Sonatina is an awesome library - if you’re planning to use them in Renoise they already got converted:
https://github.com/jbbourgoin/renoise-instruments/tree/master/Sonatina
Didn’t know about these. Thanks for the link!
For synth instruments your best bet is probably just finding quality samples and sampling plugins rather than look for instruments already in XRNI format, since it’s not a widely used format (but everyone uses .wav’s). Do check out our downloads section though, there is a lot of cool stuff in there.
If you ever need acoustic drums, Drumdrops offers all their kits in .xrni format. I built them myself actually in exchange for getting the samples for free. They have a free kit (the Yamaha single hits kit which has 3 velocity layers per articulation as opposed to the full version which has like 12-16 depending) you can try, and all their kits are pretty cheap.
The Sonatina is cool but it’s not exactly going to be a complete scoring solution. Unless you just need something quick and simple, imo you’re going to have to spend quite a bit of money in order to get good quality orchestral instruments, and they’re going to be plugins not XRNI’s.
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the Downloads section? You know the absolutely incredible source of goodies at the top there on the left?
It has 56 instruments at the moment and new ones are added all the time. 
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Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the Downloads section? You know the absolutely incredible source of goodies at the top there on the left?
It has 56 instruments at the moment and new ones are added all the time.
Well quality NASA sounds, quality Computer Code Generator, quality My Voice, quality Granutella, quality Alien White Keys and such might not mean exactly the same ‘quality’ as the subject line. Even the Sonatina sounds, while being nice, are not so much good. I would also pay for high quality sounds, but by that I do not mean high quality door slams, squirrel squeaks and C64 beeps.
I rather mean real instruments, expressive and top notch sampling.
Well quality NASA sounds, quality Computer Code Generator, quality My Voice, quality Granutella, quality Alien White Keys and such might not mean exactly the same ‘quality’ as the subject line. Even the Sonatina sounds, while being nice, are not so much good. I would also pay for high quality sounds, but by that I do not mean high quality door slams, squirrel squeaks and C64 beeps.
Most of them are probably not made by professional audio engineers, but how do one really define high quality samples?
Danoise just released some high quality waveforms here:http://forum.renoise.com/index.php/topic/43519-instruments-elements-1/#entry324819
It would be nice if more professional sample companies released in xrni format though. Drumdrops are the only ones i’ve bought from that releases xrni, but i think it’s pretty high quality.
sorry to bump an old topic but i too have been searching high and low for normal GM/ JV1080 type sounds for renoise
www.dskmusic.comhas a nice selection of sfz formatted sounds. $25 might be worth it. i’ll give it a try next month
I know the answer is probably completely obvious but I can’t seem to find a ‘downloads’ section anywhere.
Can you point me in the right direction? 
The downloads section ( files.renoise.com/forum/downloads/instruments )
has been down since the recent, catastrophic, forum upgrade.
Now, there are just some instruments in ‘backstage’ for paid users.
Not sure if the instruments area will be restored; although, im sure some of us have backups of it.
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Thanks for letting me know. I thought something like that must have happened.
Too bad! If anyone sees this and has some interesting backups please let me know.
Renoise is amazing…
Excellent - much appreciated!
Doesn’t work for me (=> “403 Forbidden”). 
I believe it used to work some time ago though.
Really weird it was still working when I posted. Also getting a 403 now.
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Does this work for you? https://web.archive.org/web/20230523165207/https://files.renoise.com/forum/downloads/Instruments/
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Sorry to necro the thread, but even that link doesn’t work anymore. What happen to the download area?
The web archive link ffx posted does still work for me.
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It seems some links still work, but not all.
/Thanatos-Lots_of_choir/korg%20choir.xrni
/Thanatos-emx_tribal_drum/tribal%20emx.xrni
For example, these are unaccessible.
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Just have fixed the link/access, so this should work again:
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These are posted elsewhere in forum threads:
200 Breakbeat Instruments
Big xmas pack of xrni
This year sucks pack
0usr Pack
The last 2 i couldn’t find the threads but have the packs saved on my drive.
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Good morning, people.
Just sharing my Cloud instruments folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SE-Dx1iw_tNlYBsJx7cNZsjWmuFSbEYU?usp=sharing
Lots of stuff collected from the forums but also from friends and a few thingies by myself (I don’t save my instruments, but maybe I should start doing it).
About 10gb of XRNI.
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