# `mix mx.samples.download`
[🔗](https://github.com/mx-music/mx/blob/main/lib/mix/tasks/mx.samples.download.ex#L1)

Downloads a collection of samples into the user's cache, so songs play them with no network access.

    mix mx.samples.download sonic_pi
    mix mx.samples.download "sgossner/VCSL@c1ea7bcc3c7309650ab0da9d15c9cd1fbc4a4c7e:Idiophones/Struck Idiophones/Agogo Bells"

SOURCE is `sonic_pi` for Sonic Pi's pack, which is under Creative Commons 0, or a public GitHub repository as `owner/repo@ref`, optionally followed by `:folder` to download only that folder.
Files already downloaded are skipped, so running it again finishes an interrupted download.
The mx command does the same with `mx samples download SOURCE`.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*