Sell your sounds to producers who already follow you

A sample pack is a folder of audio files producers drag into their own projects: one-shots such as kicks, snares and hats, loops of drums, melodies or vocals, and often MIDI files and presets for synths. The pack should have a clear genre and character, so a producer knows within seconds whether it fits their sound.

Common pack types:

• Drum kit: 100 to 300 one-shots, sorted by kick, snare, clap, hat, percussion and FX.
• Loop pack: 30 to 80 loops in one genre, at matching tempos, with stems for the busiest ones.
• Melody or MIDI pack: chord progressions and melodies as MIDI, plus rendered WAV loops.
• Vocal pack: phrases, chops and ad-libs, dry and with effects.
• Preset bank: sounds for a specific synth, with audio previews of each.

Use WAV, at 24-bit and 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. WAV is lossless and loads in every DAW, from FL Studio and Ableton Live to Logic Pro and GarageBand. Never ship MP3s as the main files: compression artefacts build up when producers process and layer them. MP3 is fine only for preview clips.

Naming the files inside the ZIP is part of the product. Producers search their sample folders by name, so every file in the pack should say what it is, its tempo and its key. These names are kept exactly, because only the ZIP itself is renamed when uploaded:

• Loops: YourName_Loop_Keys_Dusty_90bpm_Am.wav
• One-shots: YourName_Kick_Punchy_03.wav
• MIDI: YourName_MIDI_Chords_Late_Night_85bpm_Fmin.mid

Trim silence from the start of every one-shot so it hits on the beat. Loop files should be exact bar lengths, such as 4 or 8 bars, so they line up when dropped into a project.

Zip the whole pack into one file with a clear folder structure and keep it under 500 MB, which is stall.bio's limit per product. Most packs land between 200 MB and 1 GB of WAV audio; if yours is larger, split it into two products, such as Drums and Melodics, or offer the second half as an order bump.

A clear structure inside the ZIP:

1. /01 One Shots, subdivided by drum type.
2. /02 Loops, subdivided by instrument, with tempo in each file name.
3. /03 MIDI, matching the loop names.
4. /04 Presets, if included, with the synth name and version.
5. Licence.pdf and Read me.txt at the top level.

Buyers download the ZIP from their access page, where a fresh 10-minute link is made each time. Tell them to download on a computer: unzipping 400 MB of audio on a phone rarely goes well.

Most independent packs sell for £10 to £40. Small loop packs and starter kits sit at £10 to £18; full drum kits with hundreds of one-shots at £19 to £29; and premium packs with stems, MIDI and presets at £29 to £49.

Bundles and bumps suit producers well, because they collect sounds:

• Free: a 20-sound taster kit in exchange for an email address.
• Main pack: £24, leaving you £23.44 on a UK card.
• Order bump: the project files for your demo track, or the MIDI, at £9.
• Launch: a "was" price and a countdown for the release weekend.

A royalty-free licence, written plainly. It should let buyers use the sounds in their own released music, including commercial releases and sync, without paying you royalties or crediting you, and forbid them from reselling or sharing the samples as samples, in packs or kits of their own.

Put it in Licence.pdf inside the ZIP and summarise it in one line in your product description: "Royalty-free for use in your music. No reselling of the sounds themselves." Only include sounds you made or have the rights to sell. A sample lifted from a record can get your buyers' tracks taken down.

Sample packs are standard-rated digital products, so a UK seller who is VAT registered adds or includes 20%, set once in stall.bio's Payments page and shown on each receipt. Below £90,000 a year of taxable turnover you need not register.

Producers are spread across the world, and EU consumers owe VAT at their own country's rate, so check your position with an accountant once overseas sales grow.

Kai posts beat-making videos on TikTok and YouTube Shorts. His store:

• Free: "Dusty Drums Lite", 20 one-shots, as a lead magnet. Followers comment "kit?" and he points them to his bio.
• Main pack: "Dusty Drums Vol. 1", 180 one-shots and 40 loops, 340 MB, at £22.
• Order bump: the Ableton project for the demo beat, at £7.
• Code: DUSTY15 for 15% off, limited to 50 uses, shared in a livestream.

His cover is his logo over a waveform, and the product description links to a video of the demo beat so buyers can hear the kit before paying. Kai is a made-up example.

Before release:

• Every sound is your own, or you hold the rights to sell it.
• Files are 24-bit WAV at 44.1 or 48 kHz.
• Silence is trimmed from the start of every one-shot.
• Loops are exact bar lengths, named with tempo and key.
• MIDI files match the loop names.
• Folder structure is clear, with a read-me and licence at the top.
• The ZIP is under 500 MB, or split into two products.
• A demo track video is linked from the description.
• The description lists counts: one-shots, loops, MIDI files, total size.
• A free taster kit is set up as a lead magnet.
• You have downloaded and unzipped the pack yourself from the access page.