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Performing a few search on the freesound database seems there's a lack of xylophones, vibes, mallets and other exotic percussions/instruments

not that i'm in need these sounds right now for a specific project
i just would love to ear something special from this side

There's also a lack of cuckoo clock sounds... I might have to do something about this.

Not to worry - this isn't a request, just an observation.

Yeah I'd like stuff like that to appear too. All's I've got is a Remo hand drum which really probably will record poor.

you can try here for some stuff:

http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/sound_samples/sample_libraries/
Free to use only in musical projects. Quite a few percussive samples.

Go get the torrent for the G-town church sampling project. Features stuff like anvils quite a few other percussive thing:

http://www.legaltorrents.com/index.htm Sampling + I believe license.

Also thought I saw a kalimba and glockenspiel on FreeSound. Not quite what you're looking for probably but maybe it is...

FreqMan
There's also a lack of cuckoo clock sounds...

serchin' with 'cuckoo' keyword i found this lovely singing birg courtesy of acclivity http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=19561 hock:
great sound, but yeah it's not the clock onces we are talking about, i know, we need more about this :wink:

soundhead

you can try here for some stuff:
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/sound_samples/sample_libraries/
Free to use only in musical projects. Quite a few percussive samples.

:idea: thanks this site is new to me, seems a quality orchestra database!
so all material is licensed freeeware? also on 'commercial' musical projects?
i must learn more about and have some practice with it

soundhead

Go get the torrent for the G-town church sampling project. Features stuff like anvils quite a few other percussive thing:
http://www.legaltorrents.com/index.htm Sampling + I believe license.

i think i've already grabbed this when there was a dedicate G-town homepage
i remember was quality material, well recorded and with a wonderful natural reverb (the church !)
legaltorrents is however a useful link! :wink:

soundhead

Also thought I saw a kalimba and glockenspiel on FreeSound. Not quite what you're looking for probably but maybe it is...

yes yes it is! absolutely! kalimba is another very nice (and exotic!) instrument wich seems quite rare to find
the same for the sweet glockenspiel.. maybe just a few exemples here @ freesounds

thanks so much for the infos! greatly appreciated keep on please

suonho

http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/sound_samples/sample_libraries/
seems a quality orchestra database!

uhm, quality is not right word unfortunately :cry: some lq mp3 files (64 k bit/sec)
do not take justce to some nice orchestral phrases

edit: wait a moment! this is waht i call quality stuff ->
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/sound_samples/sample_libraries/orchestra_sounds/download_philharmonia_orchestra_samples.html

the good news it's that all material can be use freely
'Even if you use them to create a No.1 selling CD' :mrgreen:
(you can share but of course you cannot re-sell them!)

Yeah the Philharmonia orchestra is free if you incorporate samples in a musically creative way. So no using that stuff singularly as sounds. And they probably wouldn't be too happy if you use a song like passage on a cd without any modification, or just all by itself in a soundtrack.

Dobroide's tambourine samples have kind of an exotic feel. It does not sound like a tambourine to me, but it sounds good.(I guess I always think of those metal cymbal hits when a tambourine makes noise)

There's also Djembe on here. You could try some of the piano experimentation samples for some percussive effects. Only other thing I can recall was magnets dropping on drums. They're mostly annoying to my ears but the drum he hits it on sounds cool. I don't know if you can make a good sample out of that between the annoying magnet drops though.

One more

http://audioshots.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=16&dir=&order=date&limit=10&limitstart=10

Go to the bottom of the page for Kong Loop pack. Its got some really awesome exotic percussion.
Its got a license that's very similar to Sampling+. Just look at it in the zip file to be sure.

FreqMan
There's also a lack of cuckoo clock sounds...

now, courtesy of bilwiss, we have some (good onces)
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=24722
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=24723

thanks soundhead for point me to those Kong Loops, nice!