MGF Audio is a free sound library by the Sydney-based sound designer Martin Peploe, who kindly offers this unique collection of experimental samples for free download via 99Sounds.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
The Library
MGF Audio focuses largely on raw analog and digital tones, as well as cloudy ambient textures, often with a lean towards 90s electronica and “IDM” such as Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin.
This free sound library comprises a collection of multi-sampled instruments, one-shot samples, and a set of 50 presets for the Ableton Operator virtual instrument.
The included sounds range from warm tones of the Roland Juno synthesizer that was recorded to VHS tape to harsh digital noises, Yamaha DX21 glitches, and organic percussion sounds.
The glitch one-shots were made by using Max MSP to modulate the parameters of a Yamaha DX21 and Arturia Moog Modular V. Martin used some relatively simple but versatile mathematical sequencers while automating several parameters.
After recording a jam, he would crop all the sounds into one-shots or loops. The beefy field recordings were made by running found percussive sounds through certain compression and limiter effects to increase the otherwise quick decay time.
The Artist
The pack represents a small fraction of Martin Peploe’s sound design work.
To hear more of Martin’s samples, you can check out his Bandcamp page, which features dozens of hardware synth multi-samples available for free download (with optional donations), and his Tumblr for more sounds, Max and Reaktor patches, VSTs, and anything else audio-related.
For more info about the MGF Audio sample pack and a bit of insight into Martin’s sound design workflow, check out his official website.
Technical Details
MGF Audio contains 120 audio samples in 24-bit WAV format, Ableton Operator presets, and instrument patches for Native Instruments Kontakt. The contents are sorted into folders for easy browsing. The download size is 132 MB (ZIP archive).
19 Comments
Amazing job!
thanks alot
The files are not downloaded
The Download link isn’t working. Can you provide a correct one? Thank you very much! Keep up the good work!
Hey, I’d like to download this pack but the link is no longer available. Can you update the link please :) ?
Download link seems to be working now
The link seems to be down. I know there were some issues with broken links recently however it seems there are still a few packs that aren’t quite up and running yet.
Uploaded to our new file host – please give it another try.