Black Octopus Sound has released Christmas Gift – Starter Deck Sampler, a huge free sample pack available for a limited time, and a 100% discount for a full Starter Deck of your choice.

I downloaded the pack out of curiosity, expecting little more than a generous teaser, but this is a proper sound library. Black Octopus Sound didn’t hold back with this year’s Christmas gift.

The download weighs in at over 3 GB and includes exactly 1,212 sounds, split between loops and one-shots. These aren’t random leftovers either. It’s a carefully curated collection pulled from Black Octopus Sound’s popular Starter Deck packs.

If you’re not familiar with the Starter Deck concept, these are genre-focused sample collections designed to give you a solid foundation for a specific style. The free sampler pulls from multiple genres, including Deep House, Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, Lo-Fi, Trap, Techno, and more.

Everything is neatly organized. You can jump into a genre folder and then drill down further into bass loops, drum loops, top loops, percussion, FX, synth chords, lead parts, and one-shots for bass and drums. There are also vocal loops and vocal ad-libs included, which is always a welcome bonus in a free pack.

What’s important to note is that these sounds are actually high-quality. These aren’t just random loops from here and there or filler content. The loops are production-ready, and the one-shots can be dropped straight into a sampler for jamming or building custom kits.

Getting this level of quality and quantity for free is awesome, and it’s not that surprising given Black Octopus Sound’s reputation for genre-specific electronic and urban sound packs. They have a large pool of quality sounds to pull from.

But that’s not even the best part.

You definitely shouldn’t miss the included 100% OFF discount. Along with the sampler, you get a code that lets you pick one full Starter Deck pack for free.

So if you find yourself gravitating toward, say, the Hip-Hop or Techno sounds in the sampler, you can grab the complete genre pack at no cost. That alone makes this freebie worth downloading.

According to Black Octopus, this is a short-term Christmas promotion, so it won’t be available for long. If you’re looking to refresh your sample library or need solid sounds across multiple genres, this one is an easy recommendation.

The Christmas Gift – Starter Deck Sampler is available now as a free download. All sounds are provided in WAV format and will work in any DAW or sampler on macOS and Windows systems.

Download: Black Octopus Christmas Gift

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Last Updated on December 25, 2025 by Tomislav Zlatic.