Post links to your favorite sample resources.
Don't post:
- Movie/TV/Cartoon/VG speech or sfx
- Silly sound effects
- Drum Loops
- Huge random libraries like http://www.freesound.org/ *)
- Stuff that Google spits out by the million
(Don't get me wrong, all that can be pretty useful, but is ultimately easy to find)
- Memes, unhelpful comments
*) If you find something noteworthy inside a random archive, post it. Just don't link the whole thing.
Do post:
- Single hit (clean) oldskool synths, toys and drums
- Outlandish and interesting things
- VGM instruments are ok
- Specialized libraries
- Stuff you had to dig for
(Think of it as the internet user's equivalent of crate digging)
Essentially we're looking for things that are either good for universal use or make great one-shots
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Drums & Drum Machines
Drum synth samples, old and new (my pick for drum synths)
http://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php
More drum synths, some synth voices as well
http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html
Yamaha DD-8, extra cheese 80s drums
http://bedroomproducers.wordpress.com/2
maha-dd-8/
Scooby feet beat
http://8bitcollective.com/wiki/index.php/Scoobycore
A collection of good oldskool drums and beeps. Note the NI FM7 drumkit (needs freesound.org account).
http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=19852
WDUWSTS' drum samples: Casio MT-45, Roland TR-66, Hing Hon EK-001, Yamaha PSS-795, FM2 (TFM maker)
http://encowell.tumblr.com/post/1575542
qus_thread
Link hub to a whole lot of acoustic drum samples. Note the 600 MB Open Source Kit
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/06
full-kits/
Selection of 'classic' drum sounds, quality varies, but very decent stuff in there
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/09
e-samples/
Fully sampled TR-626. This pack is as complete as it gets.
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=956
Neatly sampled Roland TR-606, as with the 626 above
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=1420
godinpants' stabs for breaks
http://www.chkdisbrk.com/111.aiff
http://www.chkdisbrk.com/222.aiff
http://www.chkdisbrk.com/333.aiff
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Instruments & Collections
ST-XX Disks, classic Amiga tracker samples
http://www.archive.org/details/AmigaSou
Packsst-xx
Tracker samples, from modules for modules
http://www.kiarchive.ru/pub/misc/sounds/samples/ft2/
More tracker samples, from the demoscene's Hornet Archive
ftp://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/hornet/music/samples/
Big fat D&B bass stabs, some loops
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CMYJW13Z
Royalty free orchestra instrument samples
http://slib.soundex.co.uk/
Ukulele
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2010/0
t-and.html
Thai Khene
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2009/0
-pack.html
Woolyss' sample links (some free, some comercial)
http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-samples.php
Pianos, E-Pianos, Toy Pianos
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/07
oy-pianos/
Very nice Hammond Organ samples, neatly organized folder structure
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=635
4300(!) single cycle waveforms, perfect for making those 4k or 8k modules
http://www.adventurekid.se/akrt/wavefor
waveforms/
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Consoles & Vintage Computers
Atari
little-scale's chip samples
Atari POKEY Noise Sample Pack
Atari 2600 Sample Pack
Commodore / Amiga
little-scale's SID 8580 Sample Pack
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2009/1
-pack.html
C64 MSSIAH default drums (8531)
http://bedroomproducers.wordpress.com/2
-drum-kit/
Whole lot (320) of C64 samples are included with DR-SID (by the same people who made the Unknown 64 VSTi)
http://www.odosynths.com/vst.htm
Nintendo
Nanoloop sounds & drums
http://www.infradead.bagger288.com/samples
LSDJ kits as .wav
http://inactivex.bp6.com/lsdjdrums.zip
little-scale's LSDJ kits
http://chiptech.milkcrate.com.au/#kits
GB Pocket Music Voices
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2010/0
k-rom.html
LSDJ kits on littlesounddj.com, nitro2k01 recommends rex42's kits
http://share.littlesounddj.com/list_files.php
LSDJ group file area. Kits as well as other stuff like instruments, savs and more. Requires a Yahoo account.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/lsdj/files/
Bucky's instrument rips from classic NES games
http://www.hotdogstorm.com/bucky/samplepacks/
The 2a03 DMC archive, FamiFood
http://2a03.free.fr/?p=pub&type=dmc
Sega
little-scale's chip samples
YM2413 Sample Pack
YM2413 Drums Sample Pack
Sega SN76489 Sample Pack
Sega Mega Drive Sample Pack
Other
little-scale's chip samples
SPO256-AL2 Sample Pack
Phillips SAA-1099
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Vintage Synths
Synth voices & drums. Check the Odyssey and Rogue.
http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html
Casio VL-1 stock voices and rhythms, single hit drums and some ADSR voices
http://www.milkcrate.com.au/ub/casio_vl-1.zip
Casio SK-1 stock voices
http://www.milkcrate.com.au/ub/casio_SK1.zip
Casio SA-10 stock voices, as wav and sf2
http://bedroomproducers.wordpress.com/2
and-loops/
Korg Electribe ER-1 mkII Drums And FX
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/10
ms-and-fx/
Korg Electribe A1 mkII, sampled in iff format. Protracker, goooo!
http://aminet.net/package/mods/smpl/EA1mkII
Yamaha PSS-470 FM blips (needs freesound.org account)
http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=35839
Farfisa Professional (damaged so certain keys glitch out, packs includes both clean and glitch samples!)
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=1304
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Toys & Bent Hardware
Speak & Spell samples
http://www.milkcrate.com.au/ub/speakandspell.zip
Two no-name toy keyboards, multi-sampled
http://www.lesproductionszvon.com/Freebies.htm
Misc bent hardware recordings, check their S&S flashs
http://www.roilnoise.com/bending.htm
Sample packs of several rare vintage toys ($$$)
http://www.miniorgan.com/home.php
Two Toy Keyboard packs ($)
http://www.prokits.co.uk/search.asp?opt
Submit.y=0
Link hub to lots and lots of bent hardware samples
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/06
-glitches/
Pianos, E-Pianos, Toy Pianos
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/07
oy-pianos/
Bent Casio CA100 1 & 2
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=1363
http://www.illuminatedsounds.com/?p=1449
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Exotic stuff
Telephone signals and announcements
http://www.payphone-directory.org/sounds.html
Radio Interval signals (including vintage ones)
http://www.intervalsignals.net/
AT&T Text to Speech
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
The Conet project, recordings of Number Stations
http://www.archive.org/details/ird059
NOAA underwater recordings of natural, man-made and mystery sounds. Great ambiance.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/sounds.html
Recordings of Northern Lights EM
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/
Sounds of vintage arcade cabinets (need creepy voice samples? go here!)
http://arcadearchive.com/
EM Sounds recorded in space - stuff like lightning on Saturn or Sun plasma
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/
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Acapellas
Search 'Tracks' for '[artist] acapella'. Requires registration for download.
http://www.jamglue.com/
Pretty sizable archiv of acapellas/filterpellas, various genres
http://acapellarchives.blogspot.com/
Last edited by µB (Apr 19, 2011 12:17 pm)