Making free samples available...

[karlingen]

I really love Splice. The monthly fee is worth it to me, since they're all high quality and wind up getting used at some point in a project.

+1 to Splice. Loopmasters are also starting to catch up!

[stromkraft]

I really love Splice. The monthly fee is worth it to me, since they're all high quality and wind up getting used at some point in a project.

Yes, It's nice. You can store your own free samples at Splice?

[DSmolken]

Github works quite well if you make a release which is a pre-baked ZIP. That means it doesn't have to create a new zip every time somebody tries to download it, like it would if you use the Code button to download the repo.

There's a size limit of 2 GB on release artifacts, though. Repos can get much bigger than that, but releases have a 2 GB max (at least last time I checked) so that's probably a limitation if you want to get into doing bigger things for free.

[lastshaman67]

I think that Freesound.org and is the best website for hosting free samples. Simple interface and quick downloads.

[BlackOctopusSteve]

As someone who posts free samples, I find this thread interesting. Thanks for the thought experiment.

[ShuffleDrummer]

I'm not a fan of splicing; when you sample, the idea should remain "I have to be the only one with this sample." That's what bothers me about these kinds of platforms. I'm all about vinyl.