99Sounds is proud to release 99 Drum Samples I and 99 Drum Samples II, two multi-genre collections of free drum samples.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
Free Drum Samples
With over 450,000 downloads and counting, 99 Drum Samples I is the most popular 99Sounds sound library released to date.
Five years after the original, we are releasing 99 Drum Samples II, our new drum sample library that follows the footsteps of its predecessor.
99 Drum Samples is a two-part collection of free drum samples. It contains royalty-free drum sounds crafted from scratch using advanced sound design techniques and processed using internal and external audio gear.
The source drum samples come from various analog and digital synthesizers, acoustic drums, classic drum machines, and field recordings. We then used multiple onboard effects and studio gear to process the clean drum samples.
The included drum sounds cover various music styles, from hip-hop and trap to dubstep, electronic, synthwave, lo-fi, and pop. We imagined 99 Drum Samples as a must-have drum collection for all music producers, despite their favorite genre.
The same can be said about the sound design techniques we used to create these drum samples.
We used analog distortion, high-end preamps, cheap tape recorders, field recorders, guitar amps, a spring reverb, an old Tascam PortaStudio 4-track, a vinyl deck, and a vintage tape delay unit.
We even used a Game Boy to resample some of the sounds for added grit.
Here’s a portion of the gear list: Solid State Logic SSL 2+, Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK, Moog Minitaur, MFB 522 Drumcomputer, Jomox Alpha Base, Arturia DrumBrute Impact, Korg Electribe ER-1, Lell UDS, Yamaha DD-5, Golden Age Project Pre-73 MKIII, Nintendo Game Boy, Tascam Portastudio 244, Commodore 64, Dynacord Echocord Mini, and more.
The result is a unique collection of free drum samples that sound different.
Summary
The first part of the library includes 99 individual drum samples, and the second part contains 110 drum samples. All sounds are provided in 24-bit WAV format.
The included drum samples are carefully edited, trimmed, and normalized to -0.3 dB (except for some of the cymbal hits, which are peaking around -3 dB).
Content
99 Drum Samples I contains 99 files:
- 6 clap samples
- 1 cowbell sample
- 4 crash cymbal samples
- 11 closed hi-hat samples
- 26 kick drum samples
- 5 open hi-hat samples
- 10 percussion samples
- 2 ride cymbal samples
- 3 shaker samples
- 22 snare drum samples
- 9 tom samples.
99 Drum Samples II contains 110 files:
- 11 claps
- 13 hi-hats
- 37 kicks
- 13 percussion samples
- 36 snares.
All drum samples are provided in 24-bit WAV format.
111 Comments
many many thanks guys for the free samples.
you guys are amazing thanks…
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
Finally found well designed, sampled and balanced drums & perc samples!
Well fixed, ready for use, clean as is / as was :) , directly from the good times …
Thank you for this work and that you sharing with all the World!
You’re welcome!
how can I download it
Please try with a different browser if you don’t see the download button on this page.
Downloaded Garage Foley and I love the sounds so much!!
However, I’m using Kontact 5 to run it into my DAW and it’s telling me that Garage Foley is a demo version and it’s expired…
What do I do? Thank you!
Sorry about that. Most free libraries, such as ours, only work in demo mode in the free Kontakt Player. You need the full version of Kontakt to remove this limitation.
Hi if I wanted to use this pack on YouTube and monetize the videos, would I be able to do that?
Yes, as long as the samples are used in a musical or another creative context (as in not just hosted elsewhere or posted on YouTube to download).
Can these be used in music that will be licensed as Creative Commons? The reason I ask is because Creative Commons does allow for commercial usage and sampling. Technically someone could try and rip one of the instruments from a Creative Commons song and use it in their own VST or sample pack. Of course, I don’t think most people would do that considering how many layers of noises would be on top of it rendering the sample not as useful. Please leave a response. Thanks!
Yes, you can use these sounds in music that will be licensed as CC!
I wanna say Thank you so much for the downloads and free samples. Very cool stuff! Thanks again.
You are very welcome. :)
THESE ARE ON MEDLY FOR IOS!!
Thanks for letting us know.
Thanks for sharing with us.Good work keep posting.