Samples (single hit drums) for sound design work? Where to find and also a legal question.

[peteman]

I was planning on producing a couple of drumloops/grooves using single hit drum samples from some of the sample packs I have bought and then give the loops away as a freebie for my website readers (to use them in their own musical productions).

However, after reading carefully the license agreement of my sample packs, none of them allows me to do that. I can only use the samples in my own musical work which seems to be the standard end user license agreement for every sample pack out there.

So I was wondering does anyone know if there's a sample material available (mostly drum sounds) that allows me to use them for a such sound/groove design work? Or is my only option to record the samples myself using real drums (or alternatively, synthesize them)?

What about sampling some drum machines, ie. Roland TR-909? Does Roland have any issuses with this? Not that I own one, but I was just wondering as I'm seeing a lot of sample producers selling one-shot drum sample packs where they have recorded the samples straight from some well known drum machine. Couldn't such material be used for groove design as well?

[miskaseppa]

So I was wondering does anyone know if there's a sample material available (mostly drum sounds) that allows me to use them for a such sound/groove design work? Or is my only option to record the samples myself using real drums (or alternatively, synthesize them)?

There are some resources for public domain samples, such as One Laptop Per Child.

http://archive.org/search.php?query=sub ... %22OLPC%22

They are under Creative Commons licence.

What about sampling some drum machines, ie. Roland TR-909? Does Roland have any issuses with this?

This is something that I have also been thinking about. I think that you can not sell samples of drum machines that use samples themselves. For example the TR-909 hihats and cymbals are off limits.

[peteman]

There are some resources for public domain samples, such as One Laptop Per Child.

http://archive.org/search.php?query=sub ... %22OLPC%22

They are under Creative Commons licence.

Thanks for the tip! I found some pretty good quality samples from that archive.

What about sampling some drum machines, ie. Roland TR-909? Does Roland have any issuses with this?

This is something that I have also been thinking about. I think that you can not sell samples of drum machines that use samples themselves. For example the TR-909 hihats and cymbals are off limits.

Tricky stuff indeed.

[SampleScience]

Drum machine, groovebox drum hits are used all over the place in the sound library business. Even one-shot drums/percussion sampled from vinyls are used in some libraries from famous producers (Goldbaby, Vengeance Sounds, Stereo MC's, etc.). What I suggest is having a look at the best sounding drum machines out there, and either buy the real thing to sample it yourself or use samples you can freely download on the net. For example, Music Machines has a couple of good drum machine samples (that you'll have to edit, but it's free):

http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html

[peteman]

Drum machine, groovebox drum hits are used all over the place in the sound library business. Even one-shot drums/percussion sampled from vinyls are used in some libraries from famous producers (Goldbaby, Vengeance Sounds, Stereo MC's, etc.). What I suggest is having a look at the best sounding drum machines out there, and either buy the real thing to sample it yourself or use samples you can freely download on the net. For example, Music Machines has a couple of good drum machine samples (that you'll have to edit, but it's free):

http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html

Wow great resource - thanks!

[kingozrecords]

Drum machine, groovebox drum hits are used all over the place in the sound library business. Even one-shot drums/percussion sampled from vinyls are used in some libraries from famous producers (Goldbaby, Vengeance Sounds, Stereo MC's, etc.). What I suggest is having a look at the best sounding drum machines out there, and either buy the real thing to sample it yourself or use samples you can freely download on the net. For example, Music Machines has a couple of good drum machine samples (that you'll have to edit, but it's free):

http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html

Yes, thanks a great deal

[GRUMP]

DIY or live with legal Risks.

Reading helps as well as this endless Source https://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php

And donate!

But the usual Suspects sound quiet dusty these Days. Better be creative.

Concerning Drums and what People call Grooves today the Sales Channels are even more important than in Synth Business while Quality is hard to measure and irrelevant in the endless Masses out there.

Have an Eye in your Competitors!