Sample drum kits for drumkit — the low-latency TUI MIDI drum sampler for Linux.
This repo is kept separate from the main drumkit repo to keep it light. Binary WAV files bloat git history, so they live here instead.
| Kit | Style | Velocity Layers | Round Robins | Notes | Size | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freepats-gm | General MIDI | up to 2 | up to 9 | 68 files | 18MB | GPL v3+ |
| avl-black-pearl | Acoustic rock | 5 | - | 128 files | 21MB | CC-BY-SA 3.0 |
| virtuosity-jazz | Contemporary jazz | up to 36 | up to 4 | 434 files | 227MB | CC0 |
| linndrum | 80s electronic / synth-pop | up to 3 | - | 29 files | 952KB | Public Domain |
| personal-jesus-909 | Industrial electronic / TR-909 | 3 | 2 (clap) | 27 files | 2.7MB | Free non-commercial |
| cats | Cat meows & growls | - | - | 27 files | 9MB | CC0 |
| wind-cats | Kick & hi-hat + short cat meows | - | up to 7 | 28 files | 3MB | CC0 / GPL v3+ |
If you cloned drumkit without --recursive:
cd drumkit
git submodule update --initThe kits will appear in ./kits/ and drumkit will find them automatically.
Download or clone this repo and point drumkit at it:
drumkit play --kits-dir /path/to/drumkit-kitsOr copy individual kit folders to ~/.local/share/drumkit/kits/.
See the drumkit README for the naming convention.
- FreePats GM — freepats.zenvoid.org
- AVL Black Pearl — bandshed.net/avldrumkits
- Virtuosity Jazz — Virtuosity Drums by Versilian Studios / Karoryfer Samples (overhead mic position)
- LinnDrum LM-2 — Oramics/Sampled (Public Domain, sourced from machines.hyperreal.org)
- Personal Jesus 909 — Roland TR-909 samples by Rob Roy / Rob Roy Recordings (1995), sourced from drumkito.com. Free to copy/distribute, not for profit.
- Cats — Cat meow, growl, and roar samples by Joseph Sardin, sourced from BigSoundBank. CC0 / Public Domain.
- Wind Cats — Short cat meow samples ("Little Meow of a Cat" #0494, "Little Meow" #1472–#1481, "Meow Cat" #1895, #1896, #1898, #1899) by Joseph Sardin, sourced from BigSoundBank. CC0 / Public Domain. Kick and hi-hat samples from FreePats GM (GPL v3+).