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Free minimal techno samples

A tight kick, a closed hat, a percussion hit and a dark synth one-shot from Minimal & Dark Minimal Techno. CC0, for 124–130 BPM.

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What's in the ZIP

Previews are 128 kbps MP3. The download is the original WAV, plus LICENSE.txt and SOURCES.txt.

Making a minimal groove from four sounds

  1. Put the kick on every beat at 124–130 BPM and keep it short. Minimal techno lives in the gaps between the kicks.
  2. Place the hat and percussion on uneven 16ths, then shift single hits a few milliseconds off the grid for groove.
  3. Use the synth as a short stab, and automate its filter cutoff and decay slowly over the track.
  4. Change one small thing every 8 or 16 bars. In minimal techno, small changes are what holds attention.

Longer walkthrough: What actually makes a techno kick punch.

Can I use these in a release?

Yes. Every sound here comes from a recording released under CC0 1.0 (public domain). Use it in commercial tracks, beats and videos, with no royalties and no credit required. The one thing you can't do is resell the sounds themselves as a sample pack. SOURCES.txt in the ZIP lists the original recording for each file. More on licensing.

The full pack: Minimal & Dark Minimal Techno

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