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Selekt's catalog is built from public-domain recordings, CC0 contributions, and verified-license source material — every sample comes with a license certificate documenting where it came from and what you can do with it. Browse below by genre, dig into subgenres for more specific catalogs, or jump straight to the full explore page for filtering by BPM, key, mood, and instrument.

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JazzVintage upright bass, brushed drums, smoky horns.931 samplesSoulHammond organ, gospel-influenced vocals, brass arrangements.111 samplesFunkSlap bass, syncopated drums, wah guitar, brass stabs.591 samplesBluesDelta acoustic, harmonica, slide guitar, vocal field recordings.195 samplesHip-HopDrum breaks, melodic loops, vocal chops, basslines.2,260 samplesGospelChoirs, B3 organ, spirituals, gospel-quartet vocal harmonies.R&BSmooth Rhodes, fingerstyle bass, gospel-tinged vocals.ClassicalOrchestral, chamber, and solo recordings — Bach, Mozart, Chopin.2,039 samplesReggaeOne-drop drums, dub bass, organ skanks, vocal hooks.454 samplesLatinSalsa, bossa nova, mambo, reggaeton, Latin jazz horns.30 samplesAmbientPads, drones, field recordings, evolving soundscapes.9,275 samplesRockDistorted guitar, driving drums, electric bass, vocal phrases.730 samples

Browse by subgenre

The genres producers actually search for. Each subgenre page filters the catalog by the parent genre + a more specific rhythmic or sonic style.

DrillSlid 808 basslines, dark melodic hooks, syncopated drums.TrapSub-bass 808s, fast hi-hat rolls, sparse melodic loops.Lo-FiVinyl crackle, dusty piano, mellow drums, ambient textures.HouseFour-on-the-floor kick, soulful samples, vocal chops.TechnoStripped percussive grooves, hypnotic loops, atmospheric textures.DubstepHeavy wobble bass, half-time drums, processed vocal stabs.

Or browse by instrument

If you know which instrument you need rather than which genre, the stem catalog lets you dig by isolated drum, bass, vocal, guitar, piano, sax, trumpet, flute, strings, or organ — AI-separated from the same recordings the genre catalogs draw from.

DrumsBassVocalsGuitarPianoSaxophoneTrumpetFluteStringsOrgan

How Selekt's catalog is sourced

Selekt isn't a sample pack store — it's a working catalog of audio that's legally cleared for commercial sampling. The three sources are: (1) pre-1926 commercial recordings now in the U.S. public domain under the Music Modernization Act, (2) field recordings and government-funded collections from the Library of Congress and similar institutions (also public domain), and (3) CC0 contributions from contemporary musicians who release their work without restrictions. Every sample is automatically analyzed for BPM, key, mood, and instrumentation; AI separation extracts stems where the source is multi-instrument; and every download ships with a downloadable license certificate documenting source and licensing basis. For samples sourced from less-authoritative places, the catalog also fingerprint-screens against an industry-standard database of 100M+ commercial recordings to confirm nothing accidentally collides with a copyrighted track.

Read more in the sample clearance guide or the public-domain music explainer.

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