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SampleRadar: 278 free hi-hat and cymbal samples
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Crispy hi-hats on the menu in our latest free sample giveaway
SampleRadar: 488 free hip-hop essentials samples
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Hits, loops and multi-samples that are perfect for hip-hop production
SampleRadar: 216 free jazz keyboard samples
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Jazz-inflected chords, riffs and more to download gratis
SampleRadar: 556 free timewarp FX samples
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Classic effects from the archives
SampleRadar: 338 free house samples
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Royalty-free and ready to party
SampleRadar: 205 free ultra minimal samples
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Over 200 blips, beeps, pops and pings designed for use in minimal music-making
SampleRadar: 592 free tuneful toy samples
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Your favourite sound-making playthings reimagined
SampleRadar: 188 free processed guitar samples
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Our next free sample pack highlights the sounds of processed guitar, as we run a Strat, Tele and a Gretsch Electromatic through a smorgasbord of pedals and outboard gear
SampleRadar: 162 free world percussion samples
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Bring your drum programming to life with 162 loops recorded using the hand drum, guiro and shekere
SampleRadar: 331 free raw materials samples
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We used everyday 'raw' materials - paper, wood, plastic and fabric - to record rich textures ranging from drum hits to horror foley to atmospherics to all-out explosions
SampleRadar: 223 free retro video game samples
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Let those 8-bit memories come flooding back
SampleRadar: 181 free synth chords samples
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Find sweet harmony with this fat stack of chord hits and synth loops
SampleRadar: 475 free crate digger's vinyl samples
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For a true sample collector, nothing beats the feeling of crate digging
SampleRadar: 265 free lo-fi acoustic samples
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Today's sample pack explores the warm, nostalgia-soaked sound of lo-fi
SampleRadar: 500 free ring modulation samples
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This free sample pack explores the clangorous sounds of ring modulation
SampleRadar: 352 free chillout samples
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Kick back and relax with this free chillout sample pack
SampleRadar: 505 free classic synth-pop samples
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Get to werk on krafting some synth-pop recreations with our latest sample pack
SampleRadar: 170 free psych-rock synth samples
By The MusicRadar team last updated
Today's pack delivers lines, loops and hits stuffed with wobbly, springy, crunchy, fuzzy synth and keyboard sounds redolent of '60s psychedelia
SampleRadar: 275 free micro modulars samples
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Mini modular synths are fun, portable and surprisingly powerful. Our latest free sample pack shows off their capabilities
SampleRadar: 499 free '80s synth samples
By The MusicRadar team last updated
This 80s synth mega-pack features leads, basses, pads and arps produced by Arturia's emulations of the Yamaha DX-7, Jupiter-8, Prophet V, Matrix-12 and more
SampleRadar: 797 '90s synth samples
By The MusicRadar team last updated
In one of our biggest sample giveaways yet, we've stuffed almost 800 '90s-flavoured leads, bass, pads and arps into a single free pack
SampleRadar: 371 found sound percussion samples
By The MusicRadar team last updated
Sick and tired of congas and tambourines? Try these non-standard percussive sounds out for size
SampleRadar: 485 free DnB essentials samples
By The MusicRadar team published
Get involved in the drum 'n' bass revival with our latest free sample pack
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