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Decent Free SFX Libraries?
My job as a secondary school technician means I'm asked nearly every week for one sound effect or another for a bit of classwork, either individual projects or to be used as a teaching tool.
All of the sounds we use are purely for educational purposes and aren't reproduced or distributed beyond what is reasonable for a piece of classwork (99% of the time, one cd is burned for operation). Are there any good resources out there I could use? Even better, is there one the students could access and take them in to school to use?
Discussion started by Kadim , on 25 March 05:35 AM
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http://www.soungle.com/ - Royalty free sound effect library
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ - Has a long, complicated legal agreement on how their music can be used. If I read it right, it's fine for students & others to practice with so long as nobody is making a profit.
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ - Has a long, complicated legal agreement on how their music can be used. If I read it right, it's fine for students & others to practice with so long as nobody is making a profit.
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:37
Sounddogs offers an extra 5% discount for educators. The only free site that is worth any time that I know of is http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html
Now for music: http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Be Well.
Now for music: http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Be Well.
Sunday, 08 August 2010 20:14
There's a company called FootageFirm that sells a big sound library for a very decent price. It's a great place to start. Another place to look for sound libraries for very little is on eBay. They're out there, you just have to look.
Saturday, 24 July 2010 18:52
Well, that's where foley artists come in. Surprisingly little of what we hear in movies and shows are actually produced by the item. Most often substitutes are used that sound more appealing or "authentic" than the actual object or action's sound would be.
I know in the past I've reasonably reproduced a gunshot sound using 7 or 8 of those paper caps folded one on top of another, surrounding the bunch tightly in clear plastic tape, placing them on asphalt, and then smacking them with a hammer. The resulting pop is deafeningly loud, and may produce some molten plastic shrapnel.
I don't know if this site might help, but I just stumbled onto it.
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
It says royalty free and public domain on much of the site.
I know in the past I've reasonably reproduced a gunshot sound using 7 or 8 of those paper caps folded one on top of another, surrounding the bunch tightly in clear plastic tape, placing them on asphalt, and then smacking them with a hammer. The resulting pop is deafeningly loud, and may produce some molten plastic shrapnel.
I don't know if this site might help, but I just stumbled onto it.
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
It says royalty free and public domain on much of the site.
Friday, 30 April 2010 10:11
Well this is what will eventually happen. In the mean time I've got 9 sections of students all needing 3-4 different sounds each every month on average and it's not really practical to go out and record all of them. Plus there are things you can't really record on the spot at a school, like WW1 gunfire, air raid sirens, cattle trucks and so on.
That's a fun idea for lightsabers though. I'll have to try that.
That's a fun idea for lightsabers though. I'll have to try that.
Friday, 30 April 2010 07:36
I don't know what the hell I was thinking before. Somehow I read the word "lightsabers" somewhere. The point is that you can make the sounds yourself for free, it just takes time.
But anyways, my previous post isn't pointless. You could possibly create a SFX library in a similar way to how the sounds were originally made. Could make for an interesting media project for a group of students too. All you'd need are instructions on how the sounds are made, and the ability to record them.
Best of all, if you make them all yourselves, then it costs not much more than time.
But anyways, my previous post isn't pointless. You could possibly create a SFX library in a similar way to how the sounds were originally made. Could make for an interesting media project for a group of students too. All you'd need are instructions on how the sounds are made, and the ability to record them.
Best of all, if you make them all yourselves, then it costs not much more than time.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 10:54
Get an old CRT, and a cheap microphone. Remove the microphone bit and keep the bare copper wires separated from each other. Then just hold it near the CRT screen while its on or drag it across the CRT screen many different ways and record.
Isn't that what they originally did to make the sounds?
Please note: I have no idea how dangerous this would be, or what the sound quality would be like.
Isn't that what they originally did to make the sounds?
Please note: I have no idea how dangerous this would be, or what the sound quality would be like.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:52
Yeah we have access to all of that, what I'm really looking for is another Soundsnap that's still being groovy. It's a shame that there aren't big free databases that aren't legal hotbeds. As sites go Soundsnap is still pretty groovy, but you know what schools are like, if they can avoid paying for something then they will.
Monday, 26 April 2010 22:40
I'll try not to be TOO off topic. IF you have access to a modern Mac at home or (better yet) at school/ work, iMovie comes bundled with Leopard and Snow Leopard. It possesses a decent basic set of sounds and mood & theme music. You also have GarageBand, which allows you to record or create sounds from scratch. You can export the sound files in various formats. Better yet, the students could use those tools if they have access to the machines.
Beyond that, you could use your favorite search engine to find free (or not) sound effects by category; even a set.
Perhaps someone else here will further answer your question.
Beyond that, you could use your favorite search engine to find free (or not) sound effects by category; even a set.
Perhaps someone else here will further answer your question.
Sunday, 25 April 2010 10:13