Exclusives Features News Pro Audio Somewhere Sounds: Download Free Sample Packs by Happy Introducing Somewhere Sounds, a free sample pack for Ableton Live users. It’s curated by a range of incredible producers, musicians, and beatmakers…
Music We go track by track on X0329 with Empty Soda by Tammy Moir Empty Soda’s “X0329” is a deep dive into the weird and wonderful – this ain’t your average break-up album; it’s a full-blown odyssey through space and time in search of…
Music Interview: Grasps delves into sophomore album, ‘When Will You Be Here Again?’ by Tammy Moir “If you feel anything from this album, love, hate, fear, tenderness, that’s important and that means the world to me” Sydney’s Christian Whitwell aka Grasps is back with a new…
Music Echo Omen shares the top field recordings featured on new album ‘Belonging’ by Tom Disalvo Echo Omen’s new album Belonging is peppered with stunning sounds, from the percussive crackle of opened pomegranates to Himalayan snowfall. The term ‘atmospheric’ gets thrown around a lot in music,…
Music Cope tracks the demise of his lower self with single EGO by Caitlin Norris Simmering with intensity, Cope kills his EGO and serves it on a platter, brandishing only his voice and a vibe A blend of grunge R&B and hyper-pop, Cope brings his…
Music Unveiling the Charismatic Allure of Nate Delgallego’s ‘DON’T DENY’ by Ella Sterland Sultry samples, and chart-topping charm, are you ready for Nate Delgallego? Nate Delgallego’s latest musical endeavour, the mesmerising single ‘DON’T DENY,’ is the kind of sonic masterpiece that effortlessly blends…
News Pro Audio Spitfire Audio’s Abbey Road Orchestra: Low Percussion is a Treasure Chest of Deep Sounds by Tim McArtney When might we mere mortals have access to one of the world’s largest drums? Now! Purveyors of incredible sounding sample libraries, Spitfire Audio, have all the lowest drums you’d want…
News Pro Audio How IJALE used African percussion and his home to create a sample pack by Tim McArtney For the first time in the Somewhere Sounds series, we headed to Melbourne to meet with producer IJALE. He created a sample pack inside an African Percussion store and from…
News Pro Audio Liyah Knight’s Costume Workshop Sample Pack by Tim McArtney Artist Liyah Knight took over her mum’s costume workshop to make a sample pack from the sounds of machines, beads of all sizes, and curious findings. Choosing a space that…
News Pro Audio Download 100MB of organic percussion samples for free by Happy In need of something special to spice up your loops? How about some Organic Samples? Head on over to Reddit to download 100MB of free’Organic Percussion’. Producers know you can…
Features News Pro Audio How Setwun used his studio and suburb to create a sample pack by Tim McArtney Producer Setwun explored the creaks and cracks inside his home studio and the sounds of Chippendale to create a sample pack. Watch his process of finding and manipulating samples. Exploring…
Music News Chaka Khan comments on Kanye’s sample of her voice by Olivia Adams Chaka Khan speaks up about the pitch shift that Kanye did to her voice in his 2003 debut single ‘Though the Wire’. The Queen of funk Chaka Khan gave us…
News Pro Audio The BBC has released over 16,000 sound effects for free download by Bill Robinson The BBC has unveiled its incredible library of bizarre and obscure sound effects. Better still, it’s all available for free download. The BBC have opened up their incredible archive of…