I learnt about some really cool things today so I thought about sharing it here!

ConvertWithMoss

: a converter between different formats for sample based instruments, I used it to convert a bunch of Kontakt instruments I had on my computer to sfz (like those from this pack

) and it worked pretty well!

The Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra

library : a big collection of free orchestral samples, both available as sfz instruments and wav samples. I toyed a bit with it and these seem to be all single note samples, which is nice to easily create your own melodies. It should complete well the (free) BBC orchestral pack

, made of longer phrases.

In addition I also found out that Plogue's Sforzando

sfz player is now available on Linux (in addition to Windows and macOS)! Well... after this I realized that you can open sfz instruments in Renoise so I'll probably stick more often to this option but this is still good news :D


Is there other nice tools you use or know about? Since I started to discuss about it, this can be a good occasion to share knowledge!

yesss sonatinaaaaa its so lovely

i can only speak for soundfonts...
thru my teensy time here on botb, i have stuck with a few classics:
- HQ orchestral soundfont collection
- timbres of heaven
- S_J_ Orchestral_GM fixed

in my opinion, to have a good sound overall, you should mix different instruments from between them, as they vary in quality for different types. like for SJ i use that for flute sometimes and timbres is a more all-rounder great in percussion, and i use strings from either sonatina or hq (i forget cuz i only know the instrument by name LOL)

Ho ho, I tried these three soundfonts you talked about mioh, these are good stuff indeed!

I found two other rad soundfonts that were linked on the SSO GitHub page:
- VS Chamber Orchestra

- Virtual Playing Orchestra

These are free and available both as individual .wav samples and sfz instruments.

Well I guess it's time for me now to put all of this in practice!