I'm often asked by first time producers where they can get free sounds, loops, and samples.
For new producers, I suggest diving deep into what your DAW can offer first. Try to make the most of the default sounds built in your system so you can get to know your software more and its capabilities. Remember, limitations often bring forth creativity and it's great exercise while you develop your craft.
Once you've used your default library (which can usually take even a year!), then you can take the next step and expand your sound sources/lib.
I think I once posted before some sample and loop sites on the blog which can be a good starting point but for the sake of the entry focusing on free, then here it is...
The most obvious path is to type in "free samples, sounds, loops, patches, synth loops" etc into google and you'll get a ton of links already. But one thing I've noticed is that as overwhelming as it is, a lot aren't really that good.
My suggestion is to visit first the official site of your DAW, I'm sure they have a healthy community of users sharing sounds, patches, loops, etc. Propellerhead has a ton of free "refills" that can be downloaded. Those alone can fill up your library for another year of exploration :)
Then you can also visit commercial loop libraries. Why? A lot of them offer up to 1 gigabyte of sounds and even more just for signing up for a free account. If you also buy from some, you immediately become part of their "customer" list and so you'll receive free sound packs even weekly!
Some sites are producerloops.com, loopmasters.com, soundstosample.com and so much more. You can revisit my old entry on sample sites you can visit if you wanna sign up to get free sounds. Who knows, you just might have some spare cash lying around and you end up buying some :)
Enjoy the search!
Cy
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