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Zero-G has released 5 new titles in its SoundSense Series sample libraries:

Street Beatz contains 1 Gb of brand new professional NYC hiphop at a bargain price. Full of Earth Shaking Beats, Dope Grooves, Cool Vibes and Full Phat Construction Kits from the streets of NYC.
LA Drums for Songwriters - Top LA session player, engineer and […]

 

Zero-G has introduced Urban Ammunition, a new sample library designed for urban production.
Description:
Urban Ammunition features beats, keys, basses, guitars, synths, strings, licks, fills, percussion, scratches and other samples guaranteed to create an R&B or Hip Hop track that is bullet-proof. The sample collection features 128 full construction kits with loops and single hits. To allow […]

 

Inspiration Sounds has introduced Pure Live Breaks Volume 1, 270MB of drumloops recorded at tempos from 95-130 BPM and presented in Acid, Apple Loops, REX, and WAV Formats.
You can preview the library below.
A free sample pack is available for download (.zip)
Specifications:

270MB Content
ACIDized Wave Files
Apple Loops
Rex2 Loops
Loops at 95, 100, 105, […]

 
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SONiVOX MI has released Anatomy, a sample library for Kontakt that features exclusively human body sounds.
Anatomy offers over eight-hundred instruments that “twist and transform the human body into one expansive collection of physiological melody and rhythm. Anatomy sonically explores the human condition in ways never dared attempted previously, delivering you a deep, diverse & rich […]

 

Puremagnetik has released three new bundles for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand:
Vintage Collection, contains 7 of Puremagnetik’s old-school synthesizer libraries sourced directly from the classics of the 1970s and 80s:

TeeBee - Roland® TB-303 instrument and loops.
Circuit:30 - “Circuits” based on Moog® synthesizers and effects.
Analog Bass Volume 1 - Assortment of deep analog bass instruments.
P-50 […]

 

Ueberschall has released URBANIC Producer Pack, a Hip hop & RnB sample library powered by Elastik.
Urbanic Producer Pack features:

1.3 GB Hip Hop and RnB sounds, 2090 loops and samples.
1120+ individual single drum sounds: kick drums, claps, snare, hi hats, percussion, cymbals and shaker samples.
BPM information and root key (key signatures) are embedded in most loop […]

 

MPC2000xl has released a free sample library based on the Casio Rapman Rap-1.
The Casio Rapman is probably the most bizarre of all Casio toy keyboards from the 80s and 90s. The RAP-1 is the first of the two Rap-themed keyboards from the big ‘C’ and was released in 1991.
The samples were taken directly from the […]

 

Sonic Cinema has three free sample packs for download.

Foley Series Vol. 1 - Gloves and brushes (WAV and Soundforge files), a ACIDized sample pack and the first edition of Sonic Cinema’s Foley Series. Containing foley sounds for that extra touch in your production. Be it a score for film or a cinematic music piece.
Foley Series […]

 

Ronny Pries has released a free sample pack:
The pack contains 60 chords/stabs and loops between ~110 and ~130 bpm. Most can roughly be classified as minimal, detroit, dubtechno orientated material. You’re invited to cut/slice/mash/torture/mix/whatever and use them for your own tracks.
Details and download here.

 

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 […]

 

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 […]

 
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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 […]

 

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 […]

 

Jon at Audio Geek Zine has released a new sample library, Toys Breaking, which offers 1,400 samples of circuit bent toys.
Contents:

Ass Intruder – A toy gun only labeled intruder. Pitch controls were added.
Casio SA-10 – a small toy keyboard with a tendency to glitch aggressively.
Casio SA-20 – a larger version of the SA-10, similar but […]

 

2008 Winter NAMM Show Update: EastWest introduced Chris Hein Bass - 12.7 GB of bass sounds, some of which feature the powerful tones of a Music Man StingRay electric-bass-both picked and slapped; a LeFay fretless bass as well as the sounds of a unique upright bass.
For variety, the upright bass is played with three […]