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Samplebrain

A custom sample mashing app designed by Aphex Twin.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
Excerpt from thentrythis.org, read on 10 November 2026
s especially to create digital media for describing us as a 'hyperactive organization for good' - we love it. free sound design software by richard james aka aphex twin and dave griffiths" aka aphex twin. - gitlab.com/then-try-this/samplebrain - richard mentioned an idea he had about somet Open the page
License: GPL-2.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Then Try This
Latest version: 0.18.5 (28 October 2022)
Latest activity: 6 March 2026
Source code: gitlab.com/then-try-this/samplebrain

At a glance

All of Samplebrain is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

Free content: the free library can be used without paying, under the publisher’s licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Samplebrain chops samples up into a 'brain' of interconnected small sections called blocks which are connected into a network by similarity. It processes a target sample, chopping it up into blocks in the same way, and tries to match each block with one in it's brain to play in realtime. This allows you to interpret a sound with a different one. As we worked on it (during 2015 and 2016) we gradually added more and more tweakable parameters until it became slightly out of control.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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