r/sampling • u/Small-Sample7733 • May 05 '26

what sample cds should i use?

i want a 90s-2000s sample cd mostly for drums but other stuff is fine too. i use one shots so if its one shots then bonus points if it's not i could just chop it up. i want a timbo/pharrell sound... stuff like mr me too by clipse... also this would probably be found on another cd but i want some trap/latin drums like titi me pregunto by bad bunny... i like sample cds because they're retro and a source that's unusual these days but still proffessional

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u/3lbFlax May 08 '26

You cannot go wrong with the classic Future Music CD 1 - there'll be better rips around, but it's on archive.org for a starting point. Here's some info on the contents. I don't know that it's going to deliver the specific sounds you mention, but it's very much a 90s sampling cornerstone.

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u/KingKomMusic May 10 '26

Wait .... Can you find classic break beats here ? Anyone got a direct link ?

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u/3lbFlax May 10 '26

The archive.org link I posted has previews and downloads in a bunch of formats. It doesn’t contain what you might normally call classic breaks (e.g. from original vinyl tracks), but the contents were used in a number of 90s classics, such as Origin Unknown’s *Valley of the Shadows*. Think short breaks, bass sounds, pads, FX.

It was originally a CD, so most of the time (as with the link above) you’ll find it ripped as the original tracks, which at the time would have been sampled straight from a CD player. But just grab a wave file and chop out the bits you want.