Here is a delightful website just filled with recordings of odd bits of tech (old phones, kitchen gadgets,…).
You may find something interesting:
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Im really late here.
At least I hope I have something good.
A truly amazing latest app if you have an iPhone/iPad is Fractal Bits.
Really fun to work with on your free time,it’s rumored to be able to create 4 billion sounds(though in fact many are pitch variations)and it gives an excellent sound outcome as well.
Edit:It is also fully MIDI controlled.
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Sorry to bump this thread, but does anyone know of good resources for soulful/jazz/rnb style (no wailing divas!) vocals?
i have in android!! amazing app!!
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Not really. There are some packs here and there for sale. But I think depending on what you want you might have to collab with a vocalist or just really dig deep in the record bins.
@brianmichel on op-forums posted the following address:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/
I really like the way large numbers of samples are presented for browsing.
Old similar threads:
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I always like the idea of ripping the audio from movies and tv shows but time is precious and I’m also lazy 
I stumbled across this today. Hope someone finds some good sample fodder!
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Just listened to about fifty minutes of Artificial Intelligence (2001) while driving. I’m now back at the crib about to cop some samples. Thanks for the link.
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Sampling from movies is actually not necessarily that time-consuming a process, I found.
Softwares like ffmpeg can extract audio (given you have downloaded the movie file of course) so that you can work in your DAW and directly butcher the waveform.
Bonus added: you can see the waveform, which gives hints on what is going on. You can put colors for dialogue vs special FX vs OST. Plus you can come back later and finish the job.
Quit the idea of retrieving every little interesting pieces. Random picks can be good.
It can be an interesting idea to have a little Moleskine at your side to take some notes while watching a movie or series…
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And that notepad idea just changed the game.
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I’m reviving this thread again 
Due to the debate over MPC 3 OS I caught myself sampling way more with the MPC Live II and just found this website: https://samplette.io/
This website is incredible for finding obscure samples on youtube.
You can sort by genre, view count the year it was uploaded, and when you have your parameters dialed it’ll generate a random song for you to check out.
Get inspired!
Edit: I totally forgot, you can even sort by key which is amazing
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This is really slick. Thanks for posting.
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God bless you for sharing this resource.
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So I couldn’t seem to get the filter section to do anything, maybe I’m missing something, do you need an account for it to work?
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To be able to use the filter, you actually have to create an account.
Fortunately, this is free and permanent.
Above all, being able to search roughly by genre or specifically by pitch and especially style (there are really many) and being able to specify the speed makes it super helpful.
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a huge source of mostly acoustic instruments. Tons of multisamples, prepared for software samplers
https://www.pianobook.co.uk
I found really interesting material there.
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Thanks, sounds rad
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