You sit down with a clear head, but by the time you’ve previewed your 50th snare drum or vocal chop, your ears are toast and the inspiration is gone. It absolutely kills the workflow and leaves your beats sounding stale. Today, I’m bringing you a tool that flips the whole script on how we interact with our sample libraries.

Why Pathfinder is a Game-Changer for Your Mix & Workflow

This isn’t your granddaddy’s sampler. Pathfinder takes your dusty old folders of field recordings or drum kits and turns them into a living, breathing 3D instrument. Here is why this thing absolutely slaps:

• Say Goodbye to Menu Diving: You literally just drag a folder of samples into the plugin. It analyzes each one and scatters them into a 3D field of light. No tedious mapping, no routing – just instant vibes.
• Perform Your Sequences: Instead of clicking dots on a piano roll, you draw a path through the floating spheres. The shape and speed of your line become the rhythm and melody. Because paths are performances, no two takes are ever the same.
• Always in Tune: The plugin auto-detects categories (kick, snare, vox, melodic). Even better, key detection lets samples from totally different sources play in tune together, pitch-corrected to your project’s scale. No more manual retuning just to make a sample sit in the mix.
• Tempo-Synced Granular Magic: Grab a single sound and “explode” it into tempo-synced grains. Your single sample becomes a swarm you can re-pitch and play back as a lush texture.
• Built-in Sauce: It comes packed with a drag-and-drop FX chain featuring Reverb, Degrade, Flair, Delay, and a Granular engine. You can sculpt your sound live while keeping your headroom intact.

Tech Specs (Keep it Light)

• File Size: 36 MB (Super lightweight, won’t eat up your hard drive)
• Format: WiN & Mac compatible
• Under the Hood: Includes a per-lane step sequencer with swing/nudge, deep sound editor (trim, envelope, pitch, volume), MIDI CC learn, and Layer mode to fire your whole group as an instant stacked chord.

The Verdict

Pathfinder is a breath of fresh air. When your drum loops are feeling stiff or you just need a fast way to generate some happy accidents, this plugin is a lifesaver. Being able to lasso a random group of sounds and instantly build a step-sequenced kit – or draw a jagged line to create evolving, in-key arpeggios – is crazy inspiring. It actually makes sample manipulation feel like playing a real instrument again. Don’t sleep on this gem.

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Pathfinder.1.0.4.WIN  ( 8 MB )

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Why Sample Dicer is a Game – Changer for Your Mix & Workflow

This is not just another boring drum machine. Sample Dicer takes your basic one – shots and turns them into organic, breathing instruments. Here is exactly how it brings the sauce to your studio:

• Massive Layering: Drop up to four samples into the drag – and – drop slots. One MIDI note triggers them all, giving you instant thickness that sits in the mix perfectly without endless routing.
• Endless Movement: Hit the Round Robin mode to cycle through layers without immediate repeats. Combine that with the DICE function to randomize volume, pitch, start points, and delay. Your drums will finally have that human feel.
• Glitch Mode: Need to get weird? Turn this on for randomized delays, stutters, crackles, and sample – hold artifacts. It absolutely slaps for hyperpop, IDM, or lo – fi textures.
• Total Precision: You get beautiful arc – style controls, per – slot volume, and whole – semitone pitching. Plus, you can visually edit your fades and start points directly on the waveform using your mouse wheel so you never clip.

Tech Specs (Keep it Light)

• Formats: VST3, AU, and Standalone (WiN and MAC compatible)
• Size: A super lightweight 23.6 MB (saves your hard drive space)
• Voices: Selectable 1 to 16 voice polyphony
• Workflow Flex: Features DAW state restoration, real – time master volume control, hold – to – repeat Burst mode for instant ratchets, and 20 crazy color schemes (dark, light, and colorful).

The Verdict

If you are still placing identical audio clips on your grid and wondering why your beats sound stiff, you need this in your arsenal right now. Sample Dicer adds insane movement and depth instantly, and it takes zero effort to get a vibe going. It is free, it is light on your CPU, and it completely transforms how you handle your one – shots.

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Sample.Dicer.1.5.2  ( 24 MB )

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60 MB

Rattly and Raw has announced the release of Lockdown Kitchen, a free instrument for NI Kontakt featuring found sounds.

Made when Rattly and Raw’s in-house mix engineer, Emre, got bored during the lockdown. To the dismay of his family, he sampled everything across the flat. Including multiple recordings of each surface and kitchen utensil. We included washing machines, espresso makers, and much more. Enjoy!

Lockdown Kitchen is an instrument full of kitchen percussion instruments perfect for lockdown jams. Authentic range cooker, coffee grinder, bread knives, saucepans, washing machine doors, and many many many more. All multi-sampled and loaded with functionality.

The interface is fun and interactive, if you hover any item, it will light up. The kitchen has three views, each with more “instruments”. If you click on any of these instruments, you’ll enter in focus mode, which lets you choose MIDI assignments and activate effects such as compression, distortion and reverb, also tweak the tone, output level and “tuning”. There’s a “Preferences” menu where you can reset MIDI and fx and turn on/off the velocity. Don’t get fooled by the silly (?) interface. Lockdown Kitchen is capable of serious sound designing.

All Rattly & Raw libraries work with Native Instruments Kontakt 5.7 or newer (including Kontakt 6). Kontakt Player will load them in demo mode.

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197 MB

Looking for a better way to handle your growing audio sample collection? Say hello to SampleSort – the ultimate sample manager that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux!

Scan

easy working with large audio sample libraries by scanning your hard drives and identifying the files you’re interested in.

Search

easy to use tools to quickly search for the samples you need, when you need them.

Sort

importing your samples will attempt to auto-magically categorise them and read any meta data.

RanDrum

RanDrum allows you to randomise your drum samples to help get inspiration from your sample libraries.

CD Import

SampleSort can directly rip CD Audio sample libraries. Select the Optical drive as your import source. You can apply meta data to the imported files.

Statistics

Get graphical insight into your sample collection. Including file formats, sample rates and bit depth statistics.

Management

Manage your files and directories using multiple panels in one easy view. Projects are automatically kept in sync with the file system.

Packed With Easily Features :

• One-click listening
• Drag & drop everything
• Loop playback
• Supports high-quality audio up to 32-bit/192kHz
• Works with your favorite audio drivers
• Create custom tags that make sense to YOU
• Import and export Zip files
• No limits on database size

Whether you’re a DJ looking for the perfect break, a producer building the next hit, or a sound designer crafting unique effects – SampleSort helps you spend less time searching and more time creating!Ready to finally get your sample library under control?

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SampleSort-1.5.1765.0  ( 197 MB )

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29 MB

Making music should be fun and easy. Our new sample slicing plugin is designed to help you do just that – turning complex audio editing into a breeze.

What Makes This Plugin Special?

is it a powerful music tool that lets you:

• Break any sound into up to 64 unique pieces
• Play those pieces like an instrument
• Edit your sound exactly how you want

Simple Ways to Use SAM-SPL

Play Your Way

Two easy playback modes give you total control:

• Hold Mode: Stretch and blend sounds smoothly
• Trigger Mode: Create quick, punchy rhythms

Play Anywhere

Use the plugin’s pads or connect your MIDI keyboard. Every slice maps automatically to a note, so you can start making music instantly.

Edit Easy

Editing your sound is now super simple:

• Trim and cut with precision
• Adjust volume levels (0dB, -3dB, -6dB options)
• Zoom in close to see every detail
• Resample your sound perfectly

SAM-SPL Quick Workflow

We’ve made everything straightforward:

• Drag and drop your audio files
• Record sounds directly into the plugin
• Export your edited samples as WAV or AIFF files

SAM-SPL 64 Works with Everything

Whether you use Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, or any other music software, this plugin fits right in. It works with VST2, VST3, and AudioUnit formats.

Who Is This For?

Perfect for:

• Bedroom producers
• Professional musicians
• Sound designers
• Anyone who loves making unique sounds

Be Creative, and Have Fun

Music production should be about creativity, not complicated technical work. This plugin gives you the tools to experiment, play, and create without getting bogged down in technical details.

https://pongasoft.com/vst/SAM-SPL64.html

SAM-SPL.64 1.5.0  ( 29 MB )

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25 MB

The Commodore Amiga revolutionized the home computer when it hit the shelves in 1985. Not only sporting colourful 16-bit graphics but also boasting four channels of 8-bit sampled audio. With sample sequencing software like ProTracker and OctaMED, it was the first computer that allowed its users to record and sequence instruments into a full song; inspiring musicians, programmers, graphic designers, and hackers to show what they could really do with the new technology that the Amiga gave them. And while its specs may seem like they pale in comparison to more modern computers, its sound and legacy continue to inspire people to this day.

The Commodore Amiga revolutionized the home computer when it hit the shelves in 1985. Not only sporting colourful 16-bit graphics but also boasting four channels of 8-bit sampled audio. With sample sequencing software like ProTracker and OctaMED, it was the first computer that allowed its users to record and sequence instruments into a full song; inspiring musicians, programmers, graphic designers, and hackers to show what they could really do with the new technology that the Amiga gave them. And while its specs may seem like they pale in comparison to more modern computers, its sound and legacy continue to inspire people to this day.

The Ami Sampler brings that feel and that sound into the modern world of Digital Audio Workstations. Obviously heavily inspired by the Amiga, as well as Protracker and Fasttracker, it also draws inspiration from last trackers like Triton’s Fasttracker II and Milkytracker in addition to some modern sampler VST plugins. While in no way an emulator nor a recreation of the limitations that the late 80s software had, the Ami Sampler strives to take the classic sound of the Amiga but still allow it to stand up with a modern DAW setting.

Controls / Parameters
For the most part, the Ami Sampler has pretty standard controls that one would expect to find in a sampler VST. There are twelve individual samplers. Each sampler has its own volume, pan, and ADSR controls as well as solo/mute. There’s also the option for each channel to be monophonic, four-voice polyphonic (PT poly), or eight-voice polyphonic (Octa poly). There’s also a sample rate decimator control and when the channel is in monophonic mode, there’s a control for pitch glide.

Master output has controls for master volume, master pan, a switch to enable a 4.4khz 6db/octave low pass filter (modeled after the RC filter in the Amiga 500), a switch to enable a 3.1khz 12db/octave low pass filter (modeled after the LED filter in the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200), and vibrato speed and depth.

By far my favorite control that I put into the Ami Sampler is the “Paula” switch, taking inspiration from the Amiga’s audio processor’s (known as Paula) limitation to only be able to pan hard left or hard right. This limitation in the Amiga could allow the user to create uniquely wide sounding pads when multiple channels play the same sample as a chord.

The Paula switch creates a similar affect by alternating the pan for each note played by the sample; almost like an autopan except the notes are sustained instead of shifting back and forth. When in “Paula” mode, the channel pan control becomes a stereo width from -100 wide to +100 wide (when in Mono mode, “Paula” is disabled since the effect is for chords).

Other controls include a computer-key virtual midi keyboard mapped to Protracker’s/Fasttracke’s note map, plugin window scaling via the window buttons above the waveform graphic (window scaling is disable in Linux plugins as Linux DAWs don’t handle this feature well), sample looping, and MIDI channel/transposition controls.

Sample loading/saving
Sample loading can be done via the LOAD button or by dragging and dropping samples into Ami Sampler. Supported file formats include: .WAV, .AIF, 8SVX .IFF (Amiga audio file), 8-bit signed raw PCM, mu-law encoded .BIN (Linn drum and Drumulator samples), and .BRR files (Super Nintendo samples). While Ami Sampler does play back any audio at 8-bit PCM and does have a sample rate decimator available, to fully get the Amiga feel, it’s recommended to use 8-bit samples with a sample rate below 28khz (typical sample rates for the Amiga were usually either 8363hz or 16726hz).

A handleful of samples are included in this repository under the Samples folder. Included are the famous ST-01 and ST-02 sample packs converted to WAV, a random collection of some of my favorite samples in the remaining ST-XX sample packs (under ST-FV), and a handful of samples that I recorded on my Amiga 500 using my Arduinosound Turbo sampler module (https://github.com/astriiddev/Arduinosound-Turbo) under the folder ST-ASTRX. Some of the ST-ASTRX samples are in the original IFF format, some have been converted to BRR using my SBC700 Super BRR Converter program (still in development).

Additional Amiga samples from the ST-XX sample packs can be found at https://archive.org/details/AmigaSTXX

Sample saving is done with the SAVE button; currently only WAV, AIF, IFF, raw, and BIN are supported. You can also clear out a sample from its slot with the trashcan icon.

https://github.com/astriiddev/Ami-Sampler-VST

Ami_Sampler_v0.7.2  ( 25 MB )

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FREE | EXE+DMG+SO | 24.5MB

MAIM is an audio plugin that circuit bends an MP3 encoder in real time, disrupting the control flow sending data down unexpected paths to create digital distortions. With heavily hacked real MP3 encoders at its core, MAIM gives you the full gamut of digital distortion, from the realistic to the fantastical.

MAIM features two real MP3 encoders, captured in the wild and painstakingly incorporated into a real-time plugin.

We’ve woven mad-science circuit bending into MAIM’s MP3 encoders, to give you fine control over a whole palette of spectral distortions and face-melting glitches.

All knobs can be smoothly dragged and automated, without pops or gaps in the sound.
MAIM works across DAWs, on Mac (AU/VST3), Windows (VST3), and even Linux (VST3).

MAIM is licensed under the GPL v3.0 license, so you are free to use and even modify it, as long as any redistribution of the software is under the same license.

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Simple Hit es un instrumento vst que ofrece una colección de orchestra hits que incluye algunos clásicos de antaño y algunos originales, con 15 sonidos en total. Es muy sencillo y pretende ser una herramienta simple, tal como lo indica su nombre.

Simple Hit is a vst instrument that offers a collection of orchestra hits including some old classics and some originals, with 15 sounds in total. It is very simple and aims to be a simple tool, as its name suggests.

64-bit – Windows & Mac – vst, vst3 & AU

Features:
15 orchestra hits
Built-in reverb
Previous and Next buttons

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Simple_Hit_-_Win MAC  ( 32 MB )

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size 75 MB

Freetakt is a VST2 sampler plugin.

One of the most significant advantages of Freetakt is that it offers a lot of features that are typically only found in paid sampler plugins. For example, it includes a built-in sampler mapping and editor, script editor and a variety of effects. The plugin also has an intuitive user interface, like Kontakt, making it easy to use and navigate. Overall, Freetakt is an excellent alternative to Kontakt, especially if you’re on a budget. While it may not have all of the features of Kontakt, it offers a lot of value, considering that it’s completely free

Compatible DAWs: Ableton Live, Cakewalk by BandLab, Reaper, Cubase, Nuendo, FL Studio, Logic Pro, others

Please bear with us as our Freetakt software is currently in Beta and may have some instability issues. We are working hard to improve it and make it more robust, while keeping it always free for you. Thank you for your understanding!

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downloads  ( 75 MB )

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Bonnie is a slot driven drum sampler with lightning speed drum-kits loading and fast one stage control, fitted for live usage, with better control, both mp3 and wav. format support, fast workflow and only 0.5 sec. loading times for new core kit.

The sampler: Bonnie uses 10 (.wav, mp3) file sample slots to build 10 drum components drum-kits. According to this approach, every slot can be anything, from kicks to snares or cymbals or you name it. Each slot is triggered by its own unique MIDI note which noted on its slot button. For instance, slot 48 is triggered by note number 48 in the MIDI keyboard (c2). The samples menu is divided into 14 categories, including a wide range of drum-kit components types. Bonnie comes with 30 full drum-kits to start with. It’s perfect for sketching or producing most common classic genres drum tracks like disco, R&B, soul, hip hop, rock, pop, reggae and many more with carefully crafted samples that sit great in the mix and a reasonable drum library size that won’t choke your hard drive.

Every slot in Bonnie has a full mixer page. It provides most of the traditional features per drum element that a producer might need and some exclusive features that you will not find even in the most expansive drums machines.

You’ll find a new sample library manager, pitch control, magnitude control, EQ, saturation, phase control, delay, unique filter, drift effect and even an ability to morph the drum elements with other elements in the library.

Bonnie is also armed with 3 master effects (compressor, reverb, delay) with a unique effect called “F.R” which allows full scale frequency control over the wet signal. You can use the effect by sending a fx amount from the “master fx” slider on every channel.

The Morph System: Bonnie is armed with a morphing system which can blend any 2 drum elements together (which can create tons of new fresh drum sounds). The morph system can also play with the blended element’s pitch and increase the invention of new drum sounds like never before.

Special channel’s modulation effects: Each channel in Bonnie is armed with dedicated modulation effects which allow adding beautiful nuances and textures to each drum element separately. There is a yowling phaser effect, a delay and the new Zelda filter which can completely change the audio materials native character and morph it into a new interesting sound.

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Bonnie_VSTi  ( 59 MB )

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