[Freepats] Hi

[LM]

Just wanted to check if the list was still active.  I tried reaching the freepats archives from http://opensrc.org/pipermail/freepats/ and I get a permission access problem.  Was going to check if there was any activity in the archives, because my ISP was down for a while and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any interesting messages.

Managed to record a bird sound from one of those bird music boxes that uses a bellows.  It's not an electronic device, so I'm thinking it should be legal to use it.  One of the standard midi sounds is bird tweets, so was wondering if someone could convert it into a sf2 for that midi instrument.  I'll convert it to flac and upload to freepats when I have an opportunity.

Am also still trying to finish getting some harmonica sounds recorded and converted to a sf2 file.  I have some guitar notes I recorded too, but they didn't come out great.  The recorder kind of lost most of the recording.  I'll see if any of it is useable.  

I started trying to put together a configuration file for timidity that uses some soundfonts based on public domain or free sound recordings.  Don't have nearly all the instruments yet, but it gives a nice idea of what it'll be like when we get enough good samples for the various instruments.  Aside from Timidity being a lot more buggy and crashing more often when I use it, it sounds pretty good.  When I have more time, I'll try to post some info on it.

Best wishes.
Laura
http://www.distasis.com/recipes/music.htm