Ethnic instrument soundfonts

[sysrqer]

Does anyone know of any sfz files for ethnic instruments? I'm particularly interested in things like hang drums and traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments like zheng, pipa and koto.

[bluebell]

Does anyone know of any sfz files for ethnic instruments? I'm particularly interested in things like hang drums and traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments like zheng, pipa and koto.

Not exactly what you want but maybe interesting:

http://soundbytes.de/EarlyPatches/en/index2.htm

I used some of them, see position 2:12 and 3:01 in https://soundcloud.com/suedwestlicht/die-frau-im-mond

[sysrqer]

Thanks bluebell, they look like a good start!

[chrisanthropic]

Here's one of my favorite sources - its not got everything, but check out the "ethnic" section and the "percussion - world & rare" sections: https://freepats.zenvoid.org/index.html

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- Ethnic:
  - bagpipes
  - kalimba
  - jaw harp

- Percussion / world & rare:
  - Cajón flamenco
  - Bongos
  - Egg shaker
  - Tambourine
  - Hand clap
  - Claves
  - Castanets
  - Conga
  - Maracas
  - Darbuka

[sunrat]

SCC Taiko Drums is a decent SFZ.

http://www.schristiancollins.com/vi-percussion.php

[Michael Willis]

Try Unreal Instruments Koto. It's not clear what the license is, but the download is gratis, and I verified that it works in sfizz.

[bluebell]

Try Unreal Instruments Koto. It's not clear what the license is, but the download is gratis, and I verified that it works in sfizz.

Didn't know that there are switched SFZ-soundfonts. However, sfizz can handle them.