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Thursday, November 03, 2005

The Freesound Project: Audio Samples Database


Above: Freesounds running through my mi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-nd

from the Freesound site:

The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. The Freesound Project provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to

  • browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a "sounds-like" type of browsing and more
  • up and download sounds to and from the database, under the same creative commons license
  • interact with fellow sound-artists!

We also aim to create an open database of sounds that can also be used for scientific research. Many audio research institutions have trouble finding correctly licensed audio to test their algorithms. Many have voiced this problem, but so far there hasn't been a solution.

Sample samples:

drone | radio | shortwave
Ambient sounds from the River Ain Valley, France
Hardcore Hip Hop Drums
Male peeing (foley sounds of a garden hose)a
Tape anomalies
Virtual Theremin
Disgusting Noises
Street Recordings in the early morning
Arp 2600 waveforms
and the most popular sample: rbh thunderstorm.wav

Samples Remix Tree

Sample Packs

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your samplers.


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