Some of these resources are for sharing packs, some of them are for sharing sample-able music. That’s where Reddit comes in, offering up a plethora of great subreddits for sharing homemade sample packs. Sample pack companies often create solid packs because, well, they sell. Recommended: The Producer’s Guide to File & Sample Organization SampleRadar Now, you can carry on with the downloading frenzy.

This can be a time-consuming task and can be quite boring, but if you feel up to it, deleting the samples you don’t like from packs can help to create a curated selection of samples.

Decide whether the pack is for you or not:.

Often this can help bring the potential in the sounds out.

If you’re still unsure, try making a quick beat or idea with the samples.

Are the sounds on par with what you expected? Do they need a bit of tweaking and is that worth your time? Could you easily find a better pack? Etc.

Start by scrolling through the folders and getting a general feel for the pack.

Even with paid packs do this, unless you’re using a service like Splice where you can choose individual samples, already having auditioned them.

This is especially important with free packs, where often we get trigger happy and find way too many to use.

Download the pack into a ‘Trial’ folder in your sample packs folder:.

Free packs often won’t have a demo, so you’ll need to download them first to listen to them.

Many paid sample packs have a demo you can listen to.

Look at the contents – what are you getting? Make sure the pack is worth even considering in the first place.

Imagine you’re trialling a demo of a new plugin, but instead, it’s a sample pack. So, here’s a little process for trying out sample packs. Because with services like Splice Sounds, this list of free samples and a whole lot more, you can get caught up in collecting packs and not making much music. Now I know you’ve probably downloaded some of our packs already, and you’re armed, ready to get a whole bunch more.īut I want to talk for a second about the importance of not having too many samples. Recommended: How To Sample Music: The Complete Guide Before You Keep Going

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