Samples, Loops

Trash_Audio has an interesting look at Richard Devine’s new audio library - The Electronic Music Manuscript:
I wanted to make a library that would be useful for many different people. I was aiming for sound designers, composers working in Film/TV, radio, video games, and electronic music. I tried to create some really unique material that could […]

Soniccouture has announced the release of Kontakt Scriptorium, a collection of KSP Scripts, a sound library and set of tutorial videos for Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and 3.
KSP scripts are like ‘plug-ins’ for Kontakt. KSP allows you to manipulate Kontakt parameters at a microscopic level, creating new behaviours, unique timbral characters or even generative sequences.
For […]

Stretta, Matthew Davidson, has released a massive sample library download - Total Harmonic Distortion.
Here’s what he has to say about the library:
Fragments of the Total Harmonic Distortion sample library have popped up in various places, like the recent OLPC Sample Library Set. The complete library weighs in at nearly 3GB uncompressed. It is comprised of […]

Beatmatch is offering five collections of high quality loops for free download for non-commercial use:
Beatmatch.info is a new project aiming to provide fresh and original electro loops and dj tools for producers looking for fresh and cool sounds. Beatmatch.info soundlibraries and loop packs are great tools for modern music producers who want to explore new […]

Radiohead, like a lot of other bands, wants to let you make remixes of their latest single, Nude.
Unlike other bands, though, they want you to pay for the privilege:

Yep - they want you to pay six bucks for the privilege of remixing their song and maybe introducing them to a new audience.
Maybe you think that’s […]

AudioWarrior has introduced a new Mellotron sample library.
Unlike the original Mellotron, though, these 8 -econd samples have been looped for the modern world. The loops may be turned off to recapture the vintage effect of certain voices ending at variable times.
The Mellotron followed its direct ancestor the Chamberlin which was, in effect, the world’s first […]

Time + Space has introduced Action Drums: Taiko Edition, Japanese taiko drums in the REX, Stylus RMX, ACID wav and Apple Loop formats.
Description:
Recorded in a concert hall with microphones from stage to balcony, Action Drums: Taiko Edition captures the energy resonating from every strike, boom and cinematic blow. With suite names like Alley Sprinter, War […]

AudioWarrior has released a free virtual instrument, Free Djembe for Kontakt
Free Djembe is a studio-quality 24-bit instrument that allows you play your keyboard like a hand drum.
Free Djembe was designed using Kontakt and works best with an unweighted MIDI controller, such as the Oxygen 8. The instrument is mapped with 10 velocity layers with samples […]

The One Laptop Per Child project has made a collection of free audio samples available for download:
This huge and continuously expanding collection of new and original samples have been donated to Dr. Richard Boulanger @ cSounds.com specifically to support the OLPC developers, students and XO users. They are free and will be available under a […]

Inspiration Sounds has released Dobro - a new collection of 515MB of dobro licks and slides performed by Bob Dixon, who has been active on the country music scene for 35 years.
Inspiration Sounds recommends Dobro for Music, TV, Film and Multimedia producers. However, the content can be used in a wide variety of other genres […]

Loopmasters have introduced a new sample library, Deep House Producer.
William ‘Harley’ Cataldo and Flavio ‘Muscle’ Romaniello, aka Harley and Muscle are known for their smooth House stylings — they are composers, producers and remixers of Deep House tracks and have remixed Gloria Gaynor, Loleatta Holloway, Jocelyn Brown, Alexander O’Neal, The Rurals, Spanka and Miguel Graca, […]

Tom of Music Thang has shared a sample pack of Fisher Price record player goodness:
A pleasant evening at Music Thing towers, spent fixing up and sampling this ancient Fisher Price record player from my parent’s attic. The Swiss-made music box mechanism was rusted solid and the tiny clockwork motor doesn’t really give enough juice to […]

Native Instruments has released four new Kore Soundpacks:

“MASSIVE Expansion Vol. 1″, which contains 200 production-ready leads, basses and pad sounds based on the powerful MASSIVE wavetable engine;
“Best of ABSYNTH” with 200 outstanding soundscapes, pads and keyboard sounds from the library of Native Instruments’ acclaimed semi-modular synthesizer;
“Pop Drums”, featuring studio-grade acoustic drum kits specifically engineered for […]

The Vienna Symphonic Library has released seven Extended Libraries, complementing its already existing Vienna Special Edition download products.
All Special Edition modules, including the PLUS libraries, now offer additional instruments:

Special Edition Strings — Extended Library
Special Edition Strings PLUS — Extended Library
Special Edition Woodwinds — Extended Library
Special Edition Woodwinds PLUS — Extended Library
Special […]

This video, via Tom Cosm, is of Robert Henke, aka Monolake, giving a workshop in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Topics covered include:

Ableton Live
Monodeck 2 in depth
Ableton / Cycling 74 Partnership
Surround Sound in Ableton
Explanation of the Monolake Live Setup