The MusicRadar team

Percussive sounds made using everyday household objects

Crispy hi-hats on the menu in our latest free sample giveaway

Hits, loops and multi-samples that are perfect for hip-hop production

Jazz-inflected chords, riffs and more to download gratis

Classic effects from the archives

Royalty-free and ready to party

Over 200 blips, beeps, pops and pings designed for use in minimal music-making

Your favourite sound-making playthings reimagined

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

Bring your drum programming to life with 162 loops recorded using the hand drum, guiro and shekere

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

Let those 8-bit memories come flooding back

Find sweet harmony with this fat stack of chord hits and synth loops

For a true sample collector, nothing beats the feeling of crate digging

Today's sample pack explores the warm, nostalgia-soaked sound of lo-fi

This free sample pack explores the clangorous sounds of ring modulation

Kick back and relax with this free chillout sample pack

Get to werk on krafting some synth-pop recreations with our latest sample pack

Today's pack delivers lines, loops and hits stuffed with wobbly, springy, crunchy, fuzzy synth and keyboard sounds redolent of '60s psychedelia

Mini modular synths are fun, portable and surprisingly powerful. Our latest free sample pack shows off their capabilities

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

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

Sick and tired of congas and tambourines? Try these non-standard percussive sounds out for size

Get involved in the drum 'n' bass revival with our latest free sample pack

Crank your low-end up a notch