>Freeware Tip: Play It Again Sampler

Though TX16Wx is not just one of the best freeware samplers, but one of the best bits of freeware you can download full stop, there’s a wealth of other sampler options, and it’s good to have a choice of slicers and dicers. Groove BPB is more tailored to beat-sampling and slicing, as is Decomposer’s Sitala, which keeps things a lot simpler, with a more minimal set of control rotaries. For more complex percussion sequencing, why not give Contralogic Productions’ RPS-1 a try? With its randomisation and step-sequencing approach, it’s a far more focused workspace for sample manipulation. These are just a taste of the vast free sampler options available right now.