SampleRadar: 500 free industrial samples

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SampleRadar hasn't done a day's manual labour in its life - it's every inch the delicate-skinned desk jockey - but that doesn't mean that it can't appreciate the value in a bit of industrial noise.

And that's precisely what's on offer in this week's collection: we hope you find these samples suitably nasty and in-yer-face, but if not, just distort them some more.

What you need to know

The samples are split into five tempo-labelled construction kits, each of which contains loops, hits and multisamples.

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

The retro video game samples are supplied in a zip file, so you'll need to extract them before you can see them. Enjoy!

Example sounds

Drums 120bpm

Bass 140bpm

Guitar 150bpm

Lead synth 174bpm

Arpeggiator 90bpm

Industrial samples: click to download

Industrial samples (466MB)

These samples originally appeared on Computer Music magazine's cover DVD. Check out the latest issue for many more.

Tutorial

How to use bitcrushing to add brightness

For more than 50,000 more samples, head to our SampleRadar hub

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