Roland General MIDI-2 GS Sound library – In many Roland digital pianos including the RP401, F140R, RP501, DP603, etc, Roland has a large sound bank of additional instrument tones not specified by name in their owners manual or in other Roland literature. Due to the popularity of Roland digital pianos and also the noticeable realism of these additional sounds in these Roland RP/HP, and LX digital pianos, I have listed all of the additional Roland General MIDI-2 GS sounds below. The sounds can be 
selected and played either directly on the Roland digital pianos using the button controls, or from an iPad connected wirelessly to the piano by way of a special WiFi adapter plugged into the piano. Selecting these sounds from an iPad touch screen using the free Roland “Piano Partner” or “Piano Partner 2” iPad app is the easiest and best way to access and play these additional instrument sounds…and then you can actually see what you are getting in terms of the instrument names. Take a look below and see all the additional acoustic & electric piano sounds as well as orchestral, guitar, brass, woodwinds, synth sounds, etc, available that are beyond the individual tones mentioned in the owners manuals. There are many digital pianos with lots of instrument sounds, but none as realistic as the ones below based on all my playing experience with them.
Finally, when using recording or notation software on a computer, the song you create within your software can playback the General MIDI GS sounds in your Roland piano when connected by a USB cable. In other words, the Roland piano GM2 GS sound library acts as the orchestra or band for the recorded song on your computer to play through because in some cases the computer software you may be using does not have sounds of its own or the sounds are not very realistic. Either way whether playing them live in the piano or using an external device, it can be quite useful to have this large General MIDI 2 sound library at your fingertips🙂
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Pianos
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Chromatic Percussion
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Organs
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Acoustic Grand
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Celesta
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Hammond Organ
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Wide Acoustic Grand
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Glockenspiel
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Detuned Organ 1
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Dark Acoustic Grand
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Music Box
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60’s Organ 1
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Bright Acoustic Piano
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Vibraphone
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Organ 4
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Wide Bright Acoustic
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Wet Vibraphone
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Percussive Organ
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Electric Grand Piano
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Marimba
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Detuned Organ 2
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Wide Electric Grand
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Wide Marimba
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Organ 5
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Honky-tonk Piano
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Xylophone
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Rock Organ
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Wide Honky-tonk
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Tubular Bell
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Church Organ 1
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Rhodes Piano
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Church Bell
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Church Organ 2
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Detuned Electric Piano 1
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Carillon
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Church Organ 3
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Electric Piano 1 Variation
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Santur
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Reed Organ
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60’s Electric Piano
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Puff Organ
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Chorused Electric Piano
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French Accordion
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Detuned Electric Piano 2
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Italian Accordion
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Electric Piano 2 Variation
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Harmonica
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Electric Piano Legend
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Bandoneon
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Electric Piano Phase
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Harpsichord
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Coupled Harpsichord
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Wide Harpsichord
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Open Harpsichord
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Clavinet
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Pulse Clavinet
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Guitars
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Bass
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Orchestral Solo
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Orchestral Ensemble
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Nylon-String Guitar
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Acoustic Bass
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Violin
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String Ensemble
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Ukulele
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Fingered Bass
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Slow Violin
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Orchestra Strings
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Open Nylon Guitar
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Finger Slap
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Viola
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60’s Strings
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Nylon Guitar 2
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Picked Bass
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Cello
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Slow String Ensemble
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Steel-String Guitar
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Fretless Bass
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Contrabass
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Synth Strings 1
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12-String Guitar
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Slap Bass 1
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Tremolo Strings
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Synth Strings 3
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Mandolin
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Slap Bass 2
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Pizzicato Strings
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Synth Strings 2
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Steel + Body
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Synth Bass 1
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Harp
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Choir Aahs
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Jazz Guitar
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Synth Bass 101
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Yang Qin
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Choir Aahs 2
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Hawaiian Guitar
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Synth Bass 3
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Timpani
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Voice Oohs
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Clean Electric Guitar
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Clavi Bass
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Humming
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Chorus Guitar
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Hammer
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Synth Voice
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Mid Tone Guitar
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Synth Bass 2
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Analog Voice
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Muted Electric Guitar
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Synth Bass 4
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Orchestra Hit
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Funk Guitar
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Rubber Bass
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Bass Hit
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Funk Guitar 2
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Attack Pulse
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6th Hit
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Jazz Man
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Euro Hit
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Overdriven Guitar
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Guitar Pinch
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Distortion Guitar
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Feedback Guitar
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Distortion Rtm Guitar
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Guitar Harmonics
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Guitar Feedback
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Brass
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Reeds
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Woodwinds
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Trumpet
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Soprano Sax
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Piccolo
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Dark Trumpet
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Alto Sax
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Flute
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Trombone
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Tenor Sax
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Recorder
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Trombone 2
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Baritone Sax
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Pan Flute
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Bright Trombone
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Oboe
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Bottle Blow
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Tuba
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English Horn
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Shakuhachi
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Muted Trumpet
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Bassoon
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Whistle
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Muted Trumpet 2
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Clarinet
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Ocarina
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French Horns
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French Horn 2
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Brass Section 1
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Brass Section 2
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Synth Brass 1
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Synth Brass 3
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Analog Brass 1
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Jump Brass
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Synth Brass 2
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Synth Brass 4
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Analog Brass 2
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Synth leads
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Synth Pad
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Synth Sound EFX
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Square Lead
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Fantasia Pad
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Ice Rain
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Square Wave
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Warm Pad
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Soundtrack
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Sine Wave
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Sine Pad
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Crystal
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Saw Lead
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Polysynth Pad
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Synth Mallet
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Saw Wave
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Space Voice Pad
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Atmosphere
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Doctor Solo
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Itopia
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Brightness
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Natural Lead
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Bowed Glass Pad
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Goblin
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Sequenced Saw
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Metal Pad
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Echo Drops
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Synth Calliope
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Halo Pad
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Echo Bell
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Chiffer Lead
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Sweep Pad
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Echo Pan
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Charang
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Star Theme
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Wire Lead
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Solo Synth Vox
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5th Saw Wave
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Bass & Lead
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Delayed Lead
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Ethnic
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Percussive
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Sound Effects
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Sitar
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Tinkle Bell
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Guitar Fret Noise
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Gun Shot
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Sitar 2
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Agogo
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Guitar Cut Noise
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Machine
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Banjo
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Steel Drums
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String Slap
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Lazer Gun
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Shamisen
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Woodblock
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Breath Noise
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Explosion
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Koto
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Castanets
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Flute Key Click
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Taisho Koto
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Taiko
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Seashore
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Kalimba
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Concert Bass Drum
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Rain
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Bagpipe
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Melodic Tom 1
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Thunder
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Fiddle
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Melodic Tom 2
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Wind
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Shanai
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Synth Drum
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Stream
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808 Tom
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Bubble
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Electric Percussion
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Bird
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Reverse Cymbal
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Dog
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Horse-Gallop
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Bird 2
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Telephone 1
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Telephone 2
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Door Creaking
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Door Closing
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Scratch
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Wind Chimes
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Helicopter
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Car-Engine
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Car-Stop
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Car-Pass
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Car-Crash
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Siren
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Train
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Jetplane
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Starship
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Burst Noise
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Applause
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Laughing
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Screaming
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Punch
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Heart Beat
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Footsteps
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