Soundfonts (SF2) for chipmusic, chiptune and retro games
What is a soundfont ?
A soundfont bank contains base samples in PCM format (similar to WAV files) that are mapped to sections on a musical keyboard. A soundfont bank also contains other music synthesis parameters such as loops, vibrato effect, and velocity sensitive volume changing. With these capabilities, a computer with a soundfont-compatible sound card or synthesizer can render audio content that is similar in quality to that of a professional digital sampler.
Soundfont[mp3] Audio demo by Denture Punch - Use The_Nes_Soundfont.sf2
[mp3] Audio demo by Kitt - Use Famicom.sf2
[mp3] Audio demo by Shnabubula - Use Super_Mario_Kart.sf2 and Super_Mario_World.sf2
[mp3] Audio demo by Maxo 01 - Use Kirby's_Dream_Land_3.sf2
Examples of SNES soundfonts (created by Blitz Lunar and Shnabubula)
Soundfont compressors/decompressors
SF2 is the soundfont format. You can compress and uncompress it with :
SfPack - (on Windows - Mirror) SfArk - (on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux - Mirror)Soundfont players
How to install a VSTi soundfont player ? There are simple and good tutorials here and there.
Free players :
- For VSTi plugins, download directly the Pack of free soundfont players made by Jikoo.
- For Mac users, check here.
- For standalone players on Windows, check here.
Commercial players :
FruityLoops Soundfont Player Bismark BS-1 AudioSynth Kontakt samplerThere are lot of commercial soundfont players (Windows and Mac).
EFM SF Synth 2 (mirror) : A free VSTi plugin, on Windows
SynthFont : A free standalone soundfont player, on Windows
Soundfonts
- 8 bit sound (Simple waveforms, Nintendo Gameboy, NES/Famicom...)
- 16 bit sound (Nintendo SNES, Sega Megadrive/Genesis, OPL, FM...)
Download directly all free soundfonts in SF2 or SfArk (Compressed SF2) format.
| Author | Soundfont name | Dld | Audio |
| Kitt | Famicom |  | [mp3] by Kitt |
| Blitz Lunar | F-Zero | | [mp3] by Blitz Lunar |
| MaliceX | GBFont | | [mp3] by Chris Read |
| Zandro | GXSCC gm 033 | | [mp3] by Breaker Turtle |
| Blitz Lunar | Kirby's Dream Land 3 | | [mp3] by Blitz Lunar |
| Blitz Lunar | Mega Man X | | [mp3] by Shnabubula |
| Awpwr | MP NES Composer | | [mp3] by Swordfyre |
| Blitz Lunar | Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon | | [mp3] by Blitz Lunar |
| Bryan Bilocura | Nokia 30 | | [mp3] by DoctorJ |
| Zandro | OPL-3 FM 128M | | [mp3] by King Meteor |
| Blitz Lunar | Secret of Mana | | . |
 Setzer | Setzer's SPC Soundfont | | [mp3] by PongBall |
| Steven Rhodes | Square | | [mp3] by Steven Rhodes |
| Blitz Lunar | Super Bomberman | | . |
| Blitz Lunar | Super Mario Kart | | [mp3] by Shnabubula |
| Blitz Lunar | Super Mario World | | [mp3] by Shnabubula |
| Christian Esquivel | Tales of Phantasia | | [mp3] by Christian Esquivel |
| TheEightBit | The Nes Soundfont | | [mp3] by Denture Punch |
| TheEightBit | The Ultimate Megadrive Soundfont | | [mp3] by TheEightBit |
| Blitz Lunar | Zelda 3 | | . |
Links
Soundfonts Utilities - 'Final Fantasy' and 'Legend of Zelda' soundfonts Old soundcard emulation - Lot of soundfonts SNES soundfonts of Blitz Lunar and Shnabubula SNES sample ripping with OpenSPC and SPC Tool How to rip instruments from Nintendo SNES/Famicom (Youtube video - Mirror) Video game music archive (MIDI files)Thank you to Blitz Lunar (aka Dave Harris) for his great help.
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