News, releases and tutorials

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the music industry, in particular the live sector, and this has greatly influenced the way the public consumes music. People don’t (or at least shouldn’t) go to parties anymore, live events…

So you’ve been working tirelessly on your next track and it’s finally at a point where you’re satisfied with the production. What now? Well, most of you probably aren’t in a position to send your finished track to an expensive mixing engineer, so you’ll be…

Following the massively popular Purple Disco Machine artist pack, we’ve teamed up with the iconic dance duo Solardo for our next huge release in the Sample Tools by Cr2 exclusive artist series. You can now pre-order Solardo Vol. 1 for only £19.99 until October 30th.…

Sample Tools by Cr2 presents to you ST2 In Session, a brand new series consisting of exclusive Q&A’s with featured artists. ST2 In Session is especially designed to give you a deeper insight into how artists go about their productions, and how they cope with obstacles…

Our recent sample pack Essential House is on track to becoming one of our most popular releases yet! So, to help you get even more out of this stellar pack, we’ve put together a number of useful tips to help you take your House productions…

There is no doubt that Trap and Hip-Hop are two of the biggest genres in the game right now! Artist like Drake and Travis Scott are topping the radio charts everywhere, and the more heavy trap producers like NGHTMRE and Snavs are playing high profile…

Looking to produce the biggest Festival EDM Anthems? This pack is what you need! An all-in-one production toolkit providing you with bigger than life synth hooks, badass baselines, hard hitting drums, swirling FX, and much much more…   Check out the full pack here: Festival…

To follow up the release of Purple Disco Machine’s first sample pack, we’ve done an exclusive Q&A with the man himself. You can check out the pack here: Purple Disco Machine Vol. 1   1. What steps did you take to promote yourself as a…

Sample Tools by Cr2 are proud to be back with yet another pack in the DnB series with Drum & Bass 3. This pack supplies you with more of what you need to create heavy-weight DnB bangers. INTRODUCING: Drum & Bass 3 Drum & Bass…

What a year it’s been for Sample Tools by Cr2! We’ve released more sample packs than ever, including our first Artist Pack with Purple Disco Machine, and we launched our Platinum Producer Membership subscription service. To celebrate 2019 we’ve compiled a list of our favourite…