Download free royalty-free samples from HexLoops, including music loops, drum sounds, drum loops, drum one-shots, MIDI loops, and production-ready WAV files for your next hit project.
The free collection can include several types of production material, depending on what is currently available.
You may find drum one-shots for building your own patterns, percussion sounds for adding movement, melodic loops that provide a starting phrase, bass sounds for low-end parts, and other audio that can be dropped directly into a DAW.
The useful distinction is whether you need a complete phrase or an individual sound.
A loop already contains rhythm, melody, harmony, or another musical phrase that develops over time. A one-shot gives you a single event that you can sequence wherever the arrangement needs it.
If you are not sure which format fits your workflow, read Music Loops vs One-Shot Samples: What’s the Difference?.
One-shots give you direct control over the rhythm because the groove comes from your sequencing rather than the source file.
Use kicks, snares, claps, hi-hats, rims, percussion, bass hits, and other individual sounds to build patterns in the Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Drum Rack, step sequencer, or sampler you already use.
Before layering several sounds, listen to what each one contributes. A second kick or snare does not automatically make the pattern stronger, and several similar transients can soften the attack rather than reinforce it.
Loops are useful when you want an existing groove, melodic phrase, chord movement, percussion pocket, or texture to work around.
Before dropping a loop into the full arrangement, check its BPM and key information where relevant. A loop does not need to begin at exactly the same tempo as your project, but larger tempo changes can alter the transients, sustain, and feel of the original phrase.
For timing changes, see How to Match a Loop to Your Project BPM.
A drum loop can provide a percussion pocket while you replace the kick and snare with sounds that better match the rest of the track.
For practical ways to reshape a phrase, see How to Make Music Loops Sound Original, Not Stock. You can also read How to Chop Samples in Your DAW Without Losing the Groove if you want more control over the original timing.
HexLoops sounds are provided for music production under the applicable HexLoops royalty-free license.
Royalty-free does not mean that copyright disappears. It means the sound is licensed for the uses covered by its license without requiring a royalty payment every time the finished music is played or sold.
If you are releasing music commercially, selling beats, producing for clients, or uploading tracks to streaming services, it is worth understanding the difference between owning a recording and having permission to use licensed sample content.
Read What Does Royalty-Free Mean? Sample Licensing Explained for Music Producers for the full explanation.
The same sample type can perform very different jobs depending on the track.
In Trap or Drill, you may be looking for an 808, kick, percussion hit, or melodic phrase that leaves enough room for the bassline. In Afrobeats, a shaker, rim, percussion loop, or short kick may be more useful when the rhythm needs space between its main accents.
Amapiano sessions may call for log drums, shakers, percussion, keys, or other sounds that contribute to the relationship between the upper groove and low-end movement.
Do not identify a sound only by its genre label. Listen to what it actually does in the arrangement and whether that role is missing from your current track.
Download the sound into a permanent sample-library folder rather than leaving it in Downloads.
From there, add the folder to your DAW’s Browser or sample library so the file remains easy to find in future sessions.
For FL Studio users, How to Use Samples in FL Studio covers Browser folders, loops, one-shots, BPM matching, and sample organization.
Ableton Live users can continue with How to Use Samples in Ableton Live.
If you want to explore the full HexLoops catalog after trying the free collection:
Browse All SoundsYou can browse free samples on HexLoops at /free-sounds/. The collection can include royalty-free loops, drum sounds, one-shots, percussion, bass sounds, melodic material, and other production-ready audio depending on what is currently available.
HexLoops sounds are provided under the applicable HexLoops license. Royalty-free means the licensed use does not require a royalty payment every time the finished music is played or sold. Check the current license terms for the specific uses covered.
Commercial use depends on the license supplied with the sound. Before releasing music, selling beats, or producing client work, check the applicable HexLoops license so you understand what uses are permitted.
A loop contains a musical or rhythmic phrase designed to repeat over time. A one-shot is a single audio event such as a kick, snare, percussion hit, 808, or melodic hit that you sequence yourself.
Tempo-based loops can use BPM information, while tonal sounds can use key information where relevant. Metadata helps narrow the search, but always check the sound in the context of your own project.
Yes. Most modern DAWs can time-stretch loops to another project tempo. The farther you move from the source tempo, the more the transient shape, sustain, and groove may change depending on the material and stretching algorithm.
You can edit licensed samples as part of your production workflow, subject to the applicable license. Producers commonly transpose, chop, slice, stretch, filter, layer, and rearrange sample material when building a track.
HexLoops uses a prepaid credit model rather than requiring a recurring sample subscription. You can browse sounds and use credits when you want to unlock eligible catalog content.