archiveorg-mellotron: Mellotron Samples. License: Unknown. (source)drum-abuse-vol1: Drum Abuse Vol.1 — Vintage Rhythm Machines (≤1977): organ rhythms & electromechanical boxes. License: per machine, see source. (source)drum-abuse-vol2: Drum Abuse Vol.2 — The 808 Era (1978–1981): birth of electronic rhythm, pure analog synthesis. License: per machine, see source. (source)drum-abuse-vol3: Drum Abuse Vol.3 — LinnDrum & 909 Birth (1982–1983): hip-hop and house foundations. License: per machine, see source. (source)drum-abuse-vol4: Drum Abuse Vol.4 — Digital Drums Boom (1984–1985): sampling goes mainstream (SP-12, RX-11, DDD-1). License: per machine, see source. (source)drum-abuse-vol5: Drum Abuse Vol.5 — MIDI Goes Consumer (1986): affordable MIDI rhythm boxes (TR-505, RX-21, Casio MT). License: per machine, see source. (source)drum-machines: A collection of public domain samples of different drum machines.freepats-old-piano-fb: Historic piano with an honky-tonk tone. License: CC0 1.0. (source)hydrogen-drum-samples: Drum samples from the Hydrogen drum machine project. License: GPLv2+. (source)sfzinstruments-dsmolken-double-bass: 1958 Otto Rubner double bass played and mapped by D. Smolken. License: Royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use. (source)sfzinstruments-greg-sullivan-e-pianos: Greg Sullivan's electric pianos. License: CC 3.0 Unported. (source)sfzinstruments-jlearman-jrhodes3d: J. Learman Rhodes: 1977 Rhodes Mark I Stage 73 electric piano. License: CC0 1.0. (source)sfzinstruments-splendid-grand-piano: AKAI Steinway samples with 4 velocity layers. License: Public Domain. (source)sfzinstruments-tictokmen-retrodrums1: Samples from Sonic Pi software. License: CC0 1.0. (source)sgossner-vcsl: The Versilian Community Sample Library. License: CC0 1.0. (source)sonic-pi-samples: Samples from Sonic Pi software. License: CC0 1.0. (source)soundfonts: A curated collection of free and creative-commons soundfonts in sf/sf2 format. License: mixed, per file.supersaw: A collection of 60 supersaw sounds. License: GNU GPL v3. (source)wavedit-online: A growing library of free wavetable banks shared by WaveEdit. License: CC0 1.0 Universal. (source)
Most repositories are produced by an automated process that:
- Converts audio files to
.ogg(opus) and.m4a(aac) formats. - Creates a
files.jsonlisting files for each folder. - Creates an
instruments.jsonlisting the folders containing samples.
The drum-abuse-* repositories follow a different convention: samples are kept as .wav (single shots, loops excluded) and each repo ships a pack.json, index.json, instruments/<slug>.json, and machines/<machine_id>.json describing its contents.
No other changes are made to the original samples or packages.
Kudos for all samplerists and sample creators out there! 🙌
If you know a sample bundle with an open source license and want to include here, please open an issue or a pull request