[freepats] Some sound samples of ancient European instruments

Håken Hveem krbjhvee at online.no
Sun Sep 29 06:38:49 PDT 2019


Yes they are.
If anyone wants to make sound founts from those files, they should be
placed in:
https://github.com/Supermagnum/ancient-sound
You will need to either fork the project so I can sync those,
or send those files to me so I can upload them.

Den 29.09.2019 14:30, skrev Roberto:
> Hello, I'm Roberto from FreePats. Those ancient sounds are quite rare to
> find, thank you for letting us know about your recordings!
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 05:31:06AM +0200, Håken Hveem wrote:
>>
>> This is a collection of samples of ancient European instruments. Time
>> range 300 to 1300th century. The instrument notes has been separated as
>> one file per note, in their respective folder. Those notes are also the
>> specific instruments tonal range, in some instances it is possible to
>> play half notes if half of the finger hole is covered.
>>
>> The instruments are:
>>
>> A cow-horn that is blown like a trumpet, it has holes in it so it can be
>> played like a flute. It's quite ancient and was used up to the 1500's.
>> Just one sample as I am a HORRIBLE player, it has a lot more tonal range.
>>
>> A flute made of sheep bone.
>>
>> A iron age lyre.
>>
>> A Buzzing bone ( bone with hole threaded on an string, rotated with bow
>> or similar ).
>>
>> A iron age flute.
>>
>> A staff with rings on, these rattles when the wooden staff is struck in
>> to the ground (rattlestaff).
>>
>> Additions are welcome, but they have to be as good quality as possible,
>> tones separated in their own folder with the instruments name. raw file
>> must be included.
>>
>> Everything should be put in their respective folder.
>>
>> licensed under Public Domain
>>
>> They are here:
>>
>> https://github.com/Supermagnum/ancient-sound
> 


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