Here Are All the Royalty-Free Vocal Samples You Need – Perfect for Music Production

A great vocal sample can be hard to come by, so access to a top quality vocal library can spark instant inspiration. On top of that, sampling royalty-free vocal loops, acapella tracks, or vocal shots allows for a music production process without legal obstacles.

How to Find the Best Royalty-Free Samples (Practical Guide)

An extensive library of samples is the modern producer's toolkit. Royalty-free samples are available in a wide range of genres, styles, and sounds. From drum loops to high-quality sample packs to unheard demos: building up a sample collection and expanding that with high-quality material, is key for your production workflow and sound libraries.

The Most Iconic Sampling in Electronic Music: Celebrate, Compete & Win Big

Our new Sample Breakdown video covers over three decades of sampling in electronic music. The comprehensive video shows the evolution, ranging from underground classics to club anthems. It also gives you the opportunity to become part of the Sample Breakdown, and this lineage of legends. Make the next iconic flip to win $10,000 and get released on one of the most revered electronic music labels out there: Ninja Tune—home to Bicep, Bonobo, Jayda G, and soon potentially you.

Sample a Tribute to David Axelrod, KPM & more

Actually Vintage: First-Ever Royalty-Free Sample Packs Recorded During the 70s

Vintage-sounding samples are commonplace in today's music production scene. But now, for the first time ever, producers can get the real deal... Tracklib has started adding authentic vintage music—actually recorded during the 1970s—repackaged and released as royalty-free sample packs.

When a Finger Drummer Meets a Library Legend

Producer and finger drummer Lavotta Árpád a.k.a. Yeti On The Pads had a session with one of his heroes: Montenegrin-French library music icon Janko Nilović, whose music is also available on Tracklib. Their joint album 'Parisian Dreams' perfectly blends their worlds. Considering their backgrounds, it speaks for itself that the music is offered with multitracks for sampling…

Sample Rare Spiritual 45s Compiled by 'Gospel Guru' Greg Belson

The 'World Classics' series of Luaka Bop is nothing short of iconic: Alice Coltrane, Tim Maia, William Onyeabor... 'Time for Peace Is Now' fits that bill with a collection of old 45s from the 70s with gospel by musicians who played both church and secular music.

Sample 1969 Psych-Jazz Recorded by a Math Teacher

Named after an old Detroit blues album, Hasting's Street Opera only released one record: the private press release 'Slippery When Wet.' A rare gem from 1969 which was recorded at home by their math teacher, inspired by psychedelic music, jazz-rock, blues, and Jethro Tull's flute playing.

Sample a Peruvian Blend of Cumbia, Surf Music & Psychedelia from 1972 to 1986

Sample Rare And Reissued 70s Funk, Soul & Disco Killers

Big-time names like WAR, Minnie Riperton, The O'Jays, Chick Corea, Gladys Knight, Charles Mingus, B.B. King, and Art Blakey grab the attention when skimming through the catalog of Good Time Records. But here at Tracklib, we highlight a more undiscovered and underrated side of the part-Nashville, part-London-based record label. Dig into obscure 70s records in soul, funk, and disco you haven't heard anywhere else...

Sample the Beirut Musician Who Masters Any Instrument

Sample Multitracks of Neapolitan Funk

Italians know their funk. Just look up Sonor Music Editions or Four Flies on Tracklib to catch our drift. The Funkin' Machine out of Naples, Italy is no exception. Their 2021 album 'ALLERTA METEO' boasts nothing but upbeat grooves—straight from the birthplace of pizza, with all of the multitracks as the seasoning on top.

Sample a Drummer-Producer Who Gets Compared to Roy Ayers, Count Basie & the Native Tongues

Drummer-producer Pat van Dyke has a knack for all things analog. Whether he's producing his 'Dusty Breaks' drum packs or all-new compositions on the Fender Rhodes, his sound is always clearly informed by golden-era hip-hop while moving with ease between 70s funk, warm soul, and jazz-influenced brass licks.

The Guide to J Dilla Donuts Samples

The sampling on J Dilla's Donuts is like the holy grail of looping and chopping. This article teaches you how to sample like J Dilla a.k.a. Jay Dee, with a collection of samples to help you get started. Update your time zone to Dilla Time and let's make some Dilla Type Beats…

Sample the Architect of Brazil's Tropicália Movement

Somewhat parallel to psychedelic rock in the US in the late 60s, in Brazil another movement was on the rise: Tropicália, a loose collective of radical modernists who found inspiration in bossa nova, samba, modern art, 50s poetry, avant-garde film, and psychedelic pop. Guitarist, experimentalist, singer, and composer Tom Zé was one of the leading figures of the ground-breaking movement that set off Brazil's psychedelic era.