Every producer knows that creating memorable melody loops can be difficult. Especially creating trap melody loops where the melody can set the stage for the entire song.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a new producer who needs help creating a starting point to launch your creative process or an experienced producer who wants to chop up some quality melody loops without worrying about the copyright issues that can come with sampling music.
All producers could use a stockpile of melody loops to pick from for a wide variety of uses.
So we’ve put together a list of 5 of our favorite collections of free trap melody loops that every producer should have on their hard drive.
Put short, this is the pack to have if you’re looking for free trap melody loops. Over 100 melody loops to fit any mood from dark to bouncy to nostalgic.
100+ free trap melody loops
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Stem tracks for melody loops so you can solo or remove parts to add variation to your beats.
34 high quality trap 808s
100 MIDI melody loops to use with any vst
Another 10/10 collection of trap melody loops that can easily fit into any style of hip hop. Like Oracle this collection includes stems for the melody loops so you can customize the way they play.
There isn’t a single melody loop in this pack that misses the qualities for a placement ready beat.
40 free trap melody loops
68 melody loop stem files
Wide variety of BPMs and all labeled by key
This beast of a pack is an all around hip hop powerhouse. What makes this pack special is that in addition to the trap melody loops there are melody loops from session recordings we did with professional guitar and flute studio artists. Oh and don’t forget all of the free trap drum samples and loops that come along with it!
29 free trap melody loops
24 studio quality guitar and flute melodic loops
14 trap hi hat midi patterns
24 Midi melodies
5 Midi chord progressions
100+ trap drum one shots
50+ trap drum loops
19 trap 808s
If you’re asking why a lofi sample pack is in a list for free trap melody loops I’ll give you the answer. The biggest thing trap beats and lofi beats have in common is they both rely heavily on a strong melody loops that are memorable. And trap beats are evolving to more experimental styles using filtered sounds similar to the way melodies in lofi songs do. This makes eternity the perfect crossover kit to make hip hop beats in any style.
100+ free melody loops
50+ free drum loops
17 basses and 808s
20+ midi melody loops
9 hi hat midi patterns
20+ unique tape melody loops recoroded on a tascam 4 track recorder
40+ vocal ad libs and phrases
Like Eternity, this pack is here because the free melody loops inside are all flexible enough to fit into pretty much any style of beat you can imagine if used correctly. Paired with a variety of midi chord progressions you can pair with your favorite synth sounds, this collection has plenty of materials for someone looking for free trap melody loops.
26 free melody loops
22 free midi chord progressions
70+ free drum loops and hi hat loops
60+ free drum one shot samples
Here are a few other melody loop packs for you use when making beats in any genre:
Cymatics Free Rhodes Pack: We recorded these rhodes samples from a vintage 73’ Rhodes Stage Piano we found and restored. The Rhodes has a classic e piano sound that is one of the most popular sounds in music history. These samples are perfect for creating melody loops for trap, classic hip hop, r&b, etc.
Python Midi Collection: Midi melody loops and midi chord progressions make it easy to customize and create your own unique melody loops. Python contains 51 midi melodies and progressions laid down by a grammy award winning piano player at our studio.
GEMS VOL 1, 2 & 3: These packs aren’t free, but they’re so cheap and the value you get is so great it’s worth it to give them a mention. Each pack is topped with 40 placement ready melodies ready for you to help you make your next hit.
Orchestral VSTs have never been more accessible to producers.
Soaring strings, fluttering woodwinds, and deep brass will bring an epic and emotional quality to your tracks and enhance their dramatic energy.
Orchestral libraries can contain thousands of samples and several instrument specific articulations. It’s not surprising that many paid orchestral plugins can cost upwards of a thousand dollars.
You get what you pay for when it comes to plugins, but the quality of free has been on the rise.
That’s why I’m rounding up the 6 best free orchestral VSTs capable of emulating a real orchestra.
Let’s get started.
Spitfire LABS is a top contender when it comes to free plugins.
LABS is an ongoing series of free software instruments made by musicians and sampling experts in London. It’s updated with new sounds constantly, and sports an easy to use user interface.
Their soft piano plugin is still a go-to piano sound for many professional composers. Some musicians have used it to write entire albums of solo piano music.
LABS offers top quality string samples, warm brass samples, and several other unique additions of the orchestra.
LABS offers top quality string samples, warm brass samples, and several other unique additions of the orchestra.
Orchestral Tools is a high quality orchestral library creator. It’s no surprise that their free offering packs some of the best free orchestral sounds you can get.
Layers’ packs 17 GB of orchestral samples. It includes four different microphone positions and a variety of articulations.
It allows you to generate full chords with one touch of a button. It’s also capable of MIDI keyswitching, which gives you tons of control to blend instrument sections and shift dynamics.
Layers’ was recorded on the Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin. This recording environment gives it a professional sound with top quality acoustics. It’s one of the most realistic sounding free orchestral libraries available.
The Total Composure Orchestra is a full orchestral sample library. It was created by using samples that are in the public domain.
The public domain consists of creative work that has no exclusive intellectual property rights. All the 1500 samples in the total composure orchestra are pre-cleared for use in your music.
The public domain consists of creative work that has no exclusive intellectual property rights.
The Total Composure Orchestra uses Native Instruments Kontakt as a sample loader. That means you’ll get access to the advanced Kontakt scripting features that make samples sound even more realistic.
Kontakt isn’t free, but it’s a worthwhile tool to invest in if you plan on using more orchestral libraries in the future.
The Free Orchestra by Project Sam is a collection of samples from many of their paid products. It’s the high quality sample platter of orchestral libraries.
The Free Orchestra’s samples range from epic string staccatos to dystopian sound design.
The Free Orchestra’s samples range from epic string staccatos to dystopian sound design.
The best thing about this orchestral VST is that it runs in the free version of Kontakt—the Kontakt Player. This is perfect if you want to get started with Kontakt libraries without the commitment of buying the full version.
The Free Orchestra features incredible options for sound design. Parameters such as envelope controls, effects, octaver, and reverse make it one of the most versatile plugins on this list.
The Free Orchestra is the perfect entry level orchestra for any genre.
BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover is another incredible offering from Spitfire Audio. Discover was designed to make orchestral scoring accessible to all music creators.
Slicex fl studio download. In the past, you would have to make an investment of hundreds of dollars or more to begin composing with an orchestra.
Discover includes 35 instruments and 47 techniques. All the instruments are premixed into one mix signal. This gives you a bit less control than a paid library, while still boasting a professional sound.
Discover includes “mode switching” which allows you to share your compositions with others. Composers that have different editions of the Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra can play and edit your music. This is also convenient if you plan on upgrading from Discover to one of Spitfire Audio’s paid offerings.
Versilian Chamber Orchestra Community is an open source version of Versilian Chamber Orchestra 2. It was created for musicians that want to create better sounding music using sample libraries without the cost.
The VSCO Community edition comes with 19 unique instruments, and 3000 individual samples. The library includes the basic articulations of the orchestra. It allows you to create realistic mockups right out of the box.
You’ll need a sample loader to run this library. Luckily, this library is compatible with the free sample loader Sforzando, which runs .sfz files.
This is a helpful non-proprietary format that stores instrument data for software synthesizers.
VSCO Community is also compatible with the full version of Kontakt.
Free orchestral libraries used to ‘sound’ like they were free. Now, you can get a pro orchestral sound in your DAW with no financial commitment.
These libraries are a dime a dozen. Try them out in your DAW and make an epic banger.
They’ll be a good indicator of what will come next on your shopping list.