The Lowdown
Native Instruments entered the loops and samples sector in a big way with Sounds, a subscription platform that lets you download any number of royalty-free loops and samples from a wide selection of music genres and loop makers.
There are over 500,000 sounds at the time of launch ranging from orchestral instruments to cutting-edge dance synths, and all sounds are individually tagged and can be sorted by BPM, musical key, genre and so on.
Membership costs US$9.99/month and gets you access to the entire catalogue, though you can sign up for free to preview everything on the service and to download a taster pack.
