Pablo Project

Here is the Pablo Trumpet with samples by rcasamajo.

WIPS Pablo Trumpet - Kontakt

Soundcloud Demo

It comes in a standard and a mild version. The mild version cuts out the loudest sample group which can get a bit funky at times. There are two or three velocity layers and almost every note sampled, about 80 total. I edited them by hand so they should be nice and tight.
I used the Big Bob WIPS scripts, which adds fake round robins, legato and vibrato and if you have a wind controller, you can play the trumpet using it!

Creative Commons Attribution: rcasamajo

Creative Commons Picture by Derek Gleeson.

Recut Pianos

After a few complains about latency and other issues, I have reworked a couple pianos. First up is the Skerratt London piano by Kung Krille. I just hand edited the samples this morning and they should now be nice and crisp when you tap your keyboard.

Skerratt London Piano - Kontakt

Maize VSTi

Windows

Skerratt London Piano - 64

Skerratt London Piano - 32

Mac

Skerratt London Piano - VST

Skerratt London Piano - AU

The Iowa is one of the most popular pianos, but has a few problems. I tried to do a better version by dropping out some samples that in the upper mid register at medium velocity that somehow came out almost mono. I also stretched the lowest C to go down to A as some of the lowest notes were pretty wonky. I wouldn't normally stretch notes this far, but bass samples are less noticeable.

Iowa Piano - Kontakt
Great Soundcloud Song by Reasy

Maize VSTi
Windows
Iowa Piano - 64
Iowa Piano -32
Mac
Iowa Piano - VST
Iowa Piano - AU

This is cool. Glyn Barnes from the Cakewalk forums has made these pianos compatible with the new Komplete Kontrol format. 

Komplete Kontrol

 

I don't understand all the details, but fortunately Glyn gave me the details on what you need to do to get everything up and running.

"The NKI should be copied to the same folder as the original NKI

The folder with the NKSN file should be copied to C:/Users/[user name]/Documents/Native Instruments/User Content/Kontakt

The NKSN should appear in the user tab of the Komplete Kontrol Browser.

When you click on this you will see the Kontakt Missing File dialog. Use the “resolve manually” option to locate an load the missing files, you will need to do this twice, once to find the NKI and once for the samples. Resave the NKI. Next go to the Komplete Kontrol file menu and re-save the pre-set.

On no account rename the new NKI or the pre-set file will not be able to find it.
If Komplete Kontrol cannot see the NKSN file check the folder is in the scan path."

Karoryfer Alto Sax

Karoryfer Alto Sax Electric for Konakt
Karoryfer Alto Sax WIPs 

Soundcloud Demo

 

From the same mind that brought you this nice Cello, comes the Karoryfer Alto Sax. You can find it for SFZ at the Karoryfer site. Mickaël Ménager's script and GUI provide the Electrification of the Sax. For those who want a more traditional Sax, there is also a WIPs Kontakt version without an amp simulation on board.

Creative Commons: Karoryfer Sounds

Jasper Blunk

Jasper Blunk Orchestral Instruments for Kontakt

Jasper Blunk has returned to sampling with some excellent instruments.
He has released a free Solo Legato Violin instrument and a collection of legacy freebies.
His paid instruments are an inexpensive River Piano and a more expensive but impressive Oceana Choir. Mr. Blunk has been kind to our community across the years and I encourage everyone to take a look at his excellent instruments.

Maestoso 18 Violin Ensemble

Fortissimo Trumpet Ensemble
Alt Samples for Trumpet - Fortissimo Gently Tuned Sample Pool
Vibrato Trumpets

Fortissimo Horn Ensemble
FFF Horn Samples Tuned by a  Noah Horowitz.
8 Horns FFF Bells Up Sustains   

Fortissimo Trombone Ensemble

Jasper Blunk created these instruments. I did not, but he kindly allowed for redistribution as long as there was no charge.
The readme says "Can be used for commercial and noncommercial purposes."
See the included readme for more information.

Sonatina WIPs

Mattias Westlund did an amazing job putting together the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra for SFZ. While lightly sampled, the whole thing hangs together amazingly well given the wide variety of sources. This is thanks to layering, clever use of IR to place instruments in artificial space and other things I don't understand.

I have Kontakted the orchestra and added Big Bob's WIPs scripts. This should let you use legato, vibrato and breath controllers. The main problem is that with so few samples, you tend to get the 'shotgun' effect on solo instruments and there aren't many, if any, articulations. However for sections and background it works very nicely. Many of the multi instrument patches have a staccato articulation and most strings have pizzicato as well.

Strings

Brass

Woodwinds

Percussion, Piano, Harp, Chorus

Entire Soundcloud Album by Mountn using SSO

"SSO is a free (as in speech, and beer) library released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license."

Electric Iowa Orchestra

Electric Iowa Orchestra for Kontakt

I've been messing with the University of Iowa samples for a long time now. My latest toy has all of those sustain samples plus the sustains from the LDK1609 Violin packed into Mickaël Ménager's script and GUI. You can add all kinds of funky effects and amp sims to your orchestra from inside the instruments.

The Iowa samples are Public Domain. Please credit LDK1969 for the Violin.
The only thing missing is a Cello, which you can find here. Thank you D Smolken.

G-Town Church

G-Town Church Samples for Kontakt

G-Town Church Piano
G-Town Church Organ
G-Town Glockenspiel
G-Town Glass Harmonica
G-Town Church Mandolin

G-Town Church Drumkit
G-Town Church Cymbals
G-Town Church Hi-Hats
G-Town Church Dual Snare
G-Town Church Ensemble Snares
G-Town Church Orchestral Snares
G-Town Church Orchestral Snares Open
G-Town Church Percussion Toms
G-Town Church Orchestral Toms
G-Town Church Bass Drum
G-Town Church Anvil
G-Town Church Woodsticks
G-Town Church Woodsticks 2 
G-Town Church Bongos
G-Town Church Darbuka
G-Town Church Eggs
G-Town Church Overblown Flutes
G-Town Church Stomps
G-Town Church Tambourine
G-Town Church Waterbowls 
G-Town Church Wood Pipes 
G-Town Church Plate

There are lots of great samples recorded in his local church in Grebbestad, Sweden by music producer Tobias Marberger. If I understand right he made EXS24 instruments which some kind soul turned into old school Kontakt instruments. This makes my life making new Kontakt instruments much easier. Thanks to a buddy of mine for getting them to me.
I tried to make a basic GM drumkit from various elements.
Creative Commons with credit to Tobias Marberger.