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abstractbeats.com
abstractbeats.com is resource for high quality hip hop and urban sounds.

AudioPervert Drum Samples
AudioPervert offers free and commercial drum samples.

Aussie Beats
Aussie Beats offers free and commercial drum loops.

BuyaBeat.com
From Pros who've worked with MTV, Destiny's Child, Cash Money Records, plus many more. All BuyaBeat beats are sold as full-length "Radio-Ready" instrumental songs for MP3 download or on CDs. Custom Music Production services and Mastering services available.

DJSamples
DJSamples.com is a premium samples and loops resource.

DooleyDrums.com
Download drum loops and drum samples by Jim Dooley

esoundz
FreeSoundz for eSoundz members (Free membership).

Freeloops UK
Free loops galore.

Groove Monkee
5000+ MIDI beats covering over 70 styles of music. Rock, Jazz, Hip Hip/Funk, World Beats, 'Electronic' along with Odd Time Signature beats. Special Rock and Jazz collections now mapped for BFD, GURU and DFHS. Free samples, tips and special tools for Cakewalk users to get the most out of programs like BFD and DFHS.

Homegrown Sounds
Sample CDs for NN-XT, EXS24, Kontakt, HALion, Wav and RX2 loops. Popular releases include Organic Breakbeats and Homegrown Electric Sitar.

House Of Samples - Free Samples
Free samples produced by students and faculty in the Music Technology Program at the Music Department of Northeastern University in Boston.

ModernBeats.com
Modern Hip Hop Sounds for Software Samplers. Find info and sounds for all major software samplers like HALion, EXS24, Kontakt, Battery, Reason NN-XT, SF2, Wav. Get that modern hip hop sound for your sampler today.

MPCsounds.com
Modern MPC Hip Hop Sounds. Killa MPC Hip Hop sounds for MPC 2000, MPC 2000xl MPC 3000, MPC 4000.

Noisevault
...an open community for convolution and Impulse Responses.

Partners in Rhyme
Partners in Rhyme is an audio resource for Multimedia Projects offering royalty free music, sound effects, midi files, audio software and sound advice.

PatchArena
Free patches, banks, sample sets and skins for many plug-ins.

Precisionsound - Soundware for virtual samplers
Multi-sampled instruments Drums, SFX and loops HALion, Kontakt, GigaStudio & more. Order online and download direct.

Pro-Sounds
Commercial patches for many plug-ins.

Samplecraze
SoundFont developers for Emu/Ensoniq. Providers of LICENCE FREE sample CDs and sample pack downloads. Hip Hop Breaks and Dance loops plus extensive Drum sounds and Percussive Efx libraries. Indepth tutorials.

SF2-Files
Over 1GB of categorized SoundFonts available for instant download (Free & Commercial).

SoundZone.info
Free Kontakt, Battery & LM-4 banks & patches.

YourBeats.com
Remix Contest, FL Studio templates, packs, samples, Reason files, SoundFonts, etc.