Creative Commons: Legal Music for Remixing and Sampling
Creative Commons offers this informative and concise article about how to find, use, and remix CC-licensed content online. It's a recommended read for any producers interested in sampling beats by other creators!
ccMixter offers CC-licensed audio content that can be downloaded and remixed. Be sure to check the creator's CC preferences, as well as properly credit them to any finished and uploaded track!
Freesound offers a wide array of CC-licensed sound effects. Similarly to ccMixter, you can download and remix as long as you note the creator's CC preferences. Credits are expected.
Free Music Archive is mostly a collection of royalty free music that can be used on creative projects (with proper credit), but there are some creators who share music that can be remixed as well. Always check the creator's license preferences.
Audacity is a free, open-sourced audio recording and editing platform.
Adobe Audition is a paid-subscription audio recording and editing platform.
FL Studio is not only an audio recording and editing platform, but also a beatmaking one! Though they have a paid license, there's also a free version available for download.
Once we reopen, come visit our Multimedia studios including two Music Production Studios and two Audio Recording Studios. Check back with our main Libraries page to learn of when the studios will be back in operation!