FTP

Share your soundfonts with the world!

Everyone can upload their soundfonts by anonymous ftp to ftp.pagepalace.com/incoming. All the soundfonts uploaded will be registered in the SoundFont Library. If you are uncomfortable with using ftp, you can mail the soundfonts (together with a short description, use the form below) directly to me instead.

Thanks to Bob Ricci at Page Palace for providing the ftp service!

Guidelines for uploads

  1. When you have created the soundfont, remember to enter the soundfont name, author info and comments in Vienna ( 'File | Information' ). Try to come up with a unique name for the soundfont. For the rest of this text, let us assume the soundfont's name is Unique, with filename Unique.sf2.
  2. Create a text file with the same name as your soundfont, except for the filename extension which should be .txt. In this example, the text file should be named Unique.txt. The text file should contain information about the soundfont and the author in the form described below. A blank form can be found here.
    SoundFont Name: Unique
    Category: Synth Lead [Check the SoundFont Library for a set of categories]
    File Size: 1.2MB [The size of the soundfont file (not the zip file)]
    Last Update: 19980815 [The date of the last update]
    Description: Several Unique synth leads based on samples from Ensoniq VFX. [Description of the different instruments, motivation for creating the soundfont, where the samples are from, etc. Keep it short and useful]
    Alternate URL(s): http://www.mysite.com/mydir/Unique.zip. [If the soundfont is also available other places on the web, list the URL(s) here]
    Author Name: Thomas Hammer
    Author's Email: thammer@pvv.org
    Author's Homepage: http://www.pvv.org/~thammer/
    This soundfont was downloaded from the HammerSound SoundFont Library, http://www.pvv.org/~thammer/HammerSound/
  3. Zip the soundfont file and the text file together using WinZip (or a compatible archiving program). The zip file should have the same name as the soundfont, except of course for the extension. In this example, it should be Unique.zip.
  4. Upload the zip file (containing the soundfont and the text file) together with the text file to the ftp server ftp.pagepalace.com in the /incoming directory. To upload the two files, you can use any ftp program, including WS-FTP LE or the text based ftp client that comes with Windows. Remember to use the binary transfer mode (not text / ASCII). Login using 'anonymous' or 'ftp' as your username, and your email address as your password. You can find step-by-step instructions on how to use the text based ftp program that comes with Windows here. Note: Yes, you should upload the text file too, although it is also stored inside the zip file.
  5. That's it. The file will be moved & registered in the SoundFont Library in a day or two.

 

Blank form for soundfont text file

Cut & paste this text into your favorite text editor and fill it with the correct data.

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SoundFont Name:

Category:

SoundFont Size:

Last Update:

Description:

Alternate URL(s):

Author Name:

Author's Email:

Author's Homepage:

This soundfont was downloaded from the HammerSound SoundFont Library, http://www.pvv.org/~thammer/HammerSound/
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Step-by-Step instructions on how to upload a soundfont to the HammerSound ftp server

  1. Open a MS-DOS prompt ('Start | Programs | Ms-Dos Prompt').
  2. Change into the directory where the zip file and the text file is stored, I assume the soundfont name is 'Unique' for the rest of this instructions.
  3. Run the ftp program to upload the files. Here is a sample session. The bold words are typed by the user.

    G:\HammerSound\SoundFonts>ftp ftp.pagepalace.com
    Connected to ftp.pagepalace.com.
    220-
    220-Welcome to pagepalace.com!
    220-
    220 localhost FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-15](1) Mon Sep 22 20:49:4 8 EDT 1997) ready.
    User (ftp.pagepalace.com:(none)): ftp
    331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
    Password: thammer@pvv.org
    230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
    ftp> bin
    200 Type set to I.
    ftp> hash
    Hash mark printing On ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .
    ftp> cd incoming
    250 CWD command successful.
    ftp> put Unique.zip
    200 PORT command successful.
    150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Unique.zip.
    #########
    226 Transfer complete.
    ftp: XXX bytes sent in XXX Seconds XXX Kbytes/sec.
    ftp> put Unique.txt
    200 PORT command successful.
    150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Unique.zip.
    #
    226 Transfer complete.
    ftp: XXX bytes sent in XXX Seconds XXX Kbytes/sec.
    ftp> bye
    221 Goodbye.
    G:\HammerSound\SoundFonts>
  4. You're done.


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