Royalty Free Sample Packs

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I posted this on IRC a few days ago, but got around to tidying up the links and thought I’d better post it on here.

Below are direct links to the sample packs from SampleRadar. SampleRadar is by the same people who make Future Music and Computer Music magazine (I think these are the samples off their magazine coverdisks). They are packaged in categories and new ones appear approximately once a week. New links appear on the SampleRadar twitter feed. The zip files range in size from 50mb to 800mb each, and are usually around 200-300mb. They are approximately 30gb compressed (35gb uncompressed) and comprise of approximately 40,000 samples.

The license is as follows:

The samples are supplied as 24-bit WAV files so can be imported directly into your DAW of choice. Because they’re royalty-free, you’re welcome to use them in your music in any way you like - all we ask is that you don’t re-distribute them.

There are a lot of loops and construction kits, but some multisamples and many single hits. You can always chop out sounds from the loops with the sample editor.

Enjoy!

edits:

  • 30/09/2012 - Sample packs 133, 134 and 135 added to the list
  • 08/12/2012 - Sample packs 136, 137, 138 and 139 added to the list
  • 16/02/2013 - Sample packs 140, 141, 142 added to the list
  • 17/03/2013 - Sample packs 143, 144 added to the list
  • 28/04/2013 - Sample pack 145 added to the list
  • 06/06/2013 - Sample packs 146, 147, 148 added to the list
  • 25/08/2013 - Sample packs 149, 150 added
  • 09/01/2014 - Sample packs 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 added
  • 20/04/2014 - Sample pack 157 added
  • 26/12/2014 - Sample packs 158, 159 added
  • 07/03/2015 - Sample packs 160, 161,162, 163 added
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wow ! :panic:

let’s grab !

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thanks mate, really aprecciate!

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I have downloaded a couple of these packs. They do require a lot of work to disassemble if there are no separate samples of each sound. Also loads of prebaken loops (whether it is beats, chords or leads / arps). The multisample instruments are poorly present and those that are multi, contain only a few notes per octave. Nevertheless, if you like hours of previewing sounds, these packs are gold.

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List updated in first post with packs 133, 134 and 135.

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426 megabytes of female vocal samples… is precisely what my Dr has been telling me for months now.

Thanks mxb

:lol: :walkman:

Edit = omg, some of us are going to be downloading well into the afternoon… evening? tomorrow?

:lol:

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Reached sample pack #150!

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Awesome! :dribble:/>

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cool :drummer:

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Just updated the list and I’ll give this a bump this time as we probably have new users who are not aware of this list.

enjoy :slight_smile:

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Oh cool, IMO this should be stickied. I’ve seen the samples before but they’re the devil to sort through on the website. Much easier having them in list form like this.

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“You know what you really need? Yet more samples!” -My dumb brain, as I download every last one of these one by one at 1 o’clock in the morning.

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Nice… Thanks for the listing…
I think they added another one today… 164:http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/sampleradar-280-free-analogue-circuit-samples-632922

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I did some sorting… it turned out the list was missing a few: here are correct updates…

Guitar Drone 164 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-guitar-drone-samples.zip

Reversed Samples 165 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-reversed-samples.zip

Bass Boutique 166 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-bass-boutique-samples.zip

90’s Ambient Samples 167 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-90s-ambient-samples.zip

OutDoor Samples 168 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-outdoor-samples.zip

Spiritual Samples 169 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-spiritual-samples.zip

Cheap Synth Samples 170 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-cheap-synth-samples.zip

80s Heat 171 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-80s-heat-samples.zip

DubDrums 172 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-dub-drums-samples.zip

Uk Garage 173 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-uk-garage-samples.zip

Layering Samples 174 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-layering-samples.zip

Scifi Samples 175 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-sci-fi-samples.zip

Analogue Circuit 176 http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-analogue-circuit-samples.zip

Distorted Drumloop 177http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-distorted-drum-loops.zip

Battery Powered 178http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-battery-powered-samples.zip

Elastic audio 179http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-stretched-samples.zip

Edited and added 177

Edited and added 178

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rhythmn lab are the best free ones imo. Kept them on my pc for YEARS

http://rhythm-lab.com/

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someone know a legit source of reggea loop samples (drums only or drums plus bass).

no need to be a huge pack, just a bunch of clean good ones, so i can test something out.

years ago i had stuff from sly dunbar&robbie shakespeare on a cd, which is all gone since i lend it out to

someone, who doesnt know the inner sense of “lend out”.

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someone know a legit source of reggea loop samples (drums only or drums plus bass).

no need to be a huge pack, just a bunch of clean good ones, so i can test something out.

years ago i had stuff from sly dunbar&robbie shakespeare on a cd, which is all gone since i lend it out to

someone, who doesnt know the inner sense of “lend out”.

Try the dub drums linked by the dreamer, if it’s the pack I am thinking of it may suit.

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Try the dub drums linked by the dreamer, if it’s the pack I am thinking of it may suit.

yep already did it, its dub stuff, but not bad. unfortunately the heavy hall sometimes sounds well on sliced samples, but very often just sonds aweful.

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added pack 177 to the list:
distorted drumshttp://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/audio/samples/musicradar-distorted-drum-loops.zip

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Some great sample packs to feed Renoise with, from the Dutch synth wizard Legowelt:http://awolfe.home.xs4all.nl/samples.html