On the hunt for some new sample packs and loops? Hey, we get it. Even if you’ve already got a multi-GB folder with samples and loops in every genre, after a while, it can get tired working with the same material.
You’re in the right place at the right time if you’re looking for the best sounds available. Because in this guide, we look at sample packs and loops ranging from techno and hardcore to drum & bass and hip-hop.
There’s a lot to cover – so let’s dig in! Here are the best sample packs and loops every producer needs.
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Tech House Evolution Mega Pack by Incognet by Singomakers
This best-seller isn’t just a sample pack. It’s more like a toolkit for everything you could possibly want to do with tech house and other electronic dance genres.
The Tech House Evolution Mega Pack by Incognet is effectively a “two in one” offer, combining two sample packs, and even bolstering it with new content. To top it all off, the material was remastered by Singomakers.
This library takes full inspiration from the likes of John Summit, CID, DON’T BLINK, and many others.
Having listened to it myself, it doesn’t feel like just another “heard it before” collection. The mega pack is chock full of fresh material that’s sure to inspire your creative workflow.
But what makes a mega pack, you ask?
Tech House Evolution Mega Pack comes with 1.47 GB of content, ranging from drums and instruments to percussion and vocal loops. Like I said, the building blocks are basically all here. It even comes with NI Massive and Xfer Serum presets for crying out loud!
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Hardcore Ultra Pack 2 by Singomakers
Singomakers obviously has a knack for meeting market demands and exceeding expectations. Here’s another massive sample pack of theirs in the form of Hardcore Ultra Pack 2, a collection for creating energetic, blistering tempo hardcore beats.
These sounds are abrasive, heavy, and pumping, just as you would expect. They take after the likes of Deadly Guns, N-Vitral, Never Surrender, among others.
With an eye-popping 2.62 GB, you should have everything you need here for creating hardcore tracks. In this collection, you’ll find synths, melodies, snares, kicks, and a great deal more. This thing even comes with sampler patches for NNXT, EXS24, and Kontakt, as well as three video tutorials.
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Amapiano Hitmaker by Singomakers
Tailor made for deep house and African flavored beats, Amapiano Hitmaker comes with insane amounts of material to help you create DJ Maphorisa, Young Stunna, and Lady Du style tracks.
The 1.67 GB of content will make you want to move your body. Inside the pack, you’ll find bass loops, drum and percussion one-shots, drum loops, music loops, sampler patches, and much more.
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The North Quarter Sound Vol. 4 – FD by Loopmasters
The North Quarter Sound Vol. 4 – FD is a drum and bass collection created in collaboration with Freddy Dixon.
The library is full of minimalistic loops you can stack on each other to create thrilling high-tempo auditory journeys.
This collection could be equally effective in cinematic scores, neurofunk, and other genres.
The 601 MB of content is made up of synth loops, drum loops, perc loops, bass hits, and a great deal more. It has also been bundled up with 66 MIDI files.
This collection is also available on Loopcloud.
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Afro House Secret by House Of Loop
Afro House Secret is one of those collections that can come in handy for a variety of applications. Afro house is known for its marriage of real, organic instruments and percussion alongside more synthetic elements. This makes it an especially energetic and uplifting style of music.
Whether you want to begin creating afro house tracks, or simply want to incorporate elements of it into your project, this is an adaptive collection that will respond to your needs.
With 654 MB of content, you will find various loops, one-shots, synth arps, vocals, FX, sampler patches, and a great deal more.
Unlock the secrets of afro house with Afro House Secrets.
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60’s Psychedelia by Loopmasters
The Beatles. Ravi Shankar. The Beach Boys. Jimi Hendrix. 60s psychedelia is represented by a few key figures with a penchant for experimentation – both with music and… other substances.
If you write a pop song, you’re emulating The Beatles. That’s how influential the 60s ultimately ended up being. Its influence can be felt on even the slickest of top 40 hits of the day.
Loopmasters’ 60’s Psychedelia borrows heavily from the likes of Deep Purple, The Beatles, Yardbirds, Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, The Doors, and others.
Whether guitars, drums, keys, or otherwise, this collection bottles up the essence of 60s music and sets it at your fingertips.
The 818 MB collection is made up of organ, bass, drums, guitar, keys strings, and a whole lot more.
Not for nostalgia alone, this is a versatile collection that could be used in a variety of unique and interesting ways.
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OSTIA: Drum & Bass by Ghost Syndicate
It certainly doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what this best-selling pack is all about.
OSTIA: Drum & Bass will give you all the building blocks you need for frantic D&B, including drums, percussion, bass, synth, and more.
These sounds are all mix ready and should not require any alteration. Drop them into your DAW and get right to work!
I especially like the crisp sounding drums in this collection.
This collection is also Loopcloud ready.
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Rave The House by Monster Sounds
The old school, 90s dance club inspired Rave The House collection is an expansive toolkit for constructing killer house beats.
Inside the pack, you’ll find synths, drums, FX, bass, keys, instruments, and more.
While it might seem nostalgia oriented, there are plenty of creatively inspiring sounds here that would translate well to modern house as well.
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Timeless Jungle by THICK SOUNDS
Timeless Jungle is a classic jungle inspired kit. Many would consider the early days the best, and that’s exactly what THICK SOUNDS is going after here. Adam F, Shy FX, Goldie, and others were all the rage in those formative years.
If high-tempo, high-adrenaline, energized tracks are what you want to create, then Timeless Jungle should stand as a source of significant inspiration for a long time to come.
Here you’ll find a mix of loops, MIDI files, Serum presets, synth multi-samples, construction kits, and more.
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Atmospheric Vinyl Breaks by Loopmasters
Atmospheric Vinyl Breaks features 30 drum construction kits complete with his, loops, and atmospheric parts. These are well suited to a variety of vibes, be it gritty, moody, or dark. These drums are meant to be down and dirty, not clean, and pristine.
I’m not going to lie, some of the material is quite reminiscent of the Beastie Boys. But as the developer is quick to point out, it’s not just for the b-boys and b-girls, but for any genre requiring a crackly break – chillout, trap, trip hop, breakbeat, urban, chillout, downtempo, electronic, and more.
There is a surprising amount of content here too, totaling at 938 MB. It’s comprised of kicks, hats, claps, rolls, drums, percs, and a whole lot of other warm goodies.
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BLU: Liquid Drum & Bass by Ghost Syndicate
The name says it all – BLU: Liquid Drum & Bass furnishes you with all the liquid drum and bass material you need to construct your very own engrossing beats.
To my ears, this collection sounds very absorbing. There’s 817 MB of content in total, with a large variety of one-shots and loops – bass, snare, percussion, FX, drums, cymbals, synths, and more.
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Insomnia – Melodic Techno Samples by Keep It Sample
If the fast-growing trend of melodic techno caught your attention, then you should give Insomnia – Melodic Techno Samples a go. Especially if you like the music of Stephan Jolk, ARTBAT, Solumn, and others.
Just as promised, there are some very melodic sounds you can easily get lost in here. There are even some synthwave like elements.
With 337 MB of material, you can expect to find drum loops, music loops, MIDI files and more in this pack.
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Monrroe – Drum & Bass by EST Studios
Here’s another liquid drum and bass kit, straight from the brain of Monrroe. Created with Ableton Live and a mix of software and hardware gear, the sounds were processed meticulously using premium equipment.
With 673 MB of material, this kit covers the gamut, from bass and pads to drums and percussion.
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God-Zilla Hip Hop by Industrial Strength
Industrial Strength’s God-Zilla Hip Hop is like a creature feature with a gangsta attitude.
With a wide array of Asian influenced audio material, this is a versatile sound pack that’s sure to set the alarms blaring and people running and screaming from the fast-approaching giant terror.
If you need your next beat to hit with some serious earth rattling impact, then you should check out the 1.1 GB of inner-city monster street fighting content to stomp out the competition.
This pack includes 334 files – guitar, piano, sirens, bombs, drums, roars, orchestra, scratches, and a great deal more.
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Singomakers – K-Pop by Singomakers
The influence of K-Pop has certainly been felt in North America, especially since the release of massive international hits in the early 2010s, like PSY’s “Gangnam Style.”
This collection, though, was inspired by the likes of EXO, iKON, and Big Bang, among others.
As Singomakers explains, today’s K-Pop is like a hybrid of pop, trap, future bass, and reggeaton. These influences are clearly reflected in this collection. That said, you could easily leverage the material for pop, future pop, future bass, house, trap, reggaeton, tropical house, and other genres, as the spirit moves.
Today, K-Pop is being pumped out of South Korea assembly line style. Its popularity knows no cultural bounds. If you want to tap into that Asian work ethic, Singomakers – K-Pop is an essential.
The over 1.49 GB of danceable K-pop material is sure to set at your fingertips the exact tools you need to create your own South Korean inspired beats. This pack contains drum loops, bass shots, MIDI files, bass loops, vocal loops, percussion, sampler patches, and much, much more.
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World Fusion Groove by Loopmasters
World Fusion Groove brings together an array of cultural influences in a giant melting pot of musical material. As a hybrid world-downtempo pack spanning over 800 MB, you’ll find plenty of creatively inspiring sounds you can add to cinematic scores, downtempo, world, chillout, trip-hop, and other styles.
Flutes, didgeridoos, throat singing, marimba, tamboura, hang drum, singing bowl, and a variety of other world instruments are all here for the taking.
The 497-file sample pack also includes guitars, electric bass, piano, drum hits, soft sampler patches, and much more.
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SHARKS: Drum & Bass by Ghost Syndicate
Ghost Syndicate’s SHARKS: Drum & Bass brings together a massive collection of minimal, atmospheric, dissonant, and ear-catching D&B sounds.
This highly rated collection includes bass loops, drum loops, FX loops, synth atmosphere loops, and more.
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Guitarristas by Loopmasters
Some of the highest rated and best-selling sample packs may well be in the techno, world, house, drum & bass, jungle, and hip-hop genres, but that isn’t to say there isn’t some great stuff in other styles.
Loopmasters’ Guitarristas is the perfect example. This collection comes with acoustic guitar loops tailor made for country, and quite complementary to blues and indie pop styles as well.
For this kit, sound engineer Richard Buckland teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Chris Barnes to capture some top end acoustic guitar material.
The pack features 225 guitar loops and 50 arrangements, all of which have been organized into their respective folder / categories for easy use.
Besides guitar instruments, this tool-set also comes with guitars with and without a capo, alternate tuned guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, and more.
Loopmasters is confident you could use this diverse material for pop, blues, house, hip-hop, and more.
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Disco Strings by Organic Loops
Recorded by Pete Whitfield, Disco Strings features royalty free disco strings to reignite nostalgic, scorching 70s dance club vibes.
There’s a good mix of content here, from chord progressions to rhythmic stabs. You can even combine the standalone chords to build your own backing tracks.
These great sounding strings would be hard to duplicate with a mere synthesizer, and are well suited to other applications too – pop, hip-hop, even R&B.
With 196 quality string loops, how can you lose?
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Reel People Presents Sounds For The Soul 2 by Loopmasters
Sounds For The Soul 2 is a premium soul and jazz funk pack with addictive sounds that will make you want to get up and dance.
This sound pack is simply stunning. Besides the expected slap and pop bass, percussive guitar parts, and keyboard stabs, there are also a ton of surprising synth material that just works!
This baby was recorded by Oli Lazarus of Papa Records, and it comes with an incredible 1.44 GB of sound material.
There’s everything you need to funk up your tracks in this pack – percussion loops, string loops, horn loops, and a whole lot more you should explore for yourself.
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Jazz Sessions by Loopmasters
Loopmasters’ Jazz Sessions is one of the most expansive collections available, with a total of 3 GB of audio content!
And, just as you would expect, it was tailor made for traditional jazz, broken beats, and even nu-jazz. Of course, if you have projects you would love to add a jazzy flavor to, this pack could come in very handy too.
Jazz Sessions comes with a mix of jazz drum loops, percussion loops, brass section riffs, flute riffs, sax riffs, electric guitar riffs, nylon guitar loops, and a whole lot more. The kit comes complete with seven patches for Kontakt, NNXT, Halion, EXS24, and SFZ too.
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Epic Movie Themes by Singomakers
The Epic Movie Themes collection comes with orchestral film material inspired by Batman: The Dark Night Rises, The Matrix, Inception, and others.
These dramatic sounds lend themselves well to fantasy, horror, thriller, action, and other genres requiring a sense of urgency and expansiveness. Besides cinematic and video game scoring, you could also try these in house, deep house, techno, dubstep, ambient, breakbeat, lounge, and other types of mad experiments.
Epic Movie Themes comes with 13 theme kits, 63 WAV loops, and 43 MIDI files.
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Dub & Reggae XL by Loopmasters
Take a load off and escape to a tropical island vacation with Dub & Reggae XL. This collection will instantly transport you to clear skies, hot weather, white sandy beaches, and clear blue oceans.
Loaded with danceable and heavy bass lines, this collection comes with all the material you need to create your own dub and reggae masterpieces.
This kit took inspiration from Errol Thompson, King Tubby, and Lee Scratch Perry, among others.
Inside Dub & Reggae XL, expect to find bass, guitar, keys, synth, SFX, horns, melodica, drums, and a great deal more. There’s a total of 1.6 GB of sounds in this package.
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Cinematic Indie Rock by Loopmasters
Indie rock retains a strong presence in films, thanks to its epic, emotionally evocative qualities. This makes it perfect for drama, romance, and of course, romantic comedies also. Cinematic Indie Rock, of course, features all those cinematic staples, whether happy, dramatic, sad, or anything in between.
This shoegaze collection was heavily influenced by the likes of Oasis, UNKLE, Massive Attack, and Blur, among others.
For film and television composers, this is a must have.
Cinematic Indie Rock comes loaded with 1.2 GB of audio material, including construction kits, bass loops, piano loops, synth loops, guitar loops, drum loops, and other goodies.
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Epic Metal Guitars by Soul Rush Records
If you need some edgy guitar riffs to round out your sample pack and loop collection, then Epic Metal Guitars is well worth your time.
With distorted, heavy guitars, guitarist Steve Down is responsible for providing these headbangers. You won’t quite believe they riffs have recorded (ironically?) through a Fender Custom Telecaster and Avid Eleven Rack processor.
The included riffs have been key- and tempo-labeled for convenience and come bundled at 24-bit quality.
These riffs would obviously work for hard rock and metal genres, but they do work nicely for industrial and other aggressive electronic genres too.
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Slide Guitar by Organic Loops
We all know something magical happens when you slide a round object (i.e., a slide) along the strings of the guitar. It takes the instrument and transforms it into a voice, capable of expressive melodies, lazy riffs, bluesy flourishes, and a great deal more.
Slide Guitar features material performed by Julian Piper, who’s played on two W.C. Handy albums.
This pack comes complete with acoustic and electric loops (dobro, Stratocaster, and various acoustic guitars), with a mix of chord progressions and licks, sometimes with effects (like wah-wah). The sounds were captured using quality outboard gear.
246 MB of slid guitar content should keep your inspiration well full for a long time to come.
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Groove Metal by Frontline Producer
Plunge yourself into the dark, anarchistic world of heavy, thumping metal loops with Groove Metal.
The explosive 2.7 GB pack features an assortment of thrashing content to increase the intensity in your heavy-music-oriented projects.
Groove Metal keeps the tempo between 100 to 140 BPM, with grooves you can really feel and even move to!
This grunge factory was inspired by Pantera, White Zombie, Machine Head, and other metal, alternative, and heavy genre favorites. Wield these weapons for metalcore, drum & bass, darkcore, nu metal, and even dubstep, for a heavy hitting impact.
Inside the package, you’ll find electric bass loops, drum loops, electric guitar loops, and other goodies to round out your headbanging wellspring.
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Funk Rock Guitars by Frontline Producer
The swanky, groovy, spank of funk guitar is full of percussive attitude. Some of the all-time best rock guitarists began incorporating this groovy style into their own playing to fuse the genres together and bring danceable riffs to the masses.
This collection is represented by the likes of The Saw Doctors, Rage Against The Machine, and of course the inimitable Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Frontline Producer recorded both Fender Stratocasters and Gibson Les Paul flavored riffs through some stellar outboard gear.
This one’s obviously a shoo-in for funk rock, but it’s well worth experimenting with in other genres like hip-hop, house, electro, and even TV or film scores.
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Deep Blues Guitars by RV Samplepacks
If your projects require a bluesy guitar flavor, then look no further than Deep Blues Guitars – with a variety of sounds at different tempos, in different keys, with different effects (delay, wah, phaser, reverb), using a variety of articulations (slides, harmonics, hammer-ons).
Besides blues, there are some great funky sounding riffs as well. This pack would be well suited to deep house, besides the obvious genres.
This near 1 GB collection features a multitude of solo guitar loops, FX guitar loops, guitar hits, and more.
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Ultimate Studio Bass by Frontline Producer
Captured with the best quality gear available, the Ultimate Studio Bass is begging to be your go-to for bass lines of all styles and flavors.
Many of the samples have been provided in multiple keys, for added versatility. Included are two-, four-, and eight-bar loops, in addition to filtered and effected loops.
The 2.1 GB library should prove handy for indie, funk, electro, house, and even film and TV scoring purposes.
Ultimate Studio Bass includes bass loops, chords, bass multi samples, and other fantastic goodies for maximum creativity.
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Top Sample Packs, Final Thoughts
In this guide, we’ve explored a variety of sample packs and loops in an array of different musical styles and genres. You can use one library at a time, per project, or you can mix and match to create new, imaginative, revolutionary sounds. The rest is up to you!