We have a special DVD full of samples from our entire 300 issue history for you this month. Here’s a rundown of some of the collections you’ll find on it (or download from filesilo.co.uk)

300 issues is a lot of magazines, and we’re so excited to have reached this milestone that we’ve decided to share a huge set of the best sample collections that we’ve given away over that 300 issue history (as many that we could fit on a DVD anyway).

So we have over 10,000 samples from 17 sample packs in this mighty Issue 300 Sample Spectacular. The samples cover every genre and style so you should find plenty to use in whatever type of music you produce. You’ll find beats, loops, hits, effects, Battery packs, chords, pads… just about anything and everything audio!

Most of the samples are in .wav format so will load straight into any DAW. There are also many multisamples and .sfz files which were originally designed to run with Alchemy Player CM, so expect some references to that in the documentation. This is no longer part of the CM Plugin Suite but they will load and run in free .sfz players such as Plogue’s sforzando (plogue. com) or TX16Wx Software Sampler (tx16wx. com), both for Mac and PC.

We have also included the original Computer Music issue number on the folder pack names so you can refer back to those issues if you are a subscriber or collector!

Enjoy this amazing and celebratory collection! Happy issue 300!

Metal Grooves

This collection of six metal folders was produced by Groove Criminals who say: “This selection of sounds comprises everything you could possibly need to create your own metal masterpiece, including smashing drum loops, wailing guitars and even some throaty vocals. From thrash to screamo, there’s a little something for the metal maniac in everybody.”

Battery Kit samples 75 | Beats 113 | Guitars 157 | Vocals 73

Metal Guitars

More metal, this time focusing on guitar and produced by Cyclick Samples. Robbie from Cyclick said: “This collection focuses on the primary instrument of heavy metal – the guitar. There’s no clever chords or time signatures, this is just raw 4 beats-in-the-bar metal chugging.