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The woozy, FX-drenched sounds of the 1960s and 1970s psychedelic rock may have fallen out of favour somewhat as synths and dance music took over in the 1980s and 90s, but since the turn of the millennium, guitar bands, alternative and even pop producers have rediscovered the power of psychedelia to add character to their music. Bands like Tame Impala and MGMT, to name a couple, brought back the sound of dusty amps, crusty synths and guitar pedals, blending them together in new ways to create what you might loosely call neo-psychedelia. Like so much that is postmodern, this wasn’t limited just to a couple of genres, with pop and electronica also embracing older production tricks and techniques and combining them with more modern approaches. The Chemical Brothers have been among the better-known proponents of this multi-layered approach to hit-making. So instead of tracking down and recording all these vintage synths, amps and outboard, why not get straight to the results with samples that have done much of the work for you? These sample and loop collections cover everything from classic guitars, drums and basses through analogue synths, pianos and even strings and contain everything you need to bring the spirit of the classic psychedelic era to your productions. Turn on, tune in and freak out... The post Here are 10 free sample packs for neo-psychedelic sounds appeared first on MusicTech. View the full article

Sample packs are a good way to expand your sonic palette, and can help give you inspiration to make new music. Sample packs can include both loops and one-shot sounds, and in this guide on how to use sample packs in music we’ll show you how to make a chilled lo-fi song from scratch. The post Working with sample packs: how to create dynamic tracks first appeared on Native Instruments Blog. View the full article

So if I wanted to have another crack at writing tune...... where can I get access to the countless vocals etc ?

Links from an old post of mine http://www.zero1media.com/samples.htm#voice http://www.stonewashed.net/9.html http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/Samples_and_Loops/ (loads of links here) http://www.topsitelists.com/start/audiosamples/ (loads of links) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~spufus/ http://www.skip.informatik.gu.se/~adde/drugstore/smpls.html http://samplenet.co.uk/ http://freakotorium.homepage.com/music/ http://www.dj-net.demon.co.uk/daveg.html http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/HouOpNou2/ http://proph.org/free/en/samples.html http://www.analoguesamples.com/ http://www.samplemania.org/ http://www.soundloops.org/ http://www.jara.demon.co.uk/bass/ http://listen.to/the.zone/ http://www.samplecity.net/ http://www.soundcentral.com/ http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/aphex/113/index.html http://www.e-drummer.net/ http://home.zcu.cz/~pesek3/samples/ http://www.samplenet.co.uk/ http://www.samplearena.com/ http://www.moviewavs.com/ http://www.wavcentral.com/ http://www.113audio.com/ http://www.acidplanet.com/ http://www.eaze.net/~jfouts/HITMAN.htm http://www.groundloops.com/ http://www.trinkets2000.com/frame.html http://hem.spray.se/melodrumatic/ NEW LINKS Top Audio Sites - http://new.topsitelists.com/bestsites/topaudiosamples/topsites.html Cybergroove - http://www.cybergroove.de/e_index.htm Looza - http://www.hgb-leipzig.de/~ajoscht/audio/loops/loops.html Phat Drum Loops - http://www.phatdrumloops.com/old_site/ Music Machines at Hyperreal - http://machines.hyperreal.org/samples.html Pocket Fuel - http://www.pocketfuel.com/_sounds/ SampleNet - http://www.samplenet.co.uk/ Sound Central - http://www.soundcentral.com/ Soundsproz - http://www.soundproz.com/ Speakerboy - http://www.thespeakerboy.com/ Waveform.dk - http://www.waveform.dk/ Joor - http://www.joor.com/ Drummachine.com - http://www.drummachine.com/newpages/sounds.html Innards - http://perso.respublica.fr/innards/NewFiles/samples.html Oneshot Samples - http://www.oneshotsamples.com/ Audiowerkstatt - http://members.liwest.at/web/audiowerk/apw.htm Bass Culture - http://www.bassculture.org/ E-Lab - http://www.e-lab.se/ Electronisounds - http://www.electronisounds.com/ Factory 42 - http://www.cpaterson.clara.net/ Funk Station - http://x-stream.fortunecity.com/kingsrd/58/ Future Wave Shaper - http://www.futurewaveshaper.com/ Ignite - http://www.geocities.com/ignite_music/ Kalava Drum Archive - http://hem.passagen.se/lej97/kalava/ Loopasonic - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~spufus/ need download software Mean Beat - http://meanbeat.cjb.net Bizarre Ambient FX - http://sonikmatter.com/sounds/ Hakachukai's Samples - http://www.members.tripod.com/hakachukai/samples.html Anologue Samples - http://www.analoguesamples.com/ http://www.samplearena.com/ http://www.sounduser.com/links/samplecd.cfm I'll keep adding more as i come across um /images/graemlins/nod.gif