Marco Scherer is celebrating his birthday in style with a massive Pay What You Want sale on all Drum Depot packs until October 31st, 2025. Several of them start at €0, meaning you can grab them completely free.
If you’ve followed Marco’s work (as I have for years), you’ll know he’s one of the most passionate and consistent sample designers out there.
From his extensive work on Beat Magazine Zampler libraries to his own Drum Depot releases, his drum kits always bring out the soul of the machines he samples.
It’s really worth noting that these aren’t some average, generic one-shots. They’re full of character and personality, and are basically designed to be instantly usable and inspiring.
This limited-time sale includes over a dozen sound collections based on rare drum machines, analog modules, and modular setups. Some of the highlights available for free include:
- Vinyl Drums – a Technics 1210 mkII turned into a full drum machine.
- The Motherdrummer – a Moog DFAM recorded across 92 minutes of raw analog grooves.
- Vermona DRM – five drum kits and fifty loops sampled from the classic Vermona unit.
- Psytrance Reflection (Demo) – a free MPC expansion by Datacult.
The rest of the library starts at just €1+, and you can set your own price for each pack.
Notable packs include System Techno I & II, Analog 808, Blck_Noir, Tube Drums, Brute Drums, Motor City, Gritty Bass, and SiNTH DRoMS. Each based pack is based on a different hardware machine like the Arturia DrumBrute, Erica Synths Techno System, and Metasonix D-1000.
Marco’s focus has always been on capturing authentic tones from rare instruments and pushing them beyond the usual expectations. Even something as familiar as an 808 kit feels fresh under his processing, with drums that feel punchy, super saturated, and snappy.
The result is a fantastic catalog of drum hits that work across genres like techno, electro, ambient, trap, and industrial.
Each pack comes in multiple formats, including Battery 3+, Kontakt 5+, Maschine 2+, Geist, Ableton Live 9+, and SFZ/WAV, plus dedicated MPC Expansion versions with color-coded pads, mute groups, and sequences.
You can browse and download all the packs directly from Drum Depot before the end of October. Whether you pay €0 or more, it’s a great chance to fill your sample arsenal with some of the most characterful drum sounds around and wish Marco a happy birthday in the process.
Get the deal: Drum Depot (drum packs starting at €0 until October 31st)
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