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Recorded instrument sounds

Instrument recordings from the tonejs-instruments sample collection, compiled and edited by Nicholaus P. Brosowsky. Samples are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.

Original sources identified by the collection: piano, violin, flute, trumpet and xylophone — Versilian Studios' VSCO Community library; acoustic guitar — University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios; electric bass — Karoryfer Samples; cello — flcellogrl's real cello notes on Freesound. See the collection's original source notes and licence notice. The bundled recordings are unmodified MP3 files; the player changes pitch, volume and room reverb during playback.

Instrument photographs

Real instrument photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Images are converted to WebP and displayed in responsive square crops; photographs retain their original licences. These pictures illustrate instrument types, rather than identifying the particular instruments used for the recordings.

InstrumentPhotographer / creatorLicenceSource & attribution
PianoSteinway & SonsCC BY-SA 3.0Original photograph ↗
Acoustic guitarUser:MaxoCC BY-SA 2.5Original photograph ↗
Electric bassPublic-domain photograph; see source page.Public domainOriginal photograph ↗
ViolinJust plain BillCC0Original photograph ↗
CelloGeorg FeitscherCC BY 3.0Original photograph ↗
FluteTubamirumCC BY-SA 4.0Original photograph ↗
TrumpetPJ, background cropped by EWikistCC BY-SA 3.0Original photograph ↗
XylophoneRoumpfCC BY-SA 3.0Original photograph ↗

Design & player

Created by benmillington.com for OMEH — Online Music Education Hub. The Web Audio sampler and interface are original code.