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Eric Archer, an electronics designer and musician who builds unique electronic sound generators, has posted a collection of samples made using one of his latest projects, the Mini Space Rocker drum machines.

Here’s a preview:

 

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See also our earlier posts on Eric Archer and his Mini Space Rocker drum machines.

Yoko Ono has announced a new remix competition.

Download the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band’s The Sun Is Down! Sample Pack containing the a capella tracks of Yoko’s vocal, vocal effects, and loops of bass, drums, efx and Tenori On.

Create your own remix of The Sun Is Down!, using as many or few of the samples from the pack and any original audio you wish to add.

When you have finished your mix, make an MP3 copy that’s as high quality as possible, but still under 10MB in size. Email the MP3 of your mix, along with its name and your name, address, email and phone number to remix@YOPOB.com before 12 December 2009.

The Top Ten mixes will be decided by Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band.

The winners will receive special signed Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band prizes and will be featured on Ono’s site over the Xmas and New Year period.

Whether or not you want to enter the YOPOB remix competition – check out the 17mb  sample pack for some free, Creative Commons-licensed Ono weirdness.

Trance Emotions Sample Pack

This pack contains: 370 Samples sorted in categories – Kicks, Claps, Hihats, Crashes, Rides, Snares, Percussions, Basses, Synths, Effects

The file is compressed as a .rar file.

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Sample Logic has introduced a free 500 MB Kontakt sample library.

TryPack consists of a small collection of over 30 kontakt instruments from three Sample Logic’s products: AIR, Elements, and Synergy.

The 30 instruments within TryPack deliver a wide range of sounds from ambient soundscapes and cinematic impacts, to Hip Hop inspired vocals and worldly tempo-synced rhythms. TryPack is a small taste of what their 3 products AIR, Elements, and Synergy are all about.

Please Note: The TryPack content is formatted as a Kontakt based sample library, which requires kontakt 2, or 3.

Loopmasters has three XMas Giveaway audio loop libraries available as free downloads from its site:

• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 1 Loops Of Christmas Past
• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 2 Loops Of Christmas Present
• Xmas Giveaway – Pack 3 Loops Of Christmas Future

Note: These packs are available for download to registered users only. The packs will only be available until Jan. 2nd 2009.