Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron

Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.

Roaches, mealworms, shrieking bubbles, and more in free Richard Devine sound samples

The chalk is underwater, screaming like a chattering alien. Or that’s how it sounds through a hydrophone. Enter the weird world of some of Richard Devine’s field recordings – then grab the sounds for your own Creative Commons-licensed creations.

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2021

Cherry Audio synths and tons of sounds in $30 Humble Bundle benefiting charities

It’s called the Mega Sound Designer Loop Crate Vol. 2, but CDM readers may want it for Voltage Modular Ignite and DCO-106 (Juno 106). The latest Humble Bundle unlocks all of that for US$30+, and benefits Little Kids Rock and Stop AAPI Hate.

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2021

Reverb are giving away their complete $841.58 drum machine sample collection, free

Peter Kirn - August 27, 2019

1000 free Novation presets from Legowelt, Emily Sprague, Shawn Rudiman…

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2019

Free Snare Designer for Ableton Live, Logic, and Kontakt

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2018

Free pack of sounds from the Polish Radio Experimental Studio

Peter Kirn - October 2, 2018

The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Richard Devine

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2018

Sounds.com is a new cloud tool for loops and samples from NI

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2018

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