As you know, we're partial to a free sample or two over here at MusicRadar. Typically, you'll find us delivering them to you via our long-running free music samples giveaway series, SampleRadar. Sometimes, though, we stumble upon similar examples of audio-based generosity elsewhere on the internet, and can't help but feel compelled to share them with our audience of sample-hungry producers.

Today is one of those days. Glitch With Friends is a series of sample packs from the audiovisual arts collective glitch[dot]cool. Released in three instalments, their sample packs add up to a total of almost 10GB of free, high-quality samples that share an aesthetic based around glitch and IDM.

Though they're highly suited to tracks made in these genres, there's such a diversity of sounds in here that it's a worthy download for producers making pretty much any kind of electronic music. The beginner's guide to: glitch. There's a truly colossal amount of excellent samples in here - everything from synthesized drums to powerful impacts, risers and FX, ethereal pads to gnarly bass riffs, abrasive textures to melodic loops.

On top of these custom-made sounds, there's a ton of field recordings, and even a selection of experimental sounds made by recording "music and audio equipment being pushed to the point of failure. It goes without saying, but you have to be careful not to infringe copyright in this situation, as the freedom to upload also means the freedom to distribute paid packs illegally.

Apart from that, this resource is a gold mine for any sort of sound, from staples to experimental. Visit SoundPacks. These guys love their free samples. Not only do you get 3. The only catch is that these downloads are all through the Pump Your Sound fangate, meaning you have to follow them on Soundcloud.

Not a big deal though. Check their website out. This website has some weird and wonderful sounds being around since , some are more bread-and-butter, while others are definitely a mixed bag.

This way you can get sounds you might not normally pick — great for inspiration. Visit SampleSwap. This sound sharing website hosts a bunch of samples, not just for music production, but also for video games, video production and foley art, and a lot more.

So the types of sounds you get on here are quite varied. Simply make an account and you can search for any sound you like. You can get individual files, whole packs or even browse a certain uploaders catalogue of sounds. Neat stuff.

Visit Freesound. Stranjah is one of the leaders in the Drum and Bass education sphere. He also has a killer free sample pack that includes:. Download to full pack here. Sample pack companies often create solid packs because, well, they sell. Everyone needs staples. Not everyone needs more obscure sounds.

Some of these resources are for sharing packs, some of them are for sharing sample-able music. Once again, be mindful that some of these resources could infringe copyright, so be smart. Here are a few of my favorites:. Germany-based underground producer Legowelt is an industry stalwart of sorts, with a decent release catalog and a reputation for obscure sounds.

Check them out on his website, all available for free. Sound 7 have a nice variety of different samples and presets for a bunch of different synths available on their site. Browse their free sounds. A lot of great free samples and presets available from a solid rotation of talented sound designers.

Browse the catalogue of packs. Our friends at The Pro Audio Files have a great free download from one of their blog authors, Cristofer Odqvist. Grab the free pack here. If you want to achieve an esoteric, spaced-out aesthetic on your tracks, why not use actual sounds from space? NASA has built a great library of recorded sounds from various interstellar activities over the years, and put them up on their Soundcloud and website.

Check the site here. BPB was a haven for bedroom producers like myself who were young and had no money of their own when starting out in electronic music production , and I still find myself coming back there today. Not only do they have a knack for compiling high-quality free plugins and sampler instruments, but they also release their own free sample packs.

They also started a side project, 99Sounds, dedicated to their original resources. A personal hidden gem — prrrrrrr on Soundcloud has three free sample banks for you to use in your own productions.

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Missing Grab the best free Electronic sample packs available from the largest collection of free sample packs on the web! ALL samples are Royalty Free This pack contains samples including a variety of percussive one-shot samples and loops as well as eclectic instrument and vocal recordings

Free electronics sample packs - Browse our collection of free Electronica samples and Electronica loops, Electronica sample packs, sound effects, drum loops and synth samples Missing Grab the best free Electronic sample packs available from the largest collection of free sample packs on the web! ALL samples are Royalty Free This pack contains samples including a variety of percussive one-shot samples and loops as well as eclectic instrument and vocal recordings

Find out more about glitch[dot]cool at their website. Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. I'm the Tech Editor for MusicRadar, working across everything from artist interviews to product news to tech tutorials. I love electronic music and I'm endlessly fascinated by the tools we use to make it.

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Random eletrionics parts and computer equipment. Some of these may give samples. I have not checked but Comment and I will put them under the correct category.

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Here is a list of best and recommended electronic suppliers below. Please note most of those suppliers on this list do not offer samples. Thanks to Brennn10 for letting me use his write up about the best suppliers from this forum.

Digi-Key - By Brennn10 Digi-Key is a large distrbutor of components from various manufacturers, offering a very large catalog with lots and lots of choices. However, the site uses small print that might be hard to read. The catalog includes line drawings but not part photos, but it does do an excellant job of labeling the parts.

Overall, Digi-Key has a huge selection of products, but they might need a little looking to find them. Mouser Electronics - By Brennn10 Another large distributor of components from various manufacturers is Mouser. I like how Mouser's site allows you to compile separate orders for different projects.

You can come backa s many times as you like to complete your order and make your purchase. We also like how Mouser label parts because the labels are easy to read and provide alot of information about the specific part.

Farnell Farnell is a large distributor components from various manufacturers of UK. They offer a very wide range of electronic components, test equipment, wire, tools and electrical hardware. Farnell provides a picture to all of their products and has technical information about the product.

Farnell sells their products cheaply and they do a free next day shipping to UK residents. Reynolds Electronics - By Brennn10 Reynolds Electronics is a good supplier of remote control components, micro controllers, and robot kits and parts. You can also find links for educational books on topics such as robotics and microcontrollers.

Hobby Engineering - By Brennn10 Hobby Engineering is a sit slanted towards the hobbyist. This site carries some useful items that can be harder to find from other providers who are catered towards the corporate customer.

it also has a good supply of micro-controllers, robot kits, parts, ad miscellaneous components and tools. Jameco Electronics - By Brennn10 Jameco has a very nice site catalog.

It's not very big that you sspect a forest was sacrificed in its making. I has great color photos with relatively easy to find components. This is one supplier wih a low price fuarantee which means that if you can show a part offered for less, the lesser price is honored.

jameco also provides lower priced generic products as well as name brands. Germany-based underground producer Legowelt is an industry stalwart of sorts, with a decent release catalog and a reputation for obscure sounds.

Check them out on his website, all available for free. Sound 7 have a nice variety of different samples and presets for a bunch of different synths available on their site.

Browse their free sounds. A lot of great free samples and presets available from a solid rotation of talented sound designers. Browse the catalogue of packs.

Our friends at The Pro Audio Files have a great free download from one of their blog authors, Cristofer Odqvist. Grab the free pack here. If you want to achieve an esoteric, spaced-out aesthetic on your tracks, why not use actual sounds from space?

NASA has built a great library of recorded sounds from various interstellar activities over the years, and put them up on their Soundcloud and website. Check the site here. BPB was a haven for bedroom producers like myself who were young and had no money of their own when starting out in electronic music production , and I still find myself coming back there today.

Not only do they have a knack for compiling high-quality free plugins and sampler instruments, but they also release their own free sample packs. They also started a side project, 99Sounds, dedicated to their original resources. A personal hidden gem — prrrrrrr on Soundcloud has three free sample banks for you to use in your own productions.

But this was the closest thing I could find. Lastly, this is technically designed for Native Instruments Kontakt, but you can use the WAV files on their own. Get the pack here.

This pack essentially made trap music. If you want some solid sounds for that kind of music, look no further than this kit. Grab it on Soundpacks. Need some carefully curated, high-quality vintage drum sounds? You can find a few free packs on their website that are smaller versions of their paid packs.

Grab the packs here. Back in the days when Neurohop Forum was around, the userbase compiled together a massive pack of bass, FX, drum, and a whole lot more. Night Owl Collective is a multi-genre label, from future bass, to hip-hop, to neuro. Their free artist-curated packs are a reflection of this — a barrage of unique sounds that can spark your creativity.

That Sound creates awesome samples that span beyond electronic music, including this free pack of sounds. No matter if you make hip-hop, pop, rock, or EDM — this pack will give you the sounds you need. Get the pack now. You might have seen a video or two from Jonas Aden before on his YouTube channel.

He makes great music production content detailing his journey as a producer and does great challenges and fun music things. Check them out here. Browse the collection here. Acapellas are super useful tools for coming up with a hook.

You can chop, pitch, and process them in a number of different ways. it is a great place to get all sorts of free acapella samples. Signup here and get free access. Making techno? You have to check this great free pack from the trio Diode Eins. Download pack. Looking for the best free sample packs for Drum and Bass and Jungle?

Looking for the best free vocal samples out there? Tired of hearing the same vocals from Splice or Loopcloud?

Free electronics sample packs - Browse our collection of free Electronica samples and Electronica loops, Electronica sample packs, sound effects, drum loops and synth samples Missing Grab the best free Electronic sample packs available from the largest collection of free sample packs on the web! ALL samples are Royalty Free This pack contains samples including a variety of percussive one-shot samples and loops as well as eclectic instrument and vocal recordings

As you know, we're partial to a free sample or two over here at MusicRadar. Typically, you'll find us delivering them to you via our long-running free music samples giveaway series, SampleRadar. Sometimes, though, we stumble upon similar examples of audio-based generosity elsewhere on the internet, and can't help but feel compelled to share them with our audience of sample-hungry producers.

Today is one of those days. Glitch With Friends is a series of sample packs from the audiovisual arts collective glitch[dot]cool. Released in three instalments, their sample packs add up to a total of almost 10GB of free, high-quality samples that share an aesthetic based around glitch and IDM.

Though they're highly suited to tracks made in these genres, there's such a diversity of sounds in here that it's a worthy download for producers making pretty much any kind of electronic music. The beginner's guide to: glitch. There's a truly colossal amount of excellent samples in here - everything from synthesized drums to powerful impacts, risers and FX, ethereal pads to gnarly bass riffs, abrasive textures to melodic loops.

On top of these custom-made sounds, there's a ton of field recordings, and even a selection of experimental sounds made by recording "music and audio equipment being pushed to the point of failure.

Not a big deal though. Check their website out. This website has some weird and wonderful sounds being around since , some are more bread-and-butter, while others are definitely a mixed bag. This way you can get sounds you might not normally pick — great for inspiration.

Visit SampleSwap. This sound sharing website hosts a bunch of samples, not just for music production, but also for video games, video production and foley art, and a lot more.

So the types of sounds you get on here are quite varied. Simply make an account and you can search for any sound you like. You can get individual files, whole packs or even browse a certain uploaders catalogue of sounds.

Neat stuff. Visit Freesound. Stranjah is one of the leaders in the Drum and Bass education sphere. He also has a killer free sample pack that includes:. Download to full pack here. Sample pack companies often create solid packs because, well, they sell. Everyone needs staples.

Not everyone needs more obscure sounds. Some of these resources are for sharing packs, some of them are for sharing sample-able music. Once again, be mindful that some of these resources could infringe copyright, so be smart.

Here are a few of my favorites:. Germany-based underground producer Legowelt is an industry stalwart of sorts, with a decent release catalog and a reputation for obscure sounds. Check them out on his website, all available for free.

Sound 7 have a nice variety of different samples and presets for a bunch of different synths available on their site. Browse their free sounds. A lot of great free samples and presets available from a solid rotation of talented sound designers.

Browse the catalogue of packs. Our friends at The Pro Audio Files have a great free download from one of their blog authors, Cristofer Odqvist. Grab the free pack here. If you want to achieve an esoteric, spaced-out aesthetic on your tracks, why not use actual sounds from space?

NASA has built a great library of recorded sounds from various interstellar activities over the years, and put them up on their Soundcloud and website. Check the site here. BPB was a haven for bedroom producers like myself who were young and had no money of their own when starting out in electronic music production , and I still find myself coming back there today.

Not only do they have a knack for compiling high-quality free plugins and sampler instruments, but they also release their own free sample packs. They also started a side project, 99Sounds, dedicated to their original resources. A personal hidden gem — prrrrrrr on Soundcloud has three free sample banks for you to use in your own productions.

But this was the closest thing I could find. Lastly, this is technically designed for Native Instruments Kontakt, but you can use the WAV files on their own. Get the pack here. This pack essentially made trap music.

If you want some solid sounds for that kind of music, look no further than this kit. Grab it on Soundpacks. Need some carefully curated, high-quality vintage drum sounds? You can find a few free packs on their website that are smaller versions of their paid packs.

Grab the packs here. Inspired by retro-futurism in pop music, this darkwave inspired sample pack is ready to inspire your next pop hit. You some great synth loops, 80s style gated drum loops and a few melody loops to round out this creator-friendly sample pack. Get huge s to round out your trap , hip hop and electronic production sounds.

This pack comes with bouncing drum loops, ethereal synth sounds and some great vocals to round out your house sample options.

Our favorite sample from the pack: House Drums 11 Minimal 1 BPM. Sometimes adding a sound effect sample like an airport scanner, door closing, or squeaking polystyrene can add a special layer of ambiance to your track.

Our favorite sample from the pack: 1-polystyrene. Whether you need a loop or a one-shot for your track, the 50 Best Free Synth Samples pack is a great place to start. The pack offers synth sounds for any genre including trap, lo-fi, EDM, dubstep, hip hop and more!

Our favorite sample from the pack: Juno 60 Bass. The Butter Beats sample comes with handful of EDM inspired loops that somehow fit perfectly with a pretty sweet rap acapella.

Plus the whole pack was made to be used with Creator, so you can easily start trying ideas out and hearing how things sound together. Try LANDR Samples. Finding the perfect kick can be a challenge. The pack is perfect for any genre. It comes with long pulses that work for trap, crunchy acoustic sounds for lo-fi, and thumpy kicks for eletronic music.

Our favorite sample from the pack: LONG TAPE KIK. Making good lo-fi beats comes with a few requirements—dusty hissing vinyl, crunchy basslines, and odd acoustic percussion are a few staples that come to mind.

The pack also works as a lo-fi beat construction kit so you can get your track started in no time. Or favorite sample from the pack: Haviitz Get Out GtrBridgeRake.

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