piano || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SalamanderGrandPiano Salamander Grand V3] || CC BY || jlearman || || P || -
+| 01	Grand Piano || [https://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/~cyamauch/AccurateSalamander Accurate Salamander Grand V7] || CC BY || jlearman || || P || Lovingly reprocessed Salamander Grand with more even dynamics. V7 isn't out yet but will be available in 16-bit format, and with latency issues fixed.
 |-
 | " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SplendidGrandPiano Splendid Grand ] || PD || jlearman || || P || -

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 | 03	French Horn || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 04	Trombone || - || - || - || - || -
+| 04	Trumpet || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 05	Tuba || - || - || - || - || -
+| 05	Trombone || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 06	Cimbasso || - || - || - || - || -
+| 06	Tuba || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 07	Solo Ensemble || - || - || - || - || -
+| 07	Cimbasso || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 08	Chamber Ensemble || - || - || - || - || -
+| 08	Solo Ensemble || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 09	Orchestral Ensemble || - || - || - || - || -
+| 09	Chamber Ensemble || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
 | colspan=6 | '''Woodwinds'''

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 * not to limit the number of samplesets per instrument type, just add rows as needed.
-For "P/S" category, "P" is for "primary" selections to be loaded by default; "S" is
+For "P/W" category, "P" is for "pre-loaded"; "W" is for webconf packages.
 Licenses:
 * PD - public domain but not explicitly licensed at the source, for secondary only.
-* Q - questionable or completely undocumented, for secondary only.
+* Q - questionable or completely undocumented
 * CC license short name
 * GNU GPL & variants
-* Unlicense - specifically using Github or similar Unlicense option
+* Unlicense - specifically using Github or similar Unlicense option, equivalent to CC0
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Instrument !! source !! license !! editor !! P/S !! notes
+! Instrument !! source !! license !! editor !! size !! P/S !! notes
 |-
 | colspan=6 | '''Acoustic Pianos'''
 |-
-| 01	Grand Piano || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SalamanderGrandPiano Salamander Grand V3] || CC BY || jlearman || P || -
+| 01	Grand Piano || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SalamanderGrandPiano Salamander Grand V3] || CC BY || jlearman || || P || -
 |-
-| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SplendidGrandPiano Splendid Grand ] || PD || jlearman || S || -
+| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SplendidGrandPiano Splendid Grand ] || PD || jlearman || || P || -
 |-
 | 02	Upright Piano || - || - || - || - || -
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 | colspan=6 | '''Electric Pianos'''
 |-
-| 01	EP Rhodes || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3c jRhodes3c] || CC BY-NC-SA || jlearman || P || "aka Stereo Rhodes." Looped samples.  I plan to relax the license to CC BY-SA
+| 01	EP Rhodes || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3c jRhodes3c] || CC BY-NC-SA || jlearman || || P || "aka Stereo Rhodes." Looped samples.  I plan to relax the license to CC BY-SA
 |-
-| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3d jRhodes3d] || CC BY-NC || jlearman || P || Unlooped stereo rhodes. I plan some updates.
+| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3d jRhodes3d] || CC BY-NC || jlearman || || P || Unlooped stereo rhodes. I plan some updates.
 |-
-| " || current Rhodes sampleset || TBD || jlearman || P || -
+| " || current Rhodes sampleset || TBD || jlearman || || P || -
 |-
 | 02	EP Wurlitzer || - || - || - || - || -
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 | 01	Celeste || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 02	Vibraphone || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Vibraphone%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Vibraphone] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Three articulations (bowed, hard and soft mallet), two velocity layers, sounds great
+| 02	Vibraphone || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Vibraphone%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Vibraphone] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Three articulations (bowed, hard and soft mallet), two velocity layers, sounds great
 |-
-| 03	Marimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Marimba.sfz VCSL Marimba] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Two velocity layers
+| 03	Marimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Marimba.sfz VCSL Marimba] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Two velocity layers
 |-
-| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/Terkelsen.Marimba Terkelsen Marimba] || Q || jlearman || S || -
+| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/Terkelsen.Marimba Terkelsen Marimba] || Q || jlearman || || || -
 |-
-| 04	Xylophone || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Xylophone%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Xylophone] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Three articulations (hard, med, soft mallet), two velocity layers
+| 04	Xylophone || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Xylophone%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Xylophone] || CC-0 || || ? || ? || Three articulations (hard, med, soft mallet), two velocity layers
 |-
-| 05	Glockenspiel || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Glockenspiel.sfz VCSL Glockenspiel] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Three velocity layers
+| 05	Glockenspiel || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Glockenspiel.sfz VCSL Glockenspiel] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Three velocity layers
 |-
-| 06	Steel Drums || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.SteelDrum jSteelDrum] || Unlicense || jlearman || P || -
+| 06	Steel Drums || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.SteelDrum jSteelDrum] || Unlicense || jlearman || || P || -
 |-
-| 07	Kalimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Plucked%20Idiophones/Kalimba%2C%20Kenya.sfz VCSL Kalimba, Kenya] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Two round robins, there is another Kalimba in the same folder in the repo
+| 07	Kalimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Plucked%20Idiophones/Kalimba%2C%20Kenya.sfz VCSL Kalimba, Kenya] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Two round robins, there is another Kalimba in the same folder in the repo
 |-
 | 08	Music Box || - || - || - || - || -
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 | 13	Church/Charillon Bell || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 14	Timpani || [https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE/blob/SFZ/Timpani.sfz VSCO Timpani] || CC-0 || ? || ? || 4 Vel-layers, 2 RR
+| 14	Timpani || [https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE/blob/SFZ/Timpani.sfz VSCO Timpani] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || 4 Vel-layers, 2 RR
 |-
 | colspan=6 | '''Organs & Reed'''
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 | 05	Accordion || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 06	Harmonica || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Aerophones/Free%20Aerophones/Harmonica-Hohner-Special20-F%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Hohner F20] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Multiple articulations
+| 06	Harmonica || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Aerophones/Free%20Aerophones/Harmonica-Hohner-Special20-F%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Hohner F20] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Multiple articulations
 |-
 | 07	Melodica || - || - || - || - || -
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 | colspan=6 | '''Bass'''
 |-
-| 01	Upright Bass || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.meatbass/tree/master Karoryfer Meatbass] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Deeply sampled and rounder in sound than the Rubner bass (which is also great)
+| 01	Upright Bass || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.meatbass/tree/master Karoryfer Meatbass] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Deeply sampled and rounder in sound than the Rubner bass (which is also great)
 |-
 | 02	Acoustic Bass || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 03	Electric Bass || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.black-and-blue-basses/ Karoryfer Black and Blue] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Deeply sampled
+| 03	Electric Bass || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.black-and-blue-basses/ Karoryfer Black and Blue] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Deeply sampled
 |-
 | colspan=6 | '''Strings''' (The majority of the next five sections can be filled with [https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE/tree/SFZ Versilian's VSCO])
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 | 04	English Horn || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 05	Recorder || [https://versilian-studios.com/the-recorder/ Versilian Recorder CE ] || CC-BY || ? || ? || Has soprano, alto, tenor, bass, greatbass, and contrabass recorder
+| 05	Recorder || [https://versilian-studios.com/the-recorder/ Versilian Recorder CE ] || CC-BY || ? || || ? || Has soprano, alto, tenor, bass, greatbass, and contrabass recorder
 |-
 | 06	Pan Flute || - || - || - || - || -
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 | 02	Alto Saxophone || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 03	Tenor Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.weresax/ Karoryfer Weresax] || CC-0 || ? || ? || -
+| 03	Tenor Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.weresax/ Karoryfer Weresax] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || -
 |-
-| 04	Baritone Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.bear-sax Karoryfer Bearsax] || CC-0 || ? || ? || -
+| 04	Baritone Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.bear-sax Karoryfer Bearsax] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || -
 |-
 | 05	Clarinet || - || - || - || - || -
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 | 01	Rock || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 02	Jazz || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/virtuosity_drums/tree/master Versilian Virtuosity Drums] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Really great but also really huge. We could make a custom reduced set
+| 02	Jazz || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/virtuosity_drums/tree/master Versilian Virtuosity Drums] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Really great but also really huge. We could make a custom reduced set
 |-
 | 03	Brush || - || - || - || - || -

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 | 03	Electric Bass || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.black-and-blue-basses/ Karoryfer Black and Blue] || CC-0 || ? || ? || Deeply sampled
 |-
-| colspan=6 | '''Strings'''
+| colspan=6 | '''Strings''' (The majority of the next five sections can be filled with [https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE/tree/SFZ Versilian's VSCO])
 |-
 | 01	Violin || - || - || - || - || -

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 | 02	Alto Saxophone || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 03	Tenor Saxophone || - || - || - || - || -
+| 03	Tenor Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.weresax/ Karoryfer Weresax] || CC-0 || ? || ? || -
 |-
-| 04	Baritone Saxophone || - || - || - || - || -
+| 04	Baritone Saxophone || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/karoryfer.bear-sax Karoryfer Bearsax] || CC-0 || ? || ? || -
 |-
 | 05	Clarinet || - || - || - || - || -

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 | colspan=6 | '''Organs & Reed'''
 |-
-| 01	Drawbar Organ || - || - || - || - || Why bother?  I think we should delete this since we have SetBFree
+| 01	Drawbar Organ || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
 | 02	Pipe/Church Organ || - || - || - || - || -
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 | 09	Duduk || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| colspan=5 | '''Synth''' || Really, why bother? We have real synths.
+| colspan=6 | '''Synth''' (might be abandoned in favor for the synth engines)
 |-
 | 01	Lead || - || - || - || - || -

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 | 05	Harpsichord || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| colpan=6 | '''Electric Pianos'''
+| colspan=6 | '''Electric Pianos'''
 |-
 | 01	EP Rhodes || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.jRhodes3c jRhodes3c] || CC BY-NC-SA || jlearman || P || "aka Stereo Rhodes." Looped samples.  I plan to relax the license to CC BY-SA