Producing Beats

Sound Samples
Looking for some free audio samples to boost your sample collection? Then try these 15 sites listed below all of which have free audio samples available for download. When you are using samples from these sources, make sure that you always read the details of the licenses and give credit if needed where it is due.
  • Freesound
    A collaborative database of creative commons licensed sounds. This site has lots of audio samples which you can use as long as you place a small sentence saying where you got the sound from. The site even had a sound used in the film "Children of Men" which featured Clive Owen, complete with attribution.
  • Rekkerd.org

I have had these sitting on my computer for a long time, I placed them on another site once, but thought they would be useful to post here. They were recorded with a Shure SM58 and was a sort of shaker which is round and has strings of beads going round. I don't own that anymore and I can't remember off the top of my head what the name of the instrument is, so I'll have to just call them shaker samples. These samples are very useful for percussion sounds in your drum beats and are free for you to use in your tracks. There aresome quick shakes, long scrapes and more.

Parallel Gating
Before I began writing this post I did a quick search on Google for Parallel Gating, to see what other sort of articles were already out there for it and came up with next to nothing, I found this a little strange as I have found it a great little technique to know which was taught to me on a studio course I went on a long time ago and yet seems to be talked about very little.

Whoop, we're on a roll with these free sample packs with our third one to add to your collection. This time round we have 17 free laser gun samples which could give you that space battle feel in your track or just be used to add some simple FX to make your track a bit more interesting. Yet again they are free to use within your own music.

This sample pack is free for you to use within your own music tracks and give out to your friends. Please don't distribute it on another site and steal the credit for it, we took a while to make these samples, instead please link back to this post. Do not resell, it is royalty free, we are not selling it, why should you?

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