@cluesurf/wave

Basic Real Instrument Samples

Introduction

These are sound samples for guitar, bass, and drums for now, and might include more in the future. 100% public domain, free sound samples of individual notes and sounds.

Here is a basic sample song made from some of them.

It exists because it was way too hard to find free basic samples for these to make music with things like Tone.js.

Downloading

All .wav files are found in the ./base folder (but you can get them all by cloning the repo like this):

git clone git@github.com:cluesurf/wave.git
cd wave
git lfs fetch --all

Sounds

Guitar and bass samples are tuned to Drop-D, and recording to the last fret on an example instrument so you have every note, which were then aligned so they are all plucked at the same time to make programmatic music-making straightforward. These were made manually, recorded on real electric instruments without effects.

Regarding file names:

• Files are named string-<number>-<note>-as-<octave-note>.wav.
• The x like Dx2 means "sharp", since you can't have # in the URL :p.

Guitar Notes

note	file
D2	/base/guitar/string-6-D-as-D2.wav
D#2	/base/guitar/string-6-Dx-as-Dx2.wav
E2	/base/guitar/string-6-E-as-E2.wav
F2	/base/guitar/string-6-F-as-F2.wav
F#2	/base/guitar/string-6-Fx-as-Fx2.wav
G2	/base/guitar/string-6-G-as-G2.wav
G#2	/base/guitar/string-6-Gx-as-Gx2.wav
A2	/base/guitar/string-5-A-as-A2.wav
A#2	/base/guitar/string-5-Ax-as-Ax2.wav
B2	/base/guitar/string-5-B-as-B2.wav
C3	/base/guitar/string-5-C-as-C3.wav
C#3	/base/guitar/string-5-Cx-as-Cx3.wav
D3	/base/guitar/string-4-D-as-D3.wav
D#3	/base/guitar/string-4-Dx-as-Dx3.wav
E3	/base/guitar/string-4-E-as-E3.wav
F3	/base/guitar/string-4-F-as-F3.wav
F#3	/base/guitar/string-4-Fx-as-Fx3.wav
A3	/base/guitar/string-3-A-as-A3.wav
A#3	/base/guitar/string-3-Ax-as-Ax3.wav
G3	/base/guitar/string-3-G-as-G3.wav
G#3	/base/guitar/string-3-Gx-as-Gx3.wav
B3	/base/guitar/string-2-B-as-B3.wav
C4	/base/guitar/string-2-C-as-C4.wav
C#4	/base/guitar/string-2-Cx-as-Cx4.wav
D4	/base/guitar/string-2-D-as-D4.wav
D#4	/base/guitar/string-2-Dx-as-Dx4.wav
E4	/base/guitar/string-1-E-as-E4.wav
F4	/base/guitar/string-1-F-as-F4.wav
F#4	/base/guitar/string-1-Fx-as-Fx4.wav
G4	/base/guitar/string-1-G-as-G4.wav
G#4	/base/guitar/string-1-Gx-as-Gx4.wav
A4	/base/guitar/string-1-A-as-A4.wav
A#4	/base/guitar/string-1-Ax-as-Ax4.wav
B4	/base/guitar/string-1-B-as-B4.wav
C5	/base/guitar/string-1-C-as-C5.wav
C#5	/base/guitar/string-1-Cx-as-Cx5.wav
D5	/base/guitar/string-1-D-as-D5.wav
D#5	/base/guitar/string-1-Dx-as-Dx5.wav
E5	/base/guitar/string-1-E-as-E5.wav
F5	/base/guitar/string-1-F-as-F5.wav
F#5	/base/guitar/string-1-Fx-as-Fx5.wav
G5	/base/guitar/string-1-G-as-G5.wav
G#5	/base/guitar/string-1-Gx-as-Gx5.wav
A5	/base/guitar/string-1-A-as-A5.wav
A#5	/base/guitar/string-1-Ax-as-Ax5.wav
B5	/base/guitar/string-1-B-as-B5.wav
C6	/base/guitar/string-1-C-as-C6.wav
C#6	/base/guitar/string-1-Cx-as-Cx6.wav

Bass Notes

note	file
D1	/base/bass/string-4-D-as-D1.wav
D#1	/base/bass/string-4-Dx-as-Dx1.wav
E1	/base/bass/string-4-E-as-E1.wav
F1	/base/bass/string-4-F-as-F1.wav
F#1	/base/bass/string-4-Fx-as-Fx1.wav
G1	/base/bass/string-4-G-as-G1.wav
G#1	/base/bass/string-4-Gx-as-Gx1.wav
A1	/base/bass/string-3-A-as-A1.wav
A#1	/base/bass/string-3-Ax-as-Ax1.wav
B1	/base/bass/string-3-B-as-B1.wav
C2	/base/bass/string-3-C-as-C2.wav
C#2	/base/bass/string-3-Cx-as-Cx2.wav
D2	/base/bass/string-2-D-as-D2.wav
D#2	/base/bass/string-2-Dx-as-Dx2.wav
E2	/base/bass/string-2-E-as-E2.wav
F2	/base/bass/string-2-F-as-F2.wav
F#2	/base/bass/string-2-Fx-as-Fx2.wav
G2	/base/bass/string-1-G-as-G2.wav
G#2	/base/bass/string-1-Gx-as-Gx2.wav
A2	/base/bass/string-1-A-as-A2.wav
A#2	/base/bass/string-1-Ax-as-Ax2.wav
B2	/base/bass/string-1-B-as-B2.wav
C3	/base/bass/string-1-C-as-C3.wav
C#3	/base/bass/string-1-Cx-as-Cx3.wav
D3	/base/bass/string-1-D-as-D3.wav
D#3	/base/bass/string-1-Dx-as-Dx3.wav
E3	/base/bass/string-1-E-as-E3.wav
F3	/base/bass/string-1-F-as-F3.wav
F#3	/base/bass/string-1-Fx-as-Fx3.wav
G3	/base/bass/string-1-G-as-G3.wav
G#3	/base/bass/string-1-Gx-as-Gx3.wav
A3	/base/bass/string-1-A-as-A3.wav
A#3	/base/bass/string-1-Ax-as-Ax3.wav
B3	/base/bass/string-1-B-as-B3.wav
C4	/base/bass/string-1-C-as-C4.wav
C#4	/base/bass/string-1-Cx-as-Cx4.wav
D4	/base/bass/string-1-D-as-D4.wav
D#4	/base/bass/string-1-Dx-as-Dx4.wav
E4	/base/bass/string-1-E-as-E4.wav
F4	/base/bass/string-1-F-as-F4.wav
F#4	/base/bass/string-1-Fx-as-Fx4.wav
G4	/base/bass/string-1-G-as-G4.wav

Sources

• Manually recorded sounds
• https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL
• Rellem's stash
• https://freepats.zenvoid.org

Other Places to Find Free Sound Samples

Most of these are terrible quality for what I'm looking for (which is individual notes to build an instrument), and they usually require signing up. Don't know why this is not more easily available, but here are some free places still.

• freesound.org
• r/Drumkits
• 99sounds
• Splice Instrument
• Philharmonia Orchestra

Development

pnpm install

Then to start dev server to see examples:

pnpm work

Visit http://localhost:5173 in the browser to hear all the samples.

License

• Code: MIT
• Files: Public Domain

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