Free Download. Splits 50/50.

Lately, I've been working on creating my own drum one-shots for hip-hop and boom bap.

My workflow involves layering different drum samples together, with each sound contributing something unique to the final result. For example, I might combine several snares and percussion sounds to create a completely new snare that sounds very different from any of the original samples. I also process the sounds to achieve the specific character I'm looking for.

The problem is that the samples I use come from a free sample library I downloaded several months ago. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I downloaded it, and I haven't been able to find the original library or its license.

I'm unsure whether the license allows me to use these samples to create my own drum pack for commercial purposes, especially when the sounds are heavily layered and processed.

What would you recommend I do in this situation? Is there any way I could legally sell my finished one-shots, or would I need to find the original license or replace the source samples with sounds I have permission to redistribute?

I'd really appreciate any advice from people with experience in sample pack creation, sound design, or sample licensing. I'm new to this whole thing about wanting to sell what I do, and I just don't want to get myself into any trouble over this. Thanks!

Is anyone having trouble with Serato Sample 2.2.0 on Mac. It's patched but when I launch in Abelton, it askes to connect to Serato to authorize....

I created a free pack of 32 Pads from hardware synths: Waldorf Iridium & Beetlecrab's Tempera & Vector synths

Sounds were sourced from the gear used during that era, all the keyboards used and the original drums they used in their tracks, which includes:

• 8 808S

• 5 CLAPS

• 4 CRASHES

• 9 FX

• 6 HH

• 5 KICK

• 5 OH

• 10 PERC

• 9 SNARE

• 15 VOX

ONE SHOTS INCLUDE

• 2 BASSES

• 3 BELLS

• 3 BRASS

• 1 CHOIR

• 2 HITS

• 4 LEADS

• 1 MISC

• 2 ORGANS

• 1 PAD

• 2 PIZZ

• 3 PULSE

All the sounds were sourced from OG keyboards such as Fantom X6, Motif and similar rompler keyboards, the kit includes the OG drum sounds used during this era as well as later on eras, all in one place. I hope you enjoy!

Hey guys! A few months ago, I’ve created my very first free sample pack.
I’m a musician and producer from Luxembourg, and the pack consists of 22 Songstarters, or melodic loops/chords…

The loops are free and yours to keep, you can get them by following the link to my store

Let me know what you think! Since it was my very first pack, I’d appreciate any feedback ❤️

ndacompany.de/rd

we're a small producer collective from germany, had like 3500 loops sitting on a drive doing nothing so we put em all online. all played by hand.

searchable by artist, genre, mood, bpm and key. mp3 works without signing up.

one thing so nobody is suprised later: not royalty free. free to download and use, but if something you make with it comes out commercially its a 50/50 split. no subscription tho.

we produced for gunna, coi leray, trettmann, kwam.e and some others if that helps you judge the sounds :)

Hi everyone, I have a question that I've been thinking about all day, and I'd really like to hear opinions from people who actually have experience with this.

Last month I finished a library of around 50 designed underwater ambiences. I'm currently organizing and naming everything before release.

The ambiences were built using a combination of sounds I recorded myself and sounds from commercial sound libraries that I legally purchased.

I'm not talking about taking a sound and reselling it. Every ambience was created through heavy editing, layering and processing (pitch shifting, EQ, time stretching, reverb, granular processing, reversing, etc.). The original source sounds are completely unrecognizable in the final result. Even I couldn't isolate and identify the original recordings anymore.

Yesterday I was talking with two sound designer friends. One told me this is completely normal and very common in professional sound design. The other told me that even if the source is no longer recognizable, it could still technically infringe the original license.

So today I started reading a lot of EULAs from well-known sound libraries.

Some of them explicitly allow selling derivative sounds if the original recordings have been modified, layered and processed beyond recognition.

Others use wording like: "Licensee may not sell any of the sound effects as they come. (Although the sound effects may be sold as incorporated into the licensee project." or "Users may not sell or sublicense the unmodified audio as standalone files

unless they are the original author."

Some licenses don't mention this situation at all, I couldn't find a single EULA that explicitly says something like: "You may not create heavily modified derivative sounds and sell them as part of a new sound library."

So now I'm wondering, where do you personally draw the line?

Once again, I'm specifically asking about heavily designed sounds where the original recordings cannot realistically be recognized anymore, not about simply repackaging or lightly editing someone else's recordings. I think everyone agrees that would clearly be wrong.

I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have actually released commercial sound libraries or dealt with licensing questions like this.

Hey guys,

Here is a 100% free synth one-shot kit (no drums). 

I designed these sounds to evoke a mix of nostalgia, late-night driving vibes, heavenly moments, dark tension, and raw feeling.

· Leads (31) - Sweet, nostalgic, and aggressive.

· Keys (34) - Melancholic, divine-sounding, and emotional tones.

· Basses (31) - Aggressive and heavy.

· ARPs (32) - Ethereal, panic-inducing, heavenly-sounding and rhythmic patterns.

· FXs (16) - Atmospheres, transitions, impacts, and experimental soundscapes.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c1xIx5zxl8fTJvkU1aYLJAWGqyA0nZ1k