SoundFont2 Instruments

Note: All instruments on this page are copyrighted. But you are free to download these 'lo-fi' version and play around with them as well as share them with others. If you like them and want to use one in a composition, we ask that you pay us a small licensing fee. Buying one will also get you the full 44 or 48-kHz 'hi-fi' version of the SoundFont instead of the 11 or 22-kHz versions that are available here.

These instruments were all created using FMJ-Software's Awave Studio instrument editor and are presented for you here in SoundFont 2 format (.SF2). You can use Awave Studio to convert them to the format of your choice!

Simply click on a filename to start downloading it.


Buy 'hi-fi' versions of all 5 SoundFonts for only $14.95: Pay using PayPal - Pay using SWREG

Note: If you buy a 'hi-fi' versions, a full-version download link will be emailed to you within 2-3 days time. The free downloads below are for "lo-fi" versions that have lacks much of the high-frequency content of the full versions.



Bodhran.sf2 Size: 188KB (Full: 851KB)	Bodhran - The traditional Irish frame drum.   Buy 'hi-fi' version for $4.95: PayPal - SWREG These samples were generously provided by the Norwegian Bodhran player Harald Hougaard. Check out his nice Essay about the Bodhran! The SoundFont was created by Markus Dimdal who also did some digital noise reduction and normalization of the samples. Includes: 21 different samples.
HandBells.sf2 Size: 504KB (Full: 2038KB)	Hand Bells.   Buy 'hi-fi' version for $4.95: PayPal - SWREG Samples recorded by Mark Sylvester. The SoundFont was created by Markus Dimdal who also did much digital editing and noise reduction on the samples. Includes: 2 sets of hand bells (multiple octaves per set), plus 1 set of hand chimes, and 1 melody bell.
SmallBells.sf2 Size: 740KB (Full: 2982KB)	Small Open Bells.   Buy 'hi-fi' version for $4.95: PayPal - SWREG Samples recorded, edited, processed, and crafted into a SoundFont by Markus Dimdal. Includes: 6 differently shaped small open bells.
Earliest-v1.sf2 Size: 362KB (Full: 1195KB)	The Earliest Instruments Vol. 1.   Buy 'hi-fi' version for $4.95: PayPal - SWREG A selection of eight of what might be the earliest instruments used by man. Made by Markus Dimdal. Includes: Rattle, Bone scraper, Percussion stones, Bull-roarer, Horn, Bronze lur, Flint flute, Willow flute.
MT32Shaku.sf2 Size: 135KB (Full: 546KB)	Classic Shakuhachi-like exotic flute.   Buy 'hi-fi' version for $4.95: PayPal - SWREG Sounds perhaps more like a bamboo flute - but I like it! Use with maximum amount of reverb for best effect. Made by Markus Dimdal. Includes: The classic sound plus 3 variations.


Note: Sizes denote size of the compressed ZIP file containing the free 11-kHz "lo-fi" versions of the instruments. The size of the full 44 or 48-kHz "hi-fi" SF2 that you get if you buy it is given in parenthesis.


What some of our users are saying:


I cannot say enough about this handbell font. I have tried for YEARS to come up with a sound that even approached handbells. I'm using Fruity Loops now, with their new soundfont player. That program, with your soundfont, resulted in the closest thing I have ever heard to live handbells.

Thanks again, Pete Celano.

Listen to one of Pete's songs using this soundfont.




I recently tried the free, "lo-fi" bell soundfont which I thought was quite good. I purchased the "hi-fi" full version soundfont and find "bells 1," the only font I've used so far, to be excellent. I made a cd of some handbell pieces I composed a few years ago and compared it with a professional studio recording of a professional handbell ensemble, both cds played back on a good stereo system, and believe that the sound quality of my cd, using your soundfont, is preferable to the studio recording. I am very pleased, and wish to thank you for your fine work.

Reed Maxson



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