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Here's the best part of the site - free samples! I will try to add more samples every few months. The selection may be a bit eclectic, but they reflect my taste as to what's  good, and what I think is worth posting. Some files may be rather large, but  I like comprehensive sample sets sampled at full bandwidth; stereo whenever possible. It's always a good idea to upgrade your SP's memory to the maximum: 32 M. I'm into natural, organic sounds - I think that this is where samplers really shine; in emulating real instruments & loops. I feel there's already enough 808 kicks and Juno 106 Basses on other sample websites.

These samples are encoded via the program "SP Disk" developed by Vincent, which includes two programs: SP Read and SP Write. SP Write is used for turning these posted MS-DOS files into SP disk files once they are downloaded into your computer. SP Read is used for turning SP disk files into MS-DOS files so they can be saved on your PC, posted on a website, or transferred via the Internet.

Looking for free Wave files? I've received some emails on this subject; unfortunately these samples are only available in Peavey SP format, and can only be read by an SP sampler. The waves are imbedded in the programs along with the patch data, and can only be separated after loading into an SP.

 How to run SPRead or SPWrite under Windows XP:


To run SP Write:      1)  Download and unzip "SP Disk".
                              2)  Download and un-Zip any Bank from this page into the same folder as" SP Disk".
                              3)  Put a blank disk in your computer's floppy disk drive.
                              4)  Drag and drop each Disk Image from the un-Ziped Banks into the icon named
                                   SPWRITE.EXE. SP Write will write the Image to floppy disk. Insert additional
                                   disks (if necessary).
                              5)  Load the disk into your SP/SP+.  Enjoy !

To run SP Read:      1)  Download and unzip "SP Disk" into your "C" folder.
                              2)  Save the Bank in your SP to floppy disk(s).
                              3)  Put the floppy disk in your computer's disk drive.
                              4)  Open up your "C" drive and click on the MS-DOS icon named "command".
                              5)  Type in: spdisk\spread (leave a space) SP Bank Name .sp  . The SP Bank name must be 8
                                    letters\numbers or less. It should look like: C:\>spdisk\spread piano1.sp
                              6)  Hit enter, and the program should begin to work. SP Read will write an SP Floppy Disk image
                                   file on to your computers "C"disk. This Floppy Disk image can then be posted on a site,
                                   emailed, etc. and written back to the SP with SP Write.
                              7)  To write multi-disk Banks, name each disk with a different number or letter in the SP Read
                                   Text window : Piano1A, Piano1B, Piano 1C, etc. These names refer to the file names of the
                                   imaged files once they are in the computer, and do not have to correspond to the names of the
                                   SP disks.           


Percussion:
Akai African Percussion 11 disks, 14.375M
Indian Rhythms 70 11 disks, 14M
Orchestral Percussion 7 disks, 8.375M
Tam Tam & Scrapes 8 disks, 10.5M
Tibetan Bell 11 disks, 14.875M

Ethnic:
Lap Harp 3 disks, 2.75M
Velocity Tres 9 disks, 12M

Instruments:
Cupmute Trumpet 2 disks, 1.75M
3-Way Marimba 11 disks, 14.125M
Orchestral Clusters 2 disks, 2.75M
Hammond B4 4 disks, 4.625M

Basses:  
Alembic Bass 2 disks, 2.75M
Pedulla Bass 20 disks, 26.5M
17 Syn Basses 2 disks, 1.625M

Synth Pads:
Breaths 10 disks, 13.25M
Composite Pad 12 disks, 15.25M
Crockets Pad 4 disks, 5.25M
Deep Minor Pad 12 disks, 16.5M

Synth Leads:
Pulse Lead 6 disks, 7. 875M
Square Roots 6 disks, 7.75M
Synth Brazz 5 disks, 6.25M

Effects:
Pads & Drones 17 disks, 22.75M
Space Ambiences 1-9 23 disks, 31.675M
Space Ambiences 10-15 23 disks, 31.875M
Piano FX High 10 disks, 13M



  For more SP Sounds, check out:  
                                     J.P.'s Peavey SP Page