Free And Legal Samples (Extensive Database: 180+ Entries!)

[_controlfreak]

I'd go through and pick the best of the best, but 1) that's too subjective, and 2) it takes too long. Policies change periodically for some of these sites - please be sure you are allowed to use the samples in professional recordings (don't publish "Demo" sounds). If you encounter a link with questionable content, please let me know ASAP!

http://bassandtrouble.com/sounds/wavs3000/wavs3000.htm
http://beatbot.com
http://freeradicalsounds.com/julbeat.htm
http://freesfx.com/basbom1cdov3.html
http://go.to/samples4u.net
http://hem.passagen.se/lej97/kalava/
http://hem2.passagen.se/lej97/kalava/
http://home.no.net/okval/info.htm
http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples
http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html
http://matrix-12.tripod.com/home.htm
http://meanbeat.cjb.net
http://megascorpion.com/resources.html
http://members.liwest.at/web/audiowerk/apw.htm
http://membres.lycos.fr/maxllo/loops.htm
http://misterbuster.com/loops.asp
http://musicmoz.org/Sound_Files/Samples_and_Loops/
http://ozonemusic.h1.ru/samples/samples7.htm
http://sonikmatter.com/sounds/
http://sonikmatter.com/sounds/wavs/cowzar_Jan01/
http://synthplace.freeservers.com/
http://tduck.ca/
http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aphex/113/index.html
http://trackers.pp.ru/links/index.php?list=ls
www.4musicminds.com/
www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
www.acapella-heaven.tk/
www.acidfanatic.com/
www.acidplanet.com/tools/8packs (the best!)
www.amguk.co.uk/
www.analogindustries.com/
www.analoguesamples.com/
www.angelfire.com/music2/richhoncho/software.htm
www.asterick.com/sample_links.html
www.audioattack.de/
www.audiomelody.com/Samples.htm
www.audiomidi.com/software/sounds_acid.cfm
www.bap.free.fr/html/sample.html
www.bassculture.org/
www.beatmode.com/free-loops/
www.beatsandsamples.com/
www.beatsandsamples.com/
www.beatsbymail.com
www.bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/whatsHot.html
www.bomis.com/rings/Mmusic-samples_and_loops-arts/
www.break-beats.co.uk/
www.breakbeatsonly.com
www.breakbeatsonly.com/links.htm
www.breakbeatsonly.com/preview1.htm
www.brothercake.com/links/sample.php
www.cobwebaudio.co.uk/sample_archives/
www.cubelabs.com/indep/loops.htm
www.dailywav.com/
www.dance-industries.com/home.php
www.danirava.com/LINKS/links_samples.asp
www.deltaz-palaze.de/
www.discretedrums.com/
www.discretedrums.com/
www.djbb.dk/samples_eng.html
www.djsamples.com/
www.djsamples.com/djsamples/home/home.cfm (massive!)
www.dogbeats.co.uk/
www.dooleydrums.com/
www.drumnbass.be
www.drumsamples.com/
www.drumslive.com/freeloops.htm <- Hassle Free
www.echovibes.com
www.echovibes.com/Autorank/autorank2.html
www.e-drummer.net/
www.e-lab.se/
www.e-lab.se/
www.electronisounds.com/
www.endlessflow.com/ (wicked sounds!)
www.findsounds.com/
www.flashkit.com/loops/
www.fleximusic.com/links/links.htm
www.freaknoise.com/
www.freeloops.co.uk/
www.fullblownkirk.com/fbk/samples.htm
www.funk-station.co.uk/links.htm
www.futurewaveshaper.com/
www.garritan.com/
www.geocities.com/s4u_site/newlinks.html
www.goltstein.com
www.guitarwavs.com/
www.guitarwavs.com/
www.harkproductions.com/ (pro loops!)
www.hiphop-directory.com/Audio_Site...mples/index.php
www.hqsamples.com.ua/home.php?type=all
www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/sun-sounds/
www.joor.com/
www.killerbeats.com/
www.kvr-vst.com/
www.loknet.demon.co.uk/leech/breakbeats.html
www.looperman.com/ (wicked)
www.looplibrary.com
www.looplibrary.com/
www.loops.net/
www.loops.net/ (massive)
www.loopwise.com/musicloops.htm
www.members.tripod.com/hakachukai/samples.html
www.modarchive.com/waveworld/
www.modarchive.com/waveworld/synths.shtml
www.musiclibraries.tv/
www.musicoflife.com/beatsbreaks.htm
www.oneshotsamples.com/
www.paradox-tunes.de.vu/
www.partnersinrhyme.com/contents/contentssfx.html
www.peaceloveproductions.com/ (quality loops!)
www.peff.com/reasonarchive/nrpb.html
www.phatdrumloops.com
www.platinumloops.com/
www.pocketfuel.com
www.primesounds.com/
www.propellerheads.se/
www.psylux.com/reason/
www.q-music.co.uk/platinum.htm
www.reasonrefills.com/
www.reasonrefills.com/rex.html
www.robpapen.com
www.samplearena.com
www.samplearena.com/sites.htm
www.samplemania.org/
www.samplenet.co.uk/
www.samplepoolz.de/
www.samplez.de/
www.skip.informatik.gu.se/~a...store/menu.html
www.slickmedia.com/super/index2.html
www.sonichound.com
www.sonicimplants.com/
www.sonicmayhem.com/
www.sonicmayhem.com/site_ie.html
www.sonomic.com/
www.soundbank.hu/
www.soundcentral.com/
www.soundcrafting.com/downloads.htm
www.sounddogs.com/searchresults.asp?Keyword=Loops
www.soundeffects.com
www.soundeffects.com/musloopandsa1.html
www.sound-effects-library.com/
www.soundfx.com/killersoundmusiclibraries.htm
www.soundoftheweb.com/soundeffects/
www.sound-planet.de/topsites/topsites5.html
www.soundproz.com/
www.soundsonline.com/
www.soundsonline.com/revAI-100.shtml
www.soundzone.info/index.php?zone=7§ion=2
www.spongebrain.co.uk/
www.squarecircle.co.uk/links.html
www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html
www.stormchild.net/
www.superloops.com/default.htm
www.synthzone.com/
www.synthzone.com/drums.htm
www.synthzone.com/sampling.htm
www.tapegerm.com/freeloops/
www.tapegerm.com/freeloops/
www.technotoys.com/sample.htm
www.thelooplibrary.com/index.html
www.thespeakerboy.com/
www.trayfulloflabmice.com/synthsound.html
www.tweakheadz.com/
www.twilightrecordingstudio.com/
www.twilightrecordingstudio.com/Freesamples.htm
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~spufus/
www.vgmusic.com/
www.virtualbassplayer.com/
www.wavcentral.com/
www.waveform.dk/
www.wyze.com/sampleshack/sampleshack.html
www.xelenio.com/
www.zero-g.co.uk/
x-stream.fortunecity.com/kingsrd/58/

[IndianTweakhead]

oh crap...i've got my work cutout for me...thanks man

[tecnolover]

... if even half of those links aren't dead or empty I'd be suprised.

[_controlfreak]

Please report bad links so I can update the database.

[IndianTweakhead]

http://www.visibleform.co.uk/freemusic.html
http://www.geocities.com/lmcherian/downloads.html (nothing there)
http://www.stanford.edu/~jos/WaveDigita ... Loops.html
http://www.f6.co.nz/artificial/main.html (one of those stupid search engine sites)
http://www.lycos.co.uk/dir/Music_and_MP ... ps/Breaks/
http://www.illnon.com/samplecds.html
http://www.cpaterson.clara.net/

404

[_controlfreak]

Updated (you filthy pessimist). JUST KIDDING. Thank you.

[IndianTweakhead]

haha

[_controlfreak]

Nah, you're just jealous that it got made a sticky so fast.

[IndianTweakhead]

HMM...STICKY HUH....ah well...welll...welllll....TAKE THIS:

Dead Links:

http://www.fabtrax.com/_resources/res_samples.htm
http://www.licoricepizza.com/beatz.html

I guess they lowered the sticky standards...haha just kidding....

[_controlfreak]

Updated. Now if only somone would consolidate all the sounds into central location!

[dc]

would be awesome indeed, but this looks allready bloody to me !!!

woooooow !!

thank you man ,





veryy nice post !

ps : can somebody can get me to a specifiek link where I can download from those african, brazilian, salsa kinda vocals !!
srry I don't have lots of time to chek all of them
so euu, if someone knows a specifick link, just drop a line

thank you

[darkenedsoul]

How are they allowing samples from movies in there? I thought that you couldn't use those types of samples without permission or licensing of some sort? There are some I'd love to use from Wave Central for some martial stuff i am wanting to do (war sounds/comments/etc...).

MIke

[iamsickofspam]

POST OF THE MONTH!!!

[_controlfreak]

POST OF THE MONTH!!!

Thanks, but it was posted in September. It's a sticky, and that's all the attention it needs.

[iamsickofspam]

whoops, ive never seen it before.

to be honnest though i generally never search previous posts unless its something im specifically looking for.

nevertheless an amazingly useful post, one of the best i have seen on this website.

[fingers]

thanks bro 4 the list 4 sample sites--diam it wud last 4 a life time

[Dugz Ink]

Just noticed this thread...

How are they allowing samples from movies in there? I thought that you couldn't use those types of samples without permission or licensing of some sort?

Just because they're free, that doesn't that you can use them freely. Some samples are free for your own personal enjoyment in their current form. And some "free" samples are actually illegal hacks.

If the sample was posted by anybody other than the copyright holder, then you probably do NOT have permission to use the samples in your music/sound production.

There should probably be something to that affect in the first post.

[_controlfreak]

please be sure you are allowed to use the samples in professional recordings

I figured that would be enough.

[Dugz Ink]

please be sure you are allowed to use the samples in professional recordings

I figured that would be enough.

You don't think that we should explain that some "free" samples are hacked?

(That IS what that poster was asking about.)

[_controlfreak]

Ahh... I see. I myself do not remember which samples were at which sites, but if there's a URL that seems a little shady, let me know and I'll cut it out.

[_controlfreak]

*phew* Almost 1 year later... better late than never!

ALL dead links & spam redirects busted as of 09/01/2006! Thank you to lac1 for the help.

A lot of these are hosted on "free" servers; that's why their web leases expire so quickly. There are still numerous duplicate sites, but I can't think of a good way to hunt them down!

[guitarboy]

There are also several magazines that come with a DVD including sample software and a ton of free samples.

For example:

Music tech (http://www.musictechmag.co.uk )
Future Music (http://www.futuremusic.co.uk/ )
Computer Music (http://www.computermusic.co.uk/ )

I've had a lot of fun playing around with some of the samples.

[k_heidt]

here's a link full of links. I've checked out only a handfull of these, and some are good. Some day, when I need just the right sample, I'll spend more time browsing these sites.

http://www.jonhs.com/moviesounds/soundlinks.htm

[jnz]

Wow

I just came accross this thread... _cf, I just want to know one thing: how long did it take you to do that, man?

[cmreal04]

Just stumbled on efiddler.com this morning in my search for a specific sound, a bunch of free violin loops.

CM