The MusicRadar Team

House music has certainly evolved over the years, but many of us still have a fondness for the deep bass, tight beats and simple instrumentation that typified its early sound

Stock up on 8-bit and messed-with sounds

If you like your samples short and sweet, look away now, because we're focusing here on sounds that have been stretched and shifted out of their original sonic form.

Reworking a track? Inspiration starts here

Field recordings, body sounds and Foley FX

Hits and loops with a difference

You never know what you're going to get…

Experimental audio for your DAW

Every once in a while, we have darker thoughts, and these are reflected in this week's collection of deliciously dark sounds.

Give your music some hirsute bombast

Start a fire with these punked-up sounds

Radio-friendly, hit-making sounds

Cajon, Conga and Djembe sounds

The sound of the French capital in your DAW

Not quite normal noises for your tunes

White gloves, glowsticks and dummies at the ready

We all know how useful the 'snap to grid' function can be, but we're also acutely aware that "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"

Slip on your boogie shoes and hit the floor

Give your music an Ibizan influence

Nasty noise by the lorry-load.

The sound of an analogue monster, tamed

A truckload of these old-school sonic samples.

Beats, basslines, synths and percussion

Sounds that are so wrong they're right

Get your sexy on with this sensual selection of sounds