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Need some more experimental sounds in your samples folder? Machinedrum has got you covered. The LA-based artist recently teamed up with BandLab and MusicTech (following his digital cover interview for MusicTech) to create a pack of 100 free samples.

The free pack, Machinedrum’s Micron Sounds, boasts 41 loops of beats and melodic material, plus 59 one-shot sounds. You’ll be able to download glitched beats, gritty and dark basslines, plus stuttered, lo-fi synth and piano sounds.

Most interestingly is Machinedrum’s choice to manipulate sounds from an old 90s Micron PC, which BandLab says results in “eccentric loops and one-shots to add a distinctive edge to your productions.” Machinedrum, real name Travis Stewart, is no stranger to creating sounds in an unusual fashion. For his latest album, 3FOR82, he built a collection of “thousands and thousands of sounds” and used old-school tools like Impulse Tracker to process them. “I only scratched the surface with this album,” he said of the samples he used.

With the BandLab Sounds platform, you can also audition individual samples before you download them; you can edit their tempo and key, and can trim the sample to your desired length. There are also parameters for attack, release, and tone, plus an option to reverse the sample before you download it. BandLab Sounds has organised the samples by key, tempo, character, length and instrument, so you can find what you’re looking for pretty quickly.

Speaking about his journey into music production, Machinedrum said: “When I was a teenager and in my early 20s, I was just constantly emulating what I was hearing and trying to recreate other people’s music, which was really exciting to me. I’d find my own sound within that inspiration. I think that’s inside of my DNA — I’m always exploring different sounds based on whatever my tastes are at the time because that’s what I find exciting about making music: learning, evolving and trying new things.”

Download the Machinedrum Micron Sounds sample pack.

[Editor’s Note: BandLab and MusicTech are both part of Caldecott Music Group]

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