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Bass [50]
Acoustic bass, electric bass, slap bass, synth bass...

Brass [22]
Trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn, brass section, synthbrass...

Chromatic percussions [22]
Celesta, glockenspiel, music box, vibraphone, marimba, xylophone ...

Collections [47]
Collections of different instruments and / or drumsets.

Drum kits and percussive kits [119]
Complete kits of drums and percussion, like rock, jazz, dance, djembe, tr-808 orchestra, etc.

Ensemble [26]
String ensemble, synth ensemble, choir aahs, voice oohs, synth voice, orchestra hit...

Ethnic [16]
Sitar, banjo, shamisen, koto, kalimba, bagpipe, fiddle, shanai...

Guitar [72]
Nylon string, steel string, electric, overdriven, distorted, harmonics...

Miscellaneous [18]
Stuff that doesn't fit in any of the other categories.

Organ [25]
Drawbar organ, church organ, reed organ, accordian, harmonica...

Percussive [7]
Single instrument percussive sounds, like tinkle bell, agogo, steel drum, woodblock, taiko drum, melodic drum, synth drum, reverse cymbal...

Piano [62]
Acoustic piano, electric piano, harpsichord, clavinet...

Pipe [19]
Piccolo, flute, recorder, pan flute, blown bottle, skakuhachi, whistle, ocarina...

Reed [37]
Saxophone, oboe, english horn, bassoon, clarinet...

Solo strings [23]
Violin, cello, contrabass, tremolo, pizzicato, timpani...

Sound effects [20]
Guitar fret noise, breath noise, seashore, bird tweet, telephone ring, helicopter, applause, gunshot...

Synth effects [23]
Weird synthetic noises (soundtrack, atmosphere, sci-fi) as well as simulations of real-world sounds

Synth lead [20]
Lead instruments, often based on simple waveforms like square, triangle or sine...

Synth pad [32]
Synthetic pads, soft swirling background chords...

Other Soundfont Websites

Download free soundfonts @ HammerSound
Soundfonts.it - Lots of great technical informations
www.sf2-files.com - Requires membership
www.sf2midi.com - Good collection but slow downloads
www.johannes.fr
sf2.chez-alice.fr
Soundfont definition @ Wikipedia
The secret of making a large soundfont
Introduction to soundfont technology @ SoundBlaster.com
The soundfont knowledge base @ tweakheadz.com
Soundfont creation tutorial - Creating a soundfont with Vienna Studio
Vienna Sampler Software - Another guide on how to create soundfonts
Hammersound - Sound Design
ModernBeats.com
Soundzone.info