# Free Wave Samples

> Free Wave Samples as searched by Sound Server: Free 16-bit WAV one-shots sampled from vintage synths and drum machines: drums, cymbals, basses, pianos and instrument notes by pitch.

- Website: https://freewavesamples.com
- Best for: Free 16-bit WAV one-shots sampled from vintage synths and drum machines: drums, cymbals, basses, pianos and instrument notes by pitch.
- Categories: Drums, Bass, Synth, Keys, Guitar, Strings, Brass, Woodwind, Mallets, FX, Foley, Ambience, Vocals
- Pricing: free
- Licence: Free Wave Samples licence (Commercial use OK)
- How it is searched: scrape
- Direct download through Sound Server: yes
- Restrict a search to it: `https://sound.shep.bot/v1/search?q=...&providers=freewavesamples`
- Listings counted 2026-10-23: 2,353, 2,353 free
- By category: Synth 858, Drums 684, Strings 271, Bass 162, FX 139, Guitar 110, Other 79, Vocals 50

## What it is

Free Wave Samples offers 16-bit WAV one-shots recorded from vintage synths, drum machines and instruments: drums and cymbals, basses, pianos and single instrument notes by pitch.

## Best for

Vintage synth and drum machine one-shots and instrument notes labelled with their pitch.

## Licence

Its own royalty-free terms: free to use in music, film and other creative work, with a credit appreciated but not required, and no re-hosting of the samples for download.

## How Sound Server searches it

From the site's public pages, read politely and cached, with direct WAV downloads.

## Example searches

- [Synth basses](https://sound.shep.bot/search?q=bass&category=bass&providers=freewavesamples)
- [Drum machine hits](https://sound.shep.bot/search?q=drum&category=drums&providers=freewavesamples)

Guides: https://sound.shep.bot/guides/build-a-drum-kit-from-free-samples.md, https://sound.shep.bot/guides/find-samples-by-bpm-and-key.md

All sources: https://sound.shep.bot/docs/sources.md

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Source: https://sound.shep.bot/sources/freewavesamples