The Goldbaby studio is located in Auckland, New Zealand. Owned and operated by Hugo Tichborne, who has worked professionally in audio for over 30 years. Goldbaby was started in 2006 after a shoulder injury left him unable to work in film and TV location sound, which he had been doing for 12 years. He had built up a nice collection of synths, drums machine, and studio gear over the years and had been using samplers since the early nineties. Underwhelmed by commercial sample packs and mystified as to why they often cost so much, he decided to start creating his own.
With a passion for all things audio and a love of vintage drum machines, synthesizers, samplers, vinyl, tape, and music technology, Goldbaby has a fantastic reputation for creating useful and inspiring sample content for use in many different genres of music. In demand by leading software & hardware companies for sample content, Goldbaby has had the pleasure of working with: Native Instruments, Elektron, Ableton, ISLA Instruments, FXpansion, Dave Smith Instruments, iZotope, Presonus, and XLN Audio.
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Free Maschine Packs
If you are looking for free packs specifically for Maschine, click the image.
Moog Labyrinth
Drum samples created using the Moog Labyrinth synth and recorded through tasty hardware in the Goldbaby studio. Contains: 69 x 24-bit wav samples
8R8 Free Pack
Sounds created using the 8Raw8 through the Chroma Console Multi-Effector, recorded in the Goldbaby studio. Taken from the 8R8 sample pack.
LoFi Holiday24
LoFi drums, bass, synth and FX samples. Created using the Lunch Beat, PO-20 Arcade, Kastle Drum and Bleep Drum. Recorded with love in the Goldbaby studio. 147 x 24-bit wav samples
VinylOscillator Examples - Chords & FX
Some examples of what you can do with the vinyl synth oscillators included in the Vinyl Drum Machine Collection: using plugins like Infiltrator 2, UberMod, and Wormhole.
H90 Perc
Varoius acoustic percussion processed through the lovely Eventide H90. 162 x 24-bit wav
Free Pipe Pack
Drums and FX created using the Soma Pipe. One of the more quirky and unique instruments I’ve recorded in the Goldbaby studio! 96 x 24-bit wav.
Xmas22 Digital Drums
Drum sounds from the fantastic LXR-02 recorded with tasty hardware in the Goldbaby studio. 129 x 24-bit wav.
Pulse Free
A small selection of drum and fx samples taken from the Pulse sample pack.
TekDrum vs AnalogHeat
The PatchBlocks Tek Drum, recorded through the Elektron Analog Heat. Lo-Fi drums given extra weight using an analog distortion and filter. 163 x 24 bit wav.
Vinyl Vs Modular Channel Kicks
Various kick drums cut to vinyl using Phonocut and then recorded through the lovely Overstayer Modular Channel. 100 x 24 bit wav.
Toy Record Sounds
These drums, instruments, and FX were all recorded on a toy record-maker. Super lo-fi samples! With kits and patches for Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Kontakt, Battery, and Geist. 80 MB download.
ND2 vs Plasma Kicks
112 Kick Drum sounds from the Nord Drum 2 recorded through the Plasma Pedal. 28 MB download.
MPC60vsMDvsRytm
This free pack was created in the Goldbaby studio using sounds made on the Elektron Machine Drum and Rytm, then sampled into my trusty MPC60.
MF Drums
150 samples created using the MicroFreak synth and tasty hardware in the Goldbaby studio. 23 MB download.
StompBox Volca Kick
103 x Kick Drum sounds from the Volca Kick recorded through guitar pedals! 36 MB download.
DecoClapTrap
Legendary ClapTrap recorded through the lovely Strymon Deco. The Deco recreates tape double tracking for sweet stereo claps! 7 MB download.
MPC60 vs VolcaBeats
This pack contains 89 x 24 bit wav drums. Created using a Volca Beats sampled by the MPC60 12bit sampler. 8 MB download.
SP1200 Collection Free
A small taste of what is available in the SP1200 Collection. 15 MB download.
Unrealistic Vibrating Particles Free -
Get free a small taste of what is available in UVP. 35 MB download.
PPG Wave 2.2 Free
PPG 2.2 Synth sounds. This pack contains 3 programs sampled through analog hardware and then mapped to Kontakt 4 and Logic's EXS-24. 75 MB download.
Hapi vs Xylophone
This free sampled instrument was created by layering a Hapi Tank Drum and a Xylophone. It has a lovely bell like tone and I thought it was worth sharing! EXS24 and Kontakt. 54 MB download.
Thermionic Solid State Drumss
Free Demo Pack: This is a small taste of what is available in Thermionic Solid State Drums. 16 MB download.
MPC60 - Free MIDI Groove templates
These groove templates allow you to change the timing of your music, so that it has the "feel" of an MPC60. Use it to make your tracks swing! Most DAW’s have a groove template feature. So check your manual, import those grooves, and start that head nodding!
Blofeld Drums
This little synth is a marvel of German engineering. Having a lot fun with this lovely instrument... 66 x 24 bit wavs. 8 MB download.
The Cassette808
These samples were created by recording the TR808 drums onto cassette! Dirty! 21 x 24 bit wavs (with Maschine kits) 4 MB download.
MG-1 vs Audio Damage
Synth FX sample pack made using a Moog MG-1 and Audio Damage FX Plug-ins 37 x 24 bit wav synth fx 25 MB download
Goldbaby vs FXpansion
This pack contains 60 x 24 bit wav drums and 3 Rex loops. Created using FXpansion plug-ins: Tremor, Maul, Etch and DCAM Dynamics. 15 MB download.
Wurlitzer Side Man
Drum Samples and Rex Loops. This is possibly the first ever commercially-produced drum machine! 36 x 24 bit drum samples and 12 x Rex loops. 23 MB download.
SP1200 vs MBase1
The Mbase Analog Bass Drum machine sampled through the SP-1200 25 x 24 bit wav drum samples. 2 MB download.
Tape606
The wonderful analog TR606 given the Tape treatment. Free Drums Pack. 128 x 24 bit wavs (with 2 Maschine kits) 12 MB download.
The TapeTonic
The fantastic µTonic by Sonic Charge get the tape treatment. 21 x 24 bit wav (Drum hits). 5 MB download
Tape MR16
An obscure drum machine from Korg gets the tape treatment... 80 x 24 bit wav (Drum hits). 9 MB download
Cheetah MD16
British drum machine from the early 90s. Plenty of grit! 102 x 24 bit wav drum samples. 4.2 MB download.
The DMX606
Take a TR-606 and sample it using a Prommer... then burn some EPROMs and install them on a DMX. Crunchy 606! 74 x 24 bit wav (Drum hits). 5 MB download.
The TapeTR66
Rolands lovely 70's analog drum machines given some tape love... 113 x 24 bit wav (Drum hits). 13 MB download.
The TapeVermona
An interesting and rare German drum machine gets some tape love... 142 x 24 bit wav (drum hits) 10 MB download.
TapeDP50
This is a free sample pack of drum sounds from the 1980s Technics DP50. Given some tape love! 5 MB download.
ValveDR220e
This pack contains 44 x 24 bit wav drums. Created using a vintage 80s drum machine through valve gear. 9 MB download.
Valve SK1 Drums
Free vintage Casio SK1 drums processed through valves. 40 x 24 bit wavs 3 MB download.