Are you a #musician or #MusicProducer who uses #samples in their work, and uses sample packs (free or paid)?

@etherdiver nice!

Personally I have all the drums and synths samples I could ever wish. So I mostly like sample packs that takes me somewhere new. Experimental tonal material, samples with a narrative (recorded here, tells this story) or with some kind of challenge.

Looking forward to see what you find out!

@etherdiver vocal drops of any kind, singing, chanting, talking, yelling. I'm very microphone-shy so if I want any sort of voice audible in my music, I usually have to sample it.

When it comes to things you might do with a synth specifically, transition sounds is something I have a lot of use for, and I basically don't think there is such a thing as too many drum samples.

One sample pack I use a lot is samples of a single note being held, recorded on tape and slowed down to half-speed. I use them along with an envelope to play melodies that has a bit of a vibey mellotron feel.

@Owlor Wow, thank you for such a detailed and thorough answer! great stuff.

@etherdiver I used to always be looking for interesting one shots and VST presets. These days I do all my own stuff...but I'm still on the lookout for interesting one shots.

@etherdiver I very recently purchased a bunch of packs from ghosthack. What I liked is that everything is well organized and clearly labeled. It matters because it can save lots of time finding something based on the words and descriptions in the directories and subdirectories. And as someone else said, you can never have too many drum samples. "Interesting" sounds are always interesting too, because one can make new instruments using a sampler.