Here's a summary of each of the
34 monthly reward packs available so far,
most packs have more info included in their download. They
are diverse and unique with acoustic percussions, found
sounds, sounds from vintage Public Domain TV shows and
ads, processed and electronic sounds. Most were never
released before.
They are exclusively available to those who support me on
Patreon. Starting February 2023, when becoming my
patron, you get the reward packs released since that date,
so beginning with pack 25.
The 24 packs of my first 2 Patreon years (Feb 2021 to Jan
2023) are still exclusively available to my patrons and
new patrons can buy them at a reduced price if they want
them, but no obligation to do so.
You can join for as little as $1 a month (and can cancel
at any time). As the details of the rewards and membership
levels may change at anytime, please visit my Patreon page
for the most current info.
Note: This list may not always be up-to-date, the
latest months may still have to added to it. Sorry for
the delay!
Video above features samples from
the first 12 packs, combined they have 1189 samples (406
MB). Important
note: even if some packs include mapping for
a specific sampler or app, this is in no way general and
the packs are essentially a collection of one-shot wav
files!
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February 2021
Toy plastic drum (13 samples), a hand cymbal (33 samples)
and 4 samples from Public Domain TV ads.
50 WAV files (20.3 MB)
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Pack 02, March 2021
Samples from the first half of an episode of the 1950's
Robin Hood TV show (now Public Domain).
Like all the Memory Collection packs, the samples include
voice/spoken word/dialogs, sfx/foley and music.
86 samples (32.9 MB)
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Pack 03, April 2021
Sounds from the second half of the Robin Hood episode
above.
64 samples (25.7 MB)
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Pack 04, May 2021
Cool found sounds I recorded!
Doorstop, the type with a coiled metallic spring. They
often have a nice twanggg!
And some sounds from around a hen house, including
footsteps, opening and closing door, various noises and
the rooster!
103 WAV files (20.6 MB)
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Pack 05, June 2021
Samples from a few TV ads from the 50's and 60's including
two for Univac, the first commercially available computer
in the mid 50's. And a few samples that were not used in
Memory Collection 01 and 02.
86 WAV files (30 MB)
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Pack 06, July 2021
Sounds from hydrophone recordings, mostly in a swimming
pool and a few samples from 2 other sources, a kitchen
sink and a 4 liters plastic bottle.
108 WAV files (44.5 MB), most are stereo.
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Pack 07, August 2021
Samples from the first half of an episode of the 1950's
Robin Hood TV show (now Public Domain). It’s the one where
Robin meets Marian.
134 samples (45 MB)
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Pack 08, September 2021
Sounds from the second half of the Robin Hood episode
above.
109 samples (53 MB).
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Pack 09, October 2021
Cool sounds I recorded, all previously unreleased:
small handbellls, a cymbal, chair spindles, various noises
and handling noises from the recording session.
106 WAV files (44.6 MB)
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Pack 10, November 2021
This pack includes 4 different collections. In addition to
the wav files, it has 34 instruments and 1 multi for
Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5 and 9 sfz definition files.
- Black Swan bell: small handbell recorded and
processed through a Nintendo DSi, guaranteed LoFi!
- Cheap Bells: Two handbells bought at a dollar store for
the Holidays. Contrary to the Black Swan bell, it's the
bells that are cheap not the recordings. Includes single
hits and hand ringings.
- Honks: Samples made with 2 different vehicle horns, 17
honks with or without the sound of the air pump
release and 3 "air" samples. The air pump release can
easily be trimmed if you don't want it, as I did with Honk
14 that has the 2 versions. This pack also contains some
Kontakt 3 mappings and processing including random pitch
variations and 4 melodic Honks.
- Spindle Chair: Collection of samples made by hitting the
spindles of a wooden chair with a drum stick. Was recorded
simultaneously in stereo and mono with 2 different
recorders. Thus both sets of samples sound different.
There are 19 patterns and 16 single hits, the hits are NOT
extracted from the patterns. Kontakt 3 mapping of the
single hits has the Harp Glissando script in the
performance view. The patterns are not mapped.
170 samples (22 MB)
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Pack 11, December 2021
Sounds from 2 Public Domain Christmas cartoons.
60 jolly samples (65.1 MB), Ho Ho Ho!
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Pack 12, January 2022
Various unusual percussion sounds that I sampled. All are
wav files, no other format included.
- Two bamboo wind chimes: single hits and random
sequences created by hand.
- 8 hits from a children drum kit, both natural and
processed versions for a total of 15 samples.
- Horseshoes: including single hits, hitting one
against the other and multitaps.
- And some crunchy noises made during the recording
sessions!
A few variations that are compressed, stretched or
otherwise processed to create more dramatic sounds
are also offered.
113 samples (47.1 MB)
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Pack 13, February 2022
Includes more various unusual percussion and found
sounds that I recorded, all previously unreleased.
Wav files only, no other format included.
- Bicycle bell with muted samples (placed my hand
on casing to reduce the sound).
- Hits on the aluminium cup of a trumpet mute.
- Rubber duck.
- Tennis shots (hit by yours truly).
- And a few noises made during the recording
sessions!
58 original "natural" samples (13.9 MB) and 80
pitched-down, stretched and/or compressed versions of
some samples to create impressive and more dramatic
sounds.
Total of 138 samples (108 MB)
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Pack 14, March 2022
Samples from 4 Public Domain newsreels from the 1960’s.
There are several stories including a peace protest and
3 space conquest stories including John Glenn's historic
orbital flight.
The source videos are old and the sound quality is not
the best. Contrary to the Memory Collection packs, the
samples are not classified in folders. All have the same
narrator with various background musics. 68 samples
(53.4 MB)
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Pack 15, April 2022
A special treat for this pack, some of the very first
sounds I released commercially!
This was back in 2003 on the original of the Sound
Effects Library. They were never available on my
website and as the original SFX lib ceased its
operations in 2015, they have not been available
since. In fact I had kind of forgotten them and when I
wanted to listen to them, I had to search through my
backup CD’s.
I found some great loops and SFX and they are included
in this pack, basic vibe is SciFi. Some of the sounds
were the basis for later sets, like the jawharp and
vocoder samples that led to the creation of the Out
There sample set.
- 13 unique loops, great starting points for
unusual ambiences!
- 6 jawharp samples
- 6 vocoder (MicroKorg) samples.
- And synth SciFi SFXs!
Total of 53 samples (93.7 MB) including 10 previously
unreleased ones. Most samples are stereo.
Wav files and a Koala Sampler kit of 16 samples with 3
sequences.
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Pack 16, May 2022
Samples are from the first half of an episode of the
1950's Robin Hood TV show, the one in which he
helps Queen Eleanor.
83 samples (28.7 MB), like all the Memory Collection
packs, the samples are classified in folders and they
include voice/spoken word/dialogs, sfx/foley and
music.
- SFX Plus : sound effects, music and everything that
is not specifically a speech sample
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Pack 17, June 2022
Samples from the second part of the Robin Hood
episode above.
76 samples (58,4 MB).
All new samples and NOT part of any other Memory
Collection pack.
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Pack 18, July 2022
Two different sets in this pack (number 18).
1 - Recordings of a small triangle with 9 natural
samples and 26 stretched and pitched down versions
to create deep low tones and strange ambiences.
2 - As you may have seen, I released 2 free kits for
Fred Anton Corverst Drumkit app.
Drumkit voices combines a drum synth and a sample
player. The sample player has several controls to
modify the playback of the samples. This means that
the sound heard for each voice can be quite
different (or not) from the source sample.
To better illustrate this, I have sampled FAC
Drumkit’s output and you will find in this pack the
16 sampled voices for each kit and their respective
original samples so they can easily be compared.
They both have the same names except that the
sampled voices have “FAC” at the end of their names,
like this:
Sampled voice: 01_vocalfx_1_FAC.wav
Original sample: 01_vocalfx_1.WAV
So you can enjoy the sounds even if you do not own
FAC Drumkit, and if you do, the kits are freely
available on PatchStorage:
https://patchstorage.com/platform/fac-drumkit/
99 samples (41 MB), three samples are duplicates
because they were used more than once in the kits.
So there are 96 unique samples.
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Pack 19, August 2022
Sounds from recordings I made of acoustic sources,
no synths or computer generated sounds!
Most are stereo and some have pitched down and/or
stretched versions as sound manipulation examples.
All are previously unreleased.
Objects sampled are two alarm clocks (names
beginning with c), a wooden frog percussion
instrument, a flashlight that is recharged with a
crank, a furnace grate and a kind of toy that
produces bouncy hits!
Many samples are long and can be trimmed and
edited to create shorter hits suitable for
sequencing and kit creation.
A small but punchy collection of unusual SFX,
ambient hits and dramatic noises.
Total of 68 wav files (82 MB).
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Pack 20, September 2022
Samples are from 10 vintage TV ads part of the Prelinger
Archives.
The 2 calculator ads are probably from the 70’s, the 4
toothpaste and the 4 shampoo ones are from the 50’s and
early 60’s.
Note that the toothpaste and shampoo ads are full of the
stereotypes of their time in the USA. Meaning married
women do not work, stay at home and take care of the
kids.
My Memory Collection disclaimer is even more true here:
"Some samples may reflect stereotypes and prejudice of
their times and original creators. They may express racial
prejudice, sexism, social stereotypes, ignorance and/or
poor knowledge of other cultures (for instance accents
that are deemed insulting today).
The views and opinions expressed in these are those of
their original creators and do not reflect my opinions."
But they're fun to use in absurd context like I did in
this short video
example.
Pack has 60
samples (20 MB)
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Pack 21, October 2022
Halloween special pack for this month!
Two different groups of samples: original creations and
a selection of samples taken from Public Domain movies
and TV shows.
This collection was briefly available for Halloween 2010
and most of the Memory Collection samples are from MC
01. BUT, I have revisited all the MC 01 samples, cleaned
them further and added a new unreleased one. I have also
added 14 samples from Memory Collection 08.
Even if the Memory Collection samples are also available
in their respective packs, this is a special Halloween
selection!
The original samples are from 2 sources. First an
ambient track I made in 2002 and the others are heavily
processed vocoder (MicroKorg) samples of my voice.
Included formats are wav, Battery 3 kits, Kontakt 3
instruments and soundfont. These and the included and
brand new elf-audio Koala kit used in the video demo are not
available anywhere else.
Pack has 106 samples (29 MB)
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Pack 22, November
2022
63 samples (35 MB) from a Public Domain TV show from the
1960's. It's a Thanksgiving episode!
In this video, I am
using the sample manager AudioShare (iOS) from Kymatica
to jump from 1 sample to another.
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Pack 23,
December 2022
- Christmas Mini Pack 02
18 samples from 2 PD toy ads (8 MB).
This mini pack is the first part of my Patreon Reward
pack 23 (December 2022).
- 16 stereo samples (37 MB) from 3 different music boxes
I own. They all play Jingle Bells but box 1 is at a
faster tempo.
The five longer samples are playing the tune, one is the
recording of winding up the first music box, the others
are glitches and recording noises. They include both dry
and processed versions.
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Pack 24,
January 2023
52 samples (42.9 MB) from a promo for the 1963 new
line of toys from the Gilbert Toy Company.
Collage of screenshots from the ad.
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Pack
25, February 2023
The Undefined Piano Project - Part 1
56 samples (36.4 MB) from an out-of-tune
battered down upright piano. NOT a
multi-sampled or extensive piano
library. There are a few single notes, 2
or 3 phrases, some plucked and scraped
sequences and noise samples. I will
mutate these samples to create new
reward packs in the next months.
In this video,
5 samples are loaded in AUM file player.
A few external FXs are used, most
noticeably elf-audio Koala FX, Elliott
Garage Formante and Eventide QVox.
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Pack 26, March
2023
The Slapstick Pack - Part 1
115 samples (21.4 MB) from a classic
slapstick 1949 short!
Many of the samples can be further cut
into shorter hits and noises. They are
grouped in 3 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids: foleys combined with voices
- Speech Male: voices and vocal sound
effects
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Pack
27, April 2023
The Slapstick Pack - Part 2
69 samples (20 MB) from the same
classic slapstick 1949 short as Pack
26!
There's an extra folder named
"Slapstick Kit". It contains a
selection of short and trimmed
versions of samples from both packs 26
and 27 for use in drumkits.
Kits in various formats are available
to all as demos. FAC Drumkit, Native
Instruments Battery and Logic Drum
Machine Designer have been released so
far.
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Pack 28,
May 2023
The Undefined
Piano Project -
Part 2
45 mutated sample
(28.3 MB) derived
from the 35
original ones of
the first part
(pack 25).
The names are
edited to reflect
the transformation
that was made.
Most have more
noise reduction,
as in the first
part, I wanted to
keep more of the
original noise.
Many are pitched
down, usually by
12 or 24
semitones, some
are stretched or
sped up. Some have
specific
frequencies
modified by
spectral editing.
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Pack
29, June 2023
The Second
Slapstick Pack
- Part 1
56 samples (34
MB) from a
classic
slapstick 1936
short!
Many of the
samples can be
further cut
into shorter
hits and
noises. They
are grouped in
4 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids:
foleys
combined with
voices
- Speech
Female : all
the samples
containing a
female voice
are here, even
when the's
also a man
talking
- Speech Male:
voices and
vocal sound
effects
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Pack
30, July 2023
The Second
Slapstick Pack
- Part 2
76 samples (32
MB) from a
classic
slapstick 1936
short!
Many of the
samples can be
further cut
into shorter
hits and
noises. They
are grouped in
4 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids:
foleys
combined with
voices
- Speech
Female :
female voice
- Speech Male:
voices and
vocal sound
effects
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Pack
31, August
2023
Bicycle Bells
4 summery bicycle bells. It
contains 71 samples (40.8 MB) in two
folders.
The first one named "natural" contains
the original 44 samples. For the
sounds with "mute" or "rattle" in
their name, I was touching a bit the
bell to prevent it from ringing fully.
The second one, named "transformed",
features 27 pitched down and stretched
samples. Some are heavily processed to
create extreme sonic textures. They
are examples I made to encourage you
to further experiment.
Five bike horn samples are also in the
first folder, more will be released
soon!
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Pack
32, September
2023
Bicycle Horns
I sampled 3
different kids
bicycle horns.
The blue and
orange ones
are in
plastic, the
silver one is
metallic
(probably
tin). For the
samples named
horn_duo, I
was squeezing
both the
orange and
blue ones
simultaneously.
There are 112
samples (21.8
MB) in two
folders.
The first one
named
"natural"
contains the
original 90
samples.
The second
one, named
"transformed",
features 22
pitched down
and stretched
samples. Some
are heavily
processed to
create extreme
sonic
textures. They
are examples I
made to
encourage you
to further
experiment. In
this folder
there are 9
different
versions of
the
"horn_blue_05"
sample, some
additionally
have been
rendered to
stereo with a
stereo delay.
The two named
"impossible"
have different
regions with
different
settings.
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Pack
33, October
2023
Bass Melodion
- First Taste
18 samples of
the Suzuki
Melodion
bass-24 (29
MB).
The samples
are fun to
slice, stretch
and pitch
down. Two such
examples are
included. Last
3 samples are
those featured
in Sonic
Vignette 75 -
Hocus Pocus
(post on my
Patreon Page).
This summer, I
began to delve
seriously into
melodicas. I
like that they
are wind
instruments
that do not
need
electricity.
I am mostly
interested in
creating
unique and
often
dissonant
sonic textures
that are
modulated with
breath. They
are a great
sound design
tool. I’ve had
toy melodicas
for years and
I bought 3
more serious
ones this
year. One of
them is the
Suzuki
Melodion
bass-24. It
has a very
deep and rich
voice as can
be heard in
the natural
samples
included.
The samples
included here
are an example
of the
beginning of
my sonic
journey with
melodicas. I
will certainly
revisit the
melodicas to
create more
samples, both
natural and
processed.
Maybe even
make a
soundfont.
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Pack
34, November
2023
Plastic Black
Rotary Phone
35 samples
(19.6 MB) from
the rotary
phone. I
recorded it a
few years ago
along with 3
others, all
never
released. I
have been
wanting to
publish them
for years and
I finally took
the time to
release this
first one.
I dialed and
recorded each
number from 1
to 0
individually.
Also included
are a few sets
of rings and
various noises
(handling,
picking up and
hanging up the
phone).
Processing the
samples (EQ,
filters,
stretching,
etc.) will add
many
variations to
the
sounds.
I will add the
recordings of
the other
phones in
2024. I hope
this will
create a
small, but
nice, library
of rotary
phone sounds.
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Most have demo videos
on YouTube.