Doru Malaia World: Free drum samples (+ FX , pads , voices , etc) & Reason refills , PRO samples CD. Free Refill and .Wav Samples: Actually here can be downloaded more than 900 mb of free samples (49 free refills and 22 free wav samples packages togheter)

Hitsquad: A huge collection of Drums and Perucssion software - freeware, shareware, and demos - which you can download for free. Platforms include Windows, Macintosh, Macintosh OS X and Linux.

The "Classic" Kalava Drum Samples. 44kHz 16 bit mono. Sampled by Robert Olsson in 1996: download (kicks, snares, hihats, claps, ride, shaker and tambourine)

GrooveLab, the drum machine: Make your own quality drum loops for free with GrooveLab! The 47 version has a new effect section and new sounds, ready for you to play with

Korg DDM-110 Drum Machine Samples: 44.1 KHz , 16-bit, Mono, WAV Files, .zip file

Reactor: Free samples and instruments: Hybrid Percussion: a set of 37 weird and wonderful percussive noises ranging from cymbal, gong and bell-like sounds to strange chordal events and eerie effects. First percussion samples were recorded on a Sony valve microphone, they were then processed through a wide variety of other, totally unrelated waveforms using a convolving reverb. Tambourine Sequence: a rather handy chromatic Tambourine patch with accents every 8 semitones. 70 different samples help create a nice natural sound with minimal programming. Includes some long trems below C1. Voodoo Handclaps: these are the handclaps we recorded at Chapel Studios for Voices (voodoo). They are 32 samples of 6 people clapping so give yourself a hand! Recorded with Groove Tubes microphones through rare Telefunken preamps and Massenberg EQ onto Pro Tools just for you. Tablas: an extremely useful set of dry tabla samples played by our resident maestro Ravi Majevadia. Contains 83 single hits on one patch. Recorded for Back Home on the album using an Audio Technica mic, TL Audio valve compressor and a Neumann U87 Gold simulator.

Electronisounds - Loops and Samples For Technoheadz Worldwide: the samplepacks contain free demos (free downloadable demos of the soundfonts and Reason refills)

Drum loops & Drum Samples by Jim Dooley. Styles include Rock, Hip Hop Beats, Funk, Blues, World Percussion & More. 24 bit 96kHz and 16 bit 44.1kHz Acidized wav files and Free Drum Loops by Jim Dooley

Goodwin Production: Free MIDI Drum files for you to download

Free Drum Vst Plug-in from Broken Gadget: The Dr Liebezeit drum machine has been developed specifically for Audio Mulch. Naturally it will work in other hosts too. It features a Roland TR style programming interface and supports a range of exotic time signatures. The user can load .wav samples of her choosing, and ring modulation, distortion and filtering effects are built in

Groove Monkee MIDI drum loops for GM, BFD and EZDrummer, Drum Map available for Addictive Drums: lots of freebies (All Samples for Reason, All Samples for BFD and EZDrummer - Mac Only, All Samples for BFD and EZDrummer - PC Only, Groove Monkee Blues Samples, Groove Monkee Blues Samples Addictive Drums, Groove Monkee Country Samples, Groove Monkee Country Samples Addictive Drums, Groove Monkee Electronic Samples, Groove Monkee Funk Samples, Groove Monkee Jazz Samples, Groove Monkee Metal Samples, Monkee Rock Samples, Groove Monkee Rock Samples Addictive Drums, Groove Monkee World Beats Samples, 8-bar Jam tracks, Freebie Pack 1, GURU Latin Grooves, IMAP Samples, NSKit7 Goodies) 

African and Caribbean Midi Files: Songs and Drum Patterns

The Drum Samples Page:  Free 909 and 808 samples

Composing Examples: Drum Beats-Hi Hat Parts-Bass Parts-Sample Harmonies (some links to the audio files do not work, use the mac or windows midi files)

Drum-Grooves Forum and DrumBeat Midi Files (right-click on the midifile and save as with quicktime pro)

The DrumFlow is powerful drum sequencer. DrumFlow has build-in Drum Setup editor (for GS or XG MIDI). DrumFlow allows you to create custom percussion parts with adjustable drums and then to export these parts to your MIDI editor (e.g. Cakewalk or Cubase) through the clipboard or MIDI file

StudyDrums: Discover your hidden potential for drumming with this simple, quick and easy drum lesson 

Free un-released drum loops from Junebug (head producer at electronisounds)

Progsounds: online Synthesizer Resource and Downloads: Collection of patches for Korg Triton series synthesizers created by Progsounds users, Full samples pack of Roland TR-505 drum machine, Full samples pack of Roland TR-707 drum machine

HammerHead: free drum machine software for Windows 95/98/NT/XP to download. Make your own drum beats! Create drum loops for all genres, from techno music to hip hop and rock. Listen to some samples of drum loops created with HammerHead Rhythm Station

Loopasonic: Royalty Free Music Loops and Samples Archive. Become a member and join Loopasonic Premium for only $4.95 & and download all Loopasonic loops in .zip files. (Download royalty free samples, online archive of downloadable, royalty free samples, loops and wavs for drum loops, bass loops, guitar loops, synth, keyboard and rex files)

Looperman is a Free pro audio community for musicians, film and video producers, djs and multi media designers. Members can download free music loops, beats and samples to use in any music software such as steinberg cubase, propellerheads reason, sony acid pro, fruity loops studio, ableton live, apple garageband etc or macromedia flash projects, video game design or movie soundtracks. All files have mp3 previews

Beats2rap2: Download 100s of original, royalty-free hip hop instrumentals for your album, mixtape and/or demo and beats. Get these beats and hundreds more like them for the one time fee of $29.99. There are no hidden charges or reoccuring fees and we upload brand new new beats every single month!

Prosonic: Royalty free Reason refills, Rex files, ACID loops, an awesome Midi Patterns Library for download

Silicon Beats: Download Free Drum Loops & Drum Samples, Breakbeats Drum loops, thousands of awesome royalty free drum loops in our members area, ranging from vinyl breakbeat samples to hip hop grooves and classic funk drum loops

Jas's Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ (for dumbec, doumbec, doumbek, arabic tabla, darabuka, tombak, zarb …), Rhythms for Dumbek and Belly Dance

Meinl Cymbals: Tips & Tricks from the Meinl artists might be helpful for your own drumming. Linear Jungle Grooves by Johnny Rabb and Double Kick Doubles by Thomas Lang

Discrete Drums is the original multitrack drum library. Our ever expanding line of products is critically acclaimed and widely regarded as the best drum library around! Demo page

MultiLoops™ home of Naked Drums: multitrack drum loops in .WAV format. Easy import into any digital audio editing software including Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Cubase, Logic, and ACID.  Includes tempo-mapped Pro Tools session documents, compatible with Pro Tools FREE. We've also included a folder with single hit samples including stereo cymbals, hi-hats, kicks and snares…

DMX and DX EPROM Images: These files are exact binary images of the original Oberheim drum sound chips, suitable for making duplicate EPROMS.  You may download these files for your own personal use

Professional drum loops by Aussiebeats. Drum Loops for ACID, Cubase, Pro tools, Cakewalk, Cooledit Pro, Free Loops and more! Aussiebeats are Australia`s leading drum loop professionals offering lots of free loops and groove. Free Loops (an also a nice Blues in E)

Bangin Hip Hop Drum Loops for Digidesign Pro Tools 7 - Loops. This collection contains 136 drum loops arranged into 20 bangin beats packed with heavy club kicks, snares, claps, hats and percussion rhythms. Price: 11.95 USD or you can buy the Hip Hop Drum Loop Sample Pack for Pro Tools 7/FL Studio, containing Banging Drum Loops, Mobb Beatz and West Coast Drum Loops. Price: 24.95 USD. Motionentstudio / Loops ("The Net's Best Hip Hop Samples")

Smart Loops: Download MIDI Drum Loops in Standard MIDI File type 1, type 0, Session Drummer, and MIDI Groove Clip formats. Get all 3 MIDI drum loop libraries for only $39.00. Over 1000 MIDI drum loops. Patterns and fills in various styles including blues, country, disco, funk, hard rock, hip-hop, jazz, latin, pop, rap, reggae, rock, r&b, shuffle, swing, and more …

Making Beats: Fruit Loops & Electronica Music. Download Phantom Beats: The hottest library of electronica music downloadable, radio-ready Hip Hop and RnB beats, We can also make beats & can offer exclusive tracks by making beats customized for your use. Enter you email (Freesounds Newsletter) and receive a 46,7mb free sounds pack containing: Free Guitar Licks Sampler Kit, Free Hip Hop Sampler Drum Kit, Free Guitar Loops, Free Liberator Live Drum Loops and Free Sound FX. Check out Liberator, Production Tools and Phantom Beats

AudioWarrior Reason Refills Music Software for Propellerheads Reason (30 Drum Kits Plus World Percussion, Queensryche Drummer Scott Rockenfield Drum Track Builder Dr.Rex, Acid Drums Axe and others …)

Hip Hop Drum Loops: Royalty free loops & samples for the 21st century. Free Downloads!

Drums on Demand: Retails Live Drum Loops for Your Drum Tracks Rock Country Jazz Blues Drums On Demand Takes Acoustic Drum Loops To A New Level Of Simplicity. Join the Newsletter Email List and recieve a free lite Song Set (111 BPM) in three formats. Note that this is an incomplete, lite Song Set about 10% of the size of our larger Song Sets. Choose the best one for your software application. (formats: Acidized WAV-REX Format and Garageband)

Newtronic: Creators of intelligent production tools for music producers. Newtronic stocks a range of exclusive Midifile Kits, Sampling CDs and Music Technology Books

Proloops: Online Store Music Loops on CD & DVD. Download royalty free samples, online archive of downloadable, royalty free samples, loops and wavs for drum loops, bass loops, guitar loops, synth, keyboard and rex files. Free loops: to download the free loops you must register your email address, enter a valid email address below and your password will be sent immediatley

Real drum Loops: Downloadable drum loops, custom drum tracks, custom rhythm tracks and full audio production

Macloops: Free Apple Loops and Free Garageband Loops for Apple Pro Logic. Macloops offers you hundreds of free apple loops samples for Garageband and Logic. Download Free AIF Apple Loops now

Drumdrops: Product Catalog. Royalty-free 24 Bit Multi Track Drum Samples and Loops supporting RX2, WAV, Apple Loops, Recycle, Reason, Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase and more … Free dowloads !

Ron Wikso: Pro Drum Tracks. Custom Drum Tracks for your CD, Demo, Jingle, Film or any other Audio Production

AudioStreet: Rap Beats for Rappers News. Article on Construction of Rap Beats. (credits: Tweakheadz)

Loopking: The world #1 website for royalty free Hip Hop Samples,you can download Hip Hop Drum Loops,Hip Hop Loops,Beat Loops, Rap Loops, Download Loops, drum loops, Guitar loops & Bass Loops, download free loops and Sounds. Join the Newsletter to receive Free Loops

Crate Kings: Hip Hop Samples Beats - Free rap Hip Hop samples drums loops kits, instrumentals, original samples, drum breaks, samplers, crate digging, Reason, Fruity Loops. Beats365 specializes in HIP HOP BEATS and INSTRUMENTALS, sounds, accapellas, drums, samples for music production, produced by Nebula a.k.a Jamie Lewis. One-Time Fee of $34.95

Acid Loops Royalty Free loops, Drum Loops, Electric Guitar Loops, Acoustic Guitar Loops, Vocal Loops, fully acidized acid loops. monthly Free Loops

Abstract Beats: Hip hop sound kits for Akai mpc 2000, mpc 2000xl, mpc 3000, mpc 4000, and korg triton, exs24, halion, kontakt. Download beats at an afforable price. Join the mailinglist for Free Samples 

Free Samples n' Loops: Free drum loops and beats download

Supervinyl: Free Breakbeats and Samples

SoundShopper: Download Royalty Free Music & Buyout Music. Instant Download

Opuzz: Music Loops, Royalty Free Music Loop Downloads

3qSound is a provider of original royalty free music and audio for Multimedia, TV, Film, and Radio. We also have a large range of voice over talent and sound effects, all easily downloadable from our website

DeusX: Free Sound Effects, Loops, Textures

Adobe Flash: Soundloops

FlashTracks: High Quality and Royalty free Stereo Sound Loops for Flash Web Developers

SWFSound: Download free music and free sound effects to add background free sound to your website with Flashsound api SWF files and HTML code to embed sound in to a web page that will play automatically when your web page loads. Download Royalty free music, Dance loops and looping sound effects library

Phat Drum Loop: free to Download in .wav and .mp2 format, hundreds of rare beats, phatloops, phatdrums, phatbreaks, groovy loop, phat drums, soul funk, soul jazz, soul-funk, soul-jazz, soul drum, jazz drums, jazz drum, Ohio Players, Kool and TheGang, Kool & The Gang, Pharcyde, James Brown, BillWithers, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, ChuckBrown and The Soul Searchers, Skull Snaps,Synthetic Substitution, 808, TR808, Roland 808,Roland TR808

Peace Love Productions: Acid Loops & Samples For Music Production. 20 free wav file downloads each month for registered users

Platinumloops offers Loops and samples available to download, royalty free samples loops, samples in wav format including drum loops, bass, guitar and more … Download the awesome collection of free loops and sound samples. Within their site there are over 400 free demo loops and sound samples for you to download before deciding to become a member of Platinumloops

Shapeshift - the breakbeat district - music project about drumnbass, breaks, 2step, old-school, triphop, electro - get cd releases, free mp3 downloads, information

Shockwave: the worlds most dynamic and up-to-date online royalty-free music library. All of our stock music is available both in MP3 format and in uncompromised WAV master recordings, and everything is available to download instantly, with delivery on CD as an optional extra

TDCollins: Free Loops

Samples4u Network: A Seduction In Audiosamples

The Troop of Loops: Free original loops

VIP Zone: DJ, Techno, Trance, Samples, Loops, Refills, Wav, SF2, Midi. Free Wav Sounds, Midi, Loops, Acapella & Vocal Samples. 250mb of Free Samples

YourBeats: Your Music Production Community and Resource Guide… 1525 Free Samples !

Grooveboxmusic: Pro Tools training videos and tutorials. Leading provider in online training and tutorial videos for Pro Tools LE. Over 100 easy to use training videos and tutorials on Digidesign's Pro Tools recording software. The Playground: Zero-G: Down at Hum: a collection of 6 variations for a tight techno/electronic drum groove. This is great for any producer in the electronic genre. Ambient Loops: get a taste for some of the cool Ambient loops contained in the Zero-G "Outer Limits" collection. Bandmateloops: Rock Drums: optimized Apple Loops of Rock Drum patterns and styles. Gbox Customs: Drum Vocoder Loops: these stylish loops create a unique sound by combining some killer drum patterns with the Vocoder effect

Groove Monkee: MIDI drum loops for GM, BFD and EZDrummer. Freebies

Loopmasters: Sample Cds, Sound Libraries, Rex Files, Reason Samples, Sample Cd’s, Sample-CD

Bandmateloops: loops, apple loops, wav, apple, logic, pro tools, bandmateloops, bandmates, loop, drum loops, synth loops, guitar loops, infinite nrg, inspiration, hip-hop, derty south, dirty south, multisamples, Virtual instruments, SLD, sounds like drums, deep frets

Make Your Studio Drum Tracks Come Alive, an article by Rich the TweakMeister. This page shows how to make great sounding drum tracks with drum machines and MIDI sound modules. (TweakHeadz Lab)

Monkey Machine: online Java drum machine

More to come next time (Part 2) …