Sounds to Sample is a UK based website that sells copyright free audio samples and loops

Music loop

In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...

 for use in music production. It was launched in 2007 by Sharooz Raoofi

Sharooz

Sharooz is a UK based electronic music artist, DJ and producer. His work has appeared on a variety of record labels such as Ministry of Sound, Record Makers, and Sunday Best...

 and David Felton, initially as a digital download portal for the Sample Magic libraries, but quickly expanded to include developers such as Sony

Sony Creative Software

Sony Creative Software is a subsidiary of Sony, focused primarily on their line of media production software...

, Zero G and Best Service. In addition to its retail function, the site contains a number of articles on sound production and technical interviews with electronic music artists such as Chris Lake

Chris Lake

Chris Lake is a Scottish House music DJ/producer who lives in West London. Lake first became recognized for his bootleg remixes of The Prodigy's "Climbatize", Leftfield's "Phat Planet", and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams". which he did under the alias "Cristophe D'Abuc". His 2006 track with vocals from...

, Dave Audé

Dave Audé

Dave Audé is a Grammy nominated producer, house DJ, and remixer. He has done production for musicians such as KoЯn, t.A.T.u., DJ Keoki, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Cause and Effect, Hilary Duff, Wanessa, Ashley Tisdale, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Lunascape, Madonna, Britney Spears, CeCe...

, Dean Coleman and Wolfgang Gartner.

Products can be purchased in WAV

WAV

Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

, Apple Loops Utility

Apple Loops Utility

The Apple Loops Utility software is a small companion utility to Soundtrack Pro, GarageBand, Logic Express, and Logic Pro, all made by Apple Inc. Apple Loops Utility allows users to create loops of audio that can be time-stretched...

 or REX2

REX2

REX2 is a proprietary type of audio sample loop file format developed by Propellerhead, a Swedish music software company.It is one of the most popular and widely-supported loop file formats for sequencer and digital audio workstation software...

 format, either as an exact copy of their physical format or as a cut down 'sample pack' offering only selected portions of content. Titles can be auditioned using a dedicated pop-up sound player and purchased using Paypal

PayPal

PayPal is an American-based global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders....

 or conventional credit cards via the Worldpay

WorldPay

WorldPay is a payment processing company. It provides payment services for mail order and internet retailers, as well as point of sale transactions. Customers are a mix of multinational, multichannel retailers, with the majority being small business merchants...

system. Once a user account has been established, there is a facility to download free samples from the site's bestselling titles. As of January 2009 the site had attracted 30,000 registered users and served over 10,000 transactions.