Soundfonts

Each link points to a zip archive file which contains an SF2 font, a midi file to demonstrate the font and details about the file. I've split the fonts onto separate pages to reduce the download time and the download file size refers to the zip file not the size of the SoundFont (which will usually be a bit bigger).

Yazoo - Don't Go ('98 Mix)

Type : SF2
Download file size : 422k
Soundcard RAM required : 512k

I was playing with the old Yazoo soundfont I had made, and decided to code the complete song Don't Go (I only did a smallportion of it in the medley midi file with the original soundfont). I add a few new samples and surprisingly the final font is under half a megabyte in size.It contains a few synths, drums and vocals.

Art Of Noise - Kiss (Alternate Mix)

Type : SF2
Download file size : 1,401k
Soundcard RAM required : 2Mb

This is an old soundfont that I've had for ages and never got finished until now. It contains several Art Of Noise samples of guitars, vocals, brass and drums. The soundfont has been updated to remove the ROM samples used in the original organ sound. A new organ instrument has been included. Thanks to Andrew M for pointing this out to me.

Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That

File Type : SF2
Download file size : 1,787k
Soundcard RAM required : 2Mb

This font is similar to the 'Eat My Goal' Soundfont in that it uses sampled loops from the track. To keep the file size down the track is an instrument with only one sung phrase.If I was to add the vocals the file size would have doubled at least. At the time of creation this track has been at the top of the UK charts for five weeks, and has been number one in several other countries as well.

Freeez - I.O.U.

Type : SF2
Download file size : 2,089k
Soundcard RAM required : 4Mb

It's taken a while to create this font, as I've put all the vocals in (like the combined Beats International soundfonts). It contains a bass, synth, drum set and vocals from the 1983 hit single, which reached number 2 in June of that year in the U.K. charts.

Chicory Tip - Son of my Father

Type : SF2
Download file size : 543k
Soundcard RAM required : 1Mb

I was listening to a compilation album of seventies hits, when I heard this track and thought I could do a soundfont. The single was number one for three weeks in February 1972. The font contains a bass guitar, bass synth, synth and stylophone (I actually sampled a real Stylophone, but couldn't get the sound I was after, so I used a saw wave sample instead!).

T.I.M. - 31 Seconds

Type : SF2
Download file size : 1,355k
Soundcard RAM required : 2Mb

This track by T.I.M. uses samples from Volume One of the Future Music sample CD, namely a vocal sample, bass line, bass synth and synth sound. It's a short piece, and a version can be heard on my History of My Music Creation page.

Kraftwerk - Radio-activity

Type : SF2
Download file size : 1,682k
Soundcard RAM required : 2Mb

This track features computer vocals from a voice synthesiser, plus some drums and synth sounds. Based on the title track from Kraftwerk's 1975 album,this is an edited version of the original.

Opus III - A Fine Day

Type : SF2
Download file size : 2,556k
Soundcard RAM required : 3Mb

This was adapted from my original general midi file, with vocals added, along with a drum kit, bass and synth. I'm not 100% happy with one of the synths, but it still sounds OK.

YMO - Behind The Mask (updated)

Type : SF2
Download file size : 1,951k
Soundcard RAM required : 3Mb

This is an updated version of the original soundfont with some extra synth sounds and vocoder lines (recorded by me) in addition to the bass, synths and drums.

T.I.M. - FutureBeat

Type : SF2
Download file size : 3,579k
Soundcard RAM required : 4Mb

This track by T.I.M. uses samples from the Future Beat 3D program, and Farscape. I had some Farscape samples to use in a executable version of the quiz that appears on one of the DVDs, and I thought I would add them to the mix. Drums, bass (a rhodes piano!), synths, samples and a few loops.

Casio - CZ101 Synthesizer

Type : SF2
Download file size : 4,247k
Soundcard RAM required : 5Mb

This is an updated version of my previous CZ101 Synth soundfont. It now contains all the preset sounds, plus several internal cartridge sounds. There are 35 basic instruments, 35 stereo enhanced versions of the same sounds, plus 10 tweaked variations. The download size is only slightly larger, but the soundfont itself has grown from 2Mb to nearly 5Mb.

Please note - these files are not for commercial use. The instruments have been designed for each particular song, but if you do use them or part of them in another SoundFont, please mention my name in any file attached. if you have any queries with regards to using these Soundfonts, send me an email.