What do I need to listen to MP3 files?
MP3 files need to be decompressed when played. For this reason, you need an MP3 player to hear them on your computer. Most audio playback applications and browser plug-ins support the MP3 format, and it comes standard with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator. There's a good chance you may already be set up to play MP3s. To find out, simply click on this file:

• sample.mp3 (94 kB)

If not, you can easily download and install an MP3 player. Some common choices are:

• Winamp for Windows 95/98/NT
• Macast for Macintosh

How do I create my own MP3s?
In a community like ActiveBass, MP3s are a great way to let other pleople hear how you play. To learn how to make quick recordings of yourself, look at our recording tutorial. There are two basic methods for creating MP3s:

1. Encoding - Encoding software allows you to convert an existing sound file on your hard drive (such as a .wav file) to MP3 format. Common encoding software is:

   • MusicMatch Jukebox for Windows 95/98/NT
   • AudioCatalyst for Windows 95/98/NT
   • SoundApp for Macintosh

   You can easily create a sound file by connecting a microphone to your computer's soundcard and using audio software such Windows' native Sound Recorder to record the mic input. You can then use one of the applications above to convert it to MP3 format.

    

2. Ripping - Ripping software allows you to convert tracks from an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive to MP3 format. Common ripping software is:

   • MusicMatch Jukebox for Windows 95/98/NT
   • Audiograbber for Windows 95/98/NT
   • SoundApp for Macintosh

What other MP3 software is available?
ActiveBass features a list of MP3 players and editors recommended by the ActiveBass.

What are the benefits of compressing audio?
A digital representation (such a .wav file) of an audio performance 1 minute of CD quality uncompressed audio takes up about 10Mb on your computer's hard drive. While this may be fine for listening, it's no so great if you want other people to download your music on the Internet, as a 10Mb file takes about 50 min to download over a 28.8 modem. Compressing this audio file into MP3 format can cut the file size to around 850K while maintaining near-CD quality.

MIDI is the language of gods.

Lesser life forms communicate in more primitive, less artistic manners such as barks, chirps, roars, or any of the many human verbal languages in use throughout the globe. But, gods communicate using MIDI messages. Even a picture, whose value is often equated to a thousand words, cannot match the scope of emotional and intellectual power unleashed by a stream of MIDI messages. But, try to tell that to the visual-and-print-fixated, tone-deaf heathen who infest this planet...

The MIDI Technical Fanatic's Brainwashing Center is a cyberplace dedicated to those individuals who wish to attain a higher level of existence than that of the plodding, MIDI-illiterate scum around them. Here, you will find MIDI technical documents and programming information, MIDI tutorials which explain various MIDI topics in easy-to-understand terms, MIDI software tools, examples of some very good uses of MIDI (in the form of well-constructed MIDI sequencer files), and blueprints for the surgical installation of a MIDI jack upon the human body so that a musician can directly communicate with his MIDI gear.

WARNING! These Web Sites contains a lot of annoying, abrasive attempts at humor. Get used to it.

• Tutorials for MIDI Users
• Software Programs
• MIDI Files
• Technical Docs and Programming
• MIDI Rexx -- A MIDI development language for hobbyists
• MIDI Hardware Projects
• Company Contacts
• What's new
• More obnoxious and surrealistic humor (by unpopular request)

Sample Drum Loops

Break Beats  (3) General Collections  (20) Production Music Libraries  (135) Production Sound Libraries  (27)

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• Acidfanatic - Acid music resource site. Acid loops and drum loops for purchase on WAV and AIFF format CD.
• Advanced Media Group - Sample CD producer, online catalog and ordering, downloads.
• Analog Industries - Drum and synthesizer loops in WAV format, free to download, accepts Paypal donations.
• Analogue Samples - Royalty free samples of the most popular analogue synths as well as new digital samples.
• Arena of Samples - Free WAV samples, sound files, MP3, audio files, sound effects, clips, and SoundFonts.
• AudioPervert Drum Samples - A collection of analog, digital and live drum, percussion, and effect samples in WAV and Akai CD-ROM format.
• AudioToolsOnline - Offers music loops and sample CD's for use with any Acid program or any sound editor that reads WAV files.
• Aussie Beats - Free drum loops, rhythms tracks and samples from Australian drummers, more available on CD.
• Beats and Samples - Samples and loops of house music, techno and trance. In French and English.
• Beta Monkey Music - Acoustic drum loops and samples for rock, and funk. license-free drum loops for ACID, Sonor, Cubase, or ProTools.
• Big Ass Beats - Loops and samples for free membership or to purchase on CD. Styles include dance, breaks, hip hop beats, custom audio strikes and textures.
• Big Fish Audio - Samples, loops, and sound effects available to buy on CD in most formats.
• Buffed Beats - Rap beats, Hip Hop, and RnB instrumentals available for download.
• Cobweb Audio - Downloadable samples in MP3 and WAV format, including acapellas and break beats.
• Daily WAV - Archive of movie and T.V. vocal samples in WAV format.
• Dexters Exotic Samples - Drum sounds from India, Africa, and China, in WAV format, Downloadable or available to buy on CD.
• 50 Dollar Beat - Rap beats and Hip hop instrumentals available in MP3 format.
• Dooley Drums.com - Download free drum loops and free drum samples.
• Dr Loops - Offering studio quality music loops, vocal samples and sound effects.
• Drums on Demand - Real drum track construction CD of royalty-free, stereo loops recorded at 24 bit resolution. Includes a forum, a preview section, and reviews.
• Drumtrax - MIDI drum pattern library with groove variations, intros, fills and endings for song construction. Hundreds of grooves in several categories.
• eFiddler - Free violin and fiddle loops in MP3 format. Custom tracks, string sections and solos available.
• Electronisounds - Electronic loops and sample CD-ROM's and floppy discs in WAV, SF2, audio, Orion, and Akai formats.
• Emax Sound Library - An archive of samples in zipped EMX format.
• Endless Flow Productions - Acidised WAV files on CD, free download of a selection of demo sounds.
• Flashkit - Resources for Flash animators. Also an archive of music loops and sound effects.
• Free Loops UK - Royalty free loops designed for Acid, Sonic, Cubase, and Ejay. Download loops on site and order on CD.
• Freeloops.com - Copyright free loops for hiphop, trance, garage, and house.
• Front Porch Banjo - Banjo sample collection for GigaStudio, chromatically sampled. Site includes free MP3 downloads.
• Funk Station - Free WAV samples in trip-hop and jungle styles. Refills for Propellerhead's "Reason" software.
• Future Wave Shaper - A collection of royalty free ambient sounds, loops, and electronic sound effects.
• Ghostmbg3.com - Free samples in MP3 and WAV format, and links to resources for Acid, Music Maker, and Akai S-series samplers.
• Gigfiles.com - Soundbanks for Exs24, Halion, Gigastudio, Vsampler, and most other samplers.
• Glooped - Free guitar samples, available for download as either MP3's or WAV's.
• Groundloops.com - Sounds and sample CDs for Sonic Foundry Acid software, free samples, and MP3 demos.
• GuitarWavs - GuitarWavs creates original acid loops featuring guitars and basses, with a free sample page for each release.
• Hakachukai's Audio Samples - Guitar samples in WAV format, available for free download.
• House Samples - Demo samples for free download, full quality samples available by using a special phone number (only available in the EU and Canada)
• HQ Samples - Catalogue of links to free high quality samples. 44100Hz/16bit WAV, MP3, SF2.
• HuMaNwOrKsHoP - Collection of drum, effects, loops and multisamples in WAV and AIFF format, free to download.
• Inner Rhythm Studios - Bass, electric and acoustic guitar loops, key pads, and didgeridoo in .WAV and Sonic Foundary Acid format.
• Joe's Original Wave Files - Collection of WAVs, beeps, slides, bops, twinkles, and other sound effects.
• KeyTrax Music Network - Free MIDI, RealAudio and WAV files.
• KnH Music - Offers loop CD's in WAV format for purchase. Also has example loops for free download.
• Kreativ Sounds - Reason refills and samples for music production.
• Little Music Club - Various categories of sound effects in WAV format.
• Loopasonic - Drum, bass, guitar, and synth loops and samples. Includes musicians directory.
• Looperman - Free audio loops, effects, and samples, downloadable in WAV format. Also has audio forums, audio tutorials and an audio links engine.
• Looper's Delight - Resource for musicians creating with audio loops, especially focused on real-time looping. Contains mailing list, product reviews, tips and tricks, and profiles.
• Loopkit - Copyright and royalty free sound loops, free downloads and available on CD.
• Loopmasters - WAV, Reason and audio formatted sample CD's for musicians, composers and DJ's. Free copyright free preview loops.
• Loopmasters - Pro Sample CDs - Wav/Rex2/Reason format sample CD's with free preview, samples and loops, news, reviews, online shop, and music links directory.
• Loopology - Free music loops for use in Cool Edit Pro 2.0.
• Musical Drugstore - A collection of zipped WAV samples including, loops, drums, vocals, synthesizers and effects.
• MusicLeads.net - Loop CD's for Acid, Acid Pro, Sonar, Cubase, Protools and many other programs. Libraries in WAV, SoundFont and audio format.
• Nixx.ch - Reason samples for electronic music creation.
• Notre Dame de Budapest Pipe Organ Samples - NDB Pipe Organ Samples offers unmatched sound quality and authenticity in more than 9 gigabytes of pure pipe organ samples.
• Oneshot Samples - Oneshot samples is a community website with the goal to give an exchange platform of short instrument samples amongst music composers.
• Peace Love Productions - Loop and sample CDs including Hip Hop, Techno, House, Jungle, Breaks, and Downtempo.
• Peff - Electronic Music Resources - Drum and analog synthesizer samples and REX files.
• Phatsos Place - Drum loops free to download in WAV and MP2 format. Styles ranging from funk to hip-hop.
• Platinumloops.com - Loops and samples available for free download. Ethnic, trance, rock, electronica, funk etc. CDs and DVDs available.
• Precision Sound - Sound effect libraries in Halion, Kontakt, NN-XT, Gigasampler formats. Available as downloads and on audio CD-ROM.
• Proloops - Royalty free loops and samples, including bass, drum, synth and guitar loops, membership to download.
• Pure Sonic Bliss - Download free samples, also has applications, Soundfonts, tips and help.
• Red Reactor Sound Studio - Sample beats, loops, hits, and sound fx available for purchase via download, with audio previews.
• Remix Online - A portal for professional and amateur remixers and producers. Samples, software and technical news, forum, downloads.
• RetroSounds - Acid Jazz Sessions, quality loops with electric and acoustic upright bass, drums, and Rhodes.
• Russian Sounds - Russian ethnic vocal samples recorded in one of the oldest Russian provinces.
• Sample Gate - Sample site providing sounds, samples, loops, royalty free music, and effects in MP3 format.
• Samplecraze - Sample CD's and CD-Roms for Akai and Emu / Ensoniq samplers, Soundfont developers.
• Sampled - Looped beats, synthesiser samples, and bass loops.
• Samples4u Network - Free samples and loops in categories, as well as music shareware downloads and an upload area.
• SensoMusic - Free sound samples, free concerts, electronic music.
• Smart Loops - Guitar, bass, drum, and percussion loops that work with Cakewalk, Acid or any other DAW capable of importing WAV files.
• Soundforest - Audio sampling CD products.
• SoundProz.com - Bass, lead, break beat, vocals, and sound effect WAV format samples, free to download. Sample CDs for sale.
• SoundZone.INFO - Soundfonts download of synths, basses, drums, pads, and strings for Reason, Kontakt, Halion, Giga, Orion, and Audigy.
• Spectrasonics - Company that develops sample libraries and virtual instruments. Product information, downloadable demos, and creative tips.
• Splurgo Audio - Online resource for music loops, production music, music for flash and sound effects.
• Supervinyl - Break beats, samples, and mixes available for download.
• Tight BeatZ.com - Free Rap Beats, Hip-Hop Loops and R&B instrumentals available for download.
• Tintagel Sound Archive - Sounds and MIDI files for web designers.
• Ueberschall Sample Service - German company developing libraries for main music styles and for professional use. Catalog, news, purchasing information.
• Virtual Bass Player - Free Bass Guitar loops and samples for trackers, samplers, and loop sequencers.
• Vocals Only - Provide exclusive, downloadable acapella tools to remixers, DJs, and producers.
• Voice Crystal - Sample CD's, downloadable SoundFont banks and patch banks on floppy disk, ROM and RAM cards for music synthesizers, MIDI utility hardware.
• You've Got Drums - Downloadable loops by drummer Charlie Morgan.
• ZeroDecibel - Free drum samples for LM4 compatible VSTi samplers.
• Zero-G - Developer of professional audio sample libraries and sample CDs for musicians, producers and web developers. Online demos/samples and info resource.
• The Zone - Rock guitar samples.

Sampling & Sample Sites

A1 Free Sound FX	There are quite a few free sound FX available to download though they do sell their full collections.
Abstract Beats	Sell hip hop and urban sounds for Akai MPC and Triton in WAV format and also provide some free samples to download each month.
AcidFanactic	Provide Acid tutorials and sell commercial Sound Forge Acid file compatible CDs.
Audiobulb	Provide the ABulb VSTi softsynth, a Mac fractal tone generator and have some samples in WAV format to download.
Audio Skull	Provide bass, snare, scratch, vinyl and needle drop samples plus more in MP3 format. Very useful hiphop material.
AVSound	AVSound is an experimental DOS tool for producing unusual looped samples.
AWE & PC Samples Page	An archive of a past webpage. Samples include Roland 808 and 909 sets plus assorted synth samples.
Bass Culture	BC have a collection of breakbeat, bass, drum, effects and vocal samples available for download.
Bluesynths	Samples, reviews, pictures and info from a wide variety of vintage synths.
Crowley'z World	A selection of 44.1Khz synth & drum samples, breakbeats & vocals available for download with Real Audio auditioning.
Blue Distortion	Blue Distortion provides sound samples from old school synthesizers like the Moog Modular, Emu Modular and the Prophet 5.
Deltaz-palaze de	Sound resource and archive site for soundprogrammers ! Download lots of samples for royalty free use.
DJMixSource.com	Sample packs to download containing WAV files.
Doru Malaia World	Sells sample CDs as well as providing a wide range of free samples to try out.
Drum/Rhythm Track Resources	My page here at Synth Zone covering drum samples, grooves & breaks, midi drum patterns etc.
Edge City Sound Vault	Archive of a past site with industrial samples & loops.
Electric Zoo - Animal Noises	Well, you never know when you may need one of these ..
F@ctory 42	A collection of loops listed by instrument (includes synths & drums) and are available in Real Audio & MP3 formats.
Findsounds	Findsounds.com provides a search engine to find samples online.
Flash Kit SoundFX	A selection of sound FX samples to download in WAV and MP3 formats.
FreeAcidLoops.com	Make some Acid loops available for download.
FreeLoops.com	Sample loops for Rock/Pop, Hip Hop, House, Latin music production and more. They sell loop packs but also provide loops to download as MP3 and WAV files.
Funk Station	Funk-Station is an online resource for Electronic artists. You can find free audio samples, Tutorials and Refills for Propellerhead's "Reason" software.
Gigasampler - Worra's Place	Provides some free Gigasampler sounds to download plus a message board for Gigasampler users.
Gigasampler Users Site	A very useful site for Gigasampler owners, with info & sounds for Gigasampler as well as related coverage of hard drives, sound cards, editors plus more.
Hakachukai's Samples	An archive of a past site featuring heavy guitar and bass samples available as WAV files to download.
Hollow Sun	Descriptions of a number of vintage synths with some sound samples to download.
HuMaNwOrKsHoP	Has instrument samples, drum samples and FX available for download.
Internet Synthesizer	Create audio samples via forms from your Internet browser. An explanation of the settings is provided.
Jim Dooley - Free Loops	Jim provides some original Drum, Guitar, Bass and Hip Hop loops for you to download. Also Soundfonts.
J.P. Hovercraft's Mellotron Samples	Back online and once again presenting multisamples from the classic Mellotron, a very early analog tape loop based sample playback keyboard, used in many recordings during the '70s
Killer Beats	Have an archive of beats and synth sounds etc. in MP3 format. Free registration required for entry.
Little Drummer Boy	Master-Zap generously provides his shareware Windows rhythm/groove creation software which uses any WAVs or Stomper sounds as drum instruments.
Loopasonic	Drum, bass, guitar & synth samples & loops to download. Synth samples multisampled for a 5 octave range.
Looper's Delight	A website & mailing list dedicated to the art of building cool audio loops.
Machine Noise	Blackstrobe provide machine noise samples ( blips, clicks, squeaks etc ).
Matrix-12 Resource Center	Includes many WAV samples of patches from the Matrix 12 synthesizer.
MEMI Makers	A German electronic music site with a collection of bass & drumkit samples taken from a number of different synths. Drumloops are also available for download.
Musical Drugstore	Musical Drugstore offers a large selection of samples covering all areas from drum kits to synths and FX.
Modarchive.com	A wide range of synth samples available to download.
Music Machine's Samples	Good collection of samples from a variety of well known synths and drum machines.
Oberheim Synth Sounds	HollowSun provide OB8 sounds in WAV, Akai, Gigasampler and Reason formats.
Ol' Scratch Recordings	Present an archive of synth samples in MP3 format as well as some tips on synth programming and home recording.
Patternbased.com	Sell sample CDs and also have some beats and loops available for download.
Phatso's Place	Free funky drumloops and samples.
Pinknoise Studio's Soundbank Page	This site offers instrument samples in various formats. Hungarian and English options are available.
Planet Superwavs	MP3 samples for fast download but retaining quality. Includes drum loops & analog samples plus a link to Winamp for MP3->WAV conversion for use in your sampler.
PowerFX	Develop sample CDs and also have an online database of sounds.
Professor Kermit	The Professor presents his demented audio textures in wav and Real Audio formats.
Pyraplastic Records	Pyraplastic Records provide free samples & breakbeats in ADPCM format and some breakbeat creation advice. Good for Drum 'n Bass fans.
Reactor Samples	Reactor provide some free sample sets including a Tom DeLonge Stratocaster, Tablas, Tamborine and Handclaps.
Red Faux Samples Page	Some drum grooves & also some synth samples from Red Faux which also has a discussion & midi basics page.
Recycle Loops & Samples	Propellerhead's make Recycle for recycling beats and provide some sample to download.
ReMixer	Offer drum loops in MP3 format to download.
Sample Arena	A sampling resources site that also produces commercial CDROM disks of WAV and SF2 samples as well as making free samples available.
Sample Library	SampleLibrary.net supply a good selection of synthesizer samples for you to download.
Samples4u	Has bass, drum, synth sample loops in various styles available for download.
Samplenet	This site from FutureNet provides a very good archive of synth and electronic drum samples to download.
Samplepoolz	German online magazine dedicated to audio sampling. SamplepoolZ provides reviews of sample CDs as well as an extensive links database. English and German language options available.
Samplez.de	This site offers free samples to download in a variety of instrument categories. German language option only.
SaMpLisT	This site is devoted to grooves & breakbeats, plus keeps links to relevant software.
Sealed's Deep Synthesis Page	Provides info on a number of classic synth plus has some samples of them to download.
SimplyTheBest Sounds	A collection of FX sounds in WAV, MP3 and AIFF formats.
SonicHound	WAV sample packs of drum and synths sounds are available to download.
SoundDogs.com	Sell sound effects and royalty free music for film productions. They provide MP3 preview samples of all their sounds that you can download.
Sound Effects	Sound Resource Site. Tons of links to free sound effects sites and places to find sound effects.
Sound America	Good list of multimedia .WAV files (sound fx, TV & movie clips etc).
Sound FX Page	A select list of classic sound fx eg. gun shots, car noises, laughs, clocks etc.
Sounduser CD reviews	A Sample CD review site with reviews for you to check out.
Soundwave's Samples	Synth samples. Various sample rates from mod tracker up to 16bit 44K. The first links in the index section don't work but the SiteA links to the sample packs lower on the page work fine.
SSEYO Samples	A large collection of MP3 samples and loops in various styles.
Synthesis	Soft synths, wavetable synths, sampling and other related info. Also now featuring online calculators for digital music
The Cheatmen	Royalty free pads and Rhodes samples to download in .MP3 file format.
The Zone	Originally Chris's Guitar Sample Site. A good collection of guitar sounds, chords and riffs in WAV format to download.
Top 100 Audio Sites	Links to audio sites offering samples to download.
VIP Zone	Sell commercial multisamples in SF2 format and also provide free samples in WAV format to download.
Virtual Bass Player	Provides free high quality single shot sample sets and loops played on a variety of basses including Alembic and Carvin.
Wavsamples	A collection of bass and drum samples to download.
WD-1 DJ Trainer	DJ trainer to match beats to loops. An online musical instrument with 10 professional soundbanks. Make your own club, dancemusic, trance, reggae or even jazzdance and samba.
Xelenio	Provide a good list of links to soft synths, effects plugins and samples.
Yahoo's Samples & Sampling Links	Yahoo is worth checking for new samples & breakbeat sites online.
Ziggus Loops	Guitar loops and samples in .WAV .OGG and .MP3 formats. Includes single shot chords and clean/distorted loops.

Sampling Related Software

Acid Music	Sonic Foundry's Acid Music provides advanced loop editing capabilities for digital audio production. Also see AcidFanatic for links to Acid resources.
ATRip	ATRip is Windows CD audio ripper software from Voice Crystal designed for sampling musicians.
Awave - FMJ Software	Author of the audio format converter Awave for Windows This is a great tool for any PC & sampler owner. Huge list of supported formats including Midi SDS Dump, Akai .SND files and much more.
Cool Edit	A very capable wave editor for Windows.
Digidesign	Makers of Sample Cell sample RAM hardware for the Mac & PC. New PCI See Support for support & software updates.
D-SoundPro	Professional shareware sound editor for the Mac. Supports AIFF & midi standard sample dump. Fully working version can be downloaded for a 15 day trial period ... give it a try !! Now 2.4.1 features FAT code, runs native on PowerMac
Effects Master	Need an effects unit ? Try this shareware realtime effects processor for Win95.
Gigasampler	Sick of trying to loop sampled instruments ? Nemesys present software polyphonic sample playback for Win95 that supports samples up to 2 GB in size. See Sonic Control Gigasampler Users Networkand the Gigasampler Users Site for more info & support, as well as Worra's Place which has sounds and a message board for Gigasampler users. Also check Glasstrax for sampling tips and Bigga Giggas sample CDs. AudioHeadz also provides sample packs in Gigasampler format. There is also a Yahoo Nemesys Group for discussion of Nemesys products.
GoldWave Digital Audio Editor	Another very good Windows audio editor
GrooveMaker	Real time remixable groove-generator using random combinations of loops using pre-arranged studio-ready sample collections. Includes Techno, Trance, Dub, Progressive Hardcore, House, Jungle etc. Also see Virtual Synth Arpeggiator and the virtual DJ V-Mix software. And now new sample libraries just available for the GrooveMaker, the IG Interactive-Groove series.
Infinity	Antares presents DSP looping tools for the Mac. Highly rated in reviews, Inifinity takes all the pain out of finding/creating that seamless loop. A very unique product.
Mellosoftron	Software sampler for Windows. Download free to try it out. Turn's any WAV file into an intrument you can play from your midi keyboard.
Mixman Studio	Presentation software that allows you to build & mix a CD audio track. Libraries of source material avilable including hip hop, dance & techno etc. Great for DJ mixes and includes tempo matching and more. Demo available. Also see Mixlab.
Rramm Drrumm	An archive of Sisusoft's freeware Rramm Drrumm for Windows is a dedicated tool for playing drum (and any other one-shot stereo) samples via MIDI. It can be used as a drum machine with a sequencer.
SampleCalc	UCSoft presents their shareware Win9X program to perform calculations on sample rate to BPM and vice versa. Also includes a time/tempo sample stretch rate calculaor.
Samplifier	A Midi/SCSI transfer utility for the Mac that supports MIDI Sample Dump Standard.
Sample Tank	Windows software that provides all the features of a hardware sampler. 100's of sounds available.
Sample Wrench	Dissident's sound sample editor which supports SDS, SMDI and other samplers. Available for Windows 95/NT and Amiga.
SMIDI	SMDI is able to exchange samples between your Mac and your SCSI equiped Sampler.
Sound Forge	Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge sample editor (demo available) Available for the PC, with full plugin support this is a heavyweight sample editing application and a must to check out. Now includes CD mastering facilities.
Translator	Sample Tranlator will convert between many different sample file formats including Akai, Roland, EOS & Kurzweil. Some retrictions still apply on which conversions are available.
Tuareg	A Win9x software device called "interactive phrase sampler". Demo available for download. It is a sequencer/loop-composer/remixer that creates tracks out of the loops, samples and short sounds you feed it.
Unity DS-1	A full featured software sampler for Win95 and Mac platforms.
Wave Surgeon	Wave Surgeon for Win95 is a breakbeat splitting and loop finding tool , which allows you to change a breakbeat`s pitch without changing speed + vice versa.
Xloop Converter	Free Windows sampling calculator. Enter one field: BPM, number of samples, number of bytes or duration and Xloop Converter will calculate the other fields.
Zero-X Seamless Looper	Windows software with SCSI support for creating sample loops.
Zero-X Groove Editor	Atari software with SCSI support for creating drum grooves. Support for AKAI S900 & up, Ensoniq EPS & up, EMU, GEM, Kurzweil K2000 & up, Roland S7xx, Yamaha and any sampler that supports Standard MIDI Sample Dump.