Supporters and patrons
Many sound samples were recorded thanks to the generousity of individuals and organizations that lend us their instruments and their time. Patrons and donors are very important as well, they help us to maintain web services and improve our hardware. This list acklowledges our current top supporters.
Versilian Studios
Sample libraries for composers. We use some of their samples, and in addition to providing free content suitable for FreePats, they are very friendly and supportive with us.
Zulip
Chat for distributed teams. Faster and more flexible than email lists, better organized than typical instant messaging, and completely open source. Zulip is our new communication software. They are kindly supporting us with a hosted chat server.
Recommended software
Ardour digital audio workstation
It's among the best digital audio workstations with a free license, for recording, editing and mixing sounds and music. It can manage both MIDI and audio tracks and accepts plugins.
sfizz SFZ intrument synthesizer
Load and use sampled instruments in SFZ format. It works either standalone or as a plugin inside your digital audio workstation. Sfizz is the recommended SFZ synthesizer for FreePats' sound banks.
Audacity sound editor
Multi-track audio editor and recorder. We use it for preparing and editing the sound samples in our archive.
Hydrogen drum machine
Create, edit and play drum patterns with its fast and friendly sequencer interface. Some FreePats' percussion sound banks are available in the Hydrogen drum kit format.
Guitarix virtual guitar amplifier
High quality amplifier and effects rack for electric guitars. It works on live guitars and can also be used on our direct recorded guitar samples.