A KVR Audio user, hbr, posted a link in the forum to a free download of a Yamaha PSS-790 drum kit. On his site, hbr said: “All sounds in this bank are the original sounds from the Yamaha PSS-790 without any kind of processing or effects. We also preserved the original volume differences among the [...]
Just when I think i’ve run out of places to look for free drum samples, I find more! Synthesizers.se is offering 4 free and unusual drum machines, the Casio HT series, Portasounds PSS-21, Portasounds MP-1, and Siel MK370, for you to download. Each of the samples sets comes in either Reason/Redrum format or as zipped [...]
On his website, Christian Coriolis is giving away some free one-shot drum samples. There are several kits available for download but the Yamaha PSS-140 and Simmons SDS-9 classic drum machine kits stand out. Of the Simmons SDS-9, Christian says: “This is a selection of drum hits taken from the 20 factory kits in the SDS-9. [...]
I am and have always been a big time user of Sampletank so when Zvon, A KVR Audio user, posted a link to free sounds for Sampletank, I was all over it like white on rice. According to the post, “The sounds included are: “No Name Poly” from the freebie The No Name keyboard. Mapped [...]
The fine folks at Logic Cafe released another classic drum machine, the EMS VCS-3, in EXS24 format for free download. In their post, they say “The EMS VCS-3 was first released in 1969 and to this day remains a highly sought after sound module. With its wooden housing and angular design, coupled with the unique [...]
An Audiofanzine user, Ukaef, posted a link to his Rock Da 500 sample library of MPC 500 samples. In his post, Ukaef says: “I’m proud to present Rock Da 500 vol.1 – free library of sounds and programs for Akai family samplers (MPC 500, 1000, S-series) and all hardware/software which are compatible with WAVe files [...]
Through a thread at KVRaudio, I found a post by Real Music Media announcing that all the music and samples on their site are now completely free. You can download free loops packs in the styles of: 60′s drums, swing jazz drums, and classical guitar as well as many others.
The creator of the Bedroom Producers blog, a member at KVR Audio, recently posted a free Yamaha DD-8 sample pack. He says, “if you like toy synths and drum machines, this will probably make you happy because the Yamaha DD-8 is like the cheeziest drum machine ever. still, it somehow never ceases to inspire me.”
I found some threads at KVR Audio where people were raving about the Waveformless music blog. There’s tons of cool stuff on the site but what really caught my attention were the 20 free synth percussion sounds from his Novamodded Roland SH-101. Bookmark his blog and check back with it regularly for more freebies.
There’s a post at KVR Audio about free drumkits made available on The Synthgeek Pages. Synthgeek has po ted several drumkits, loops, synthsounds, and miscellaneous effects. There’s lots of cool stuff here (circuit bent Roland TR-66 samples) and some off the wall stuff too (sampled/processed recording of dogs and weed whackers).
