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Where do you get your sound effects from?
Hey all,
I've done a search of the forums and found a few pages with ideas but I wanted to put it out there again in case someone had something new. I'm looking for a place to get sound effects not music. E.g. sounds from a kitchen, or emergency sounds or office noises. I've found stuff on the free sound project before. What I want is real recorded sounds not those computer designed sounds.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kat
You might also check out www.freesfx.com. Pretty good quality.
In the end, I prefer to pay for my audio (favorite site audiomicro.com). Or perhaps closer to the truth is to have my clients pay for it. Three tracks might cost a hundred bucks so -- nothing when you compare it to the hours it takes to do quality e-learning.
istockphoto/audio is good too, but a bit pricey.
I thought I would add a link here to http://rocksuresoundz.com where you can find the types of sound effects mentioned in the original post ( as well as music). I'm a major contributor to the site, and find It's great to fun recording sfx by the way.
We build a large number of custom courses, games, and cartoons and typically need ambient sounds, background music, and sound effects. We typically use www.soundsmack.com or www.soundrangers.com.
Hey just thought I'd add here that:
Up until very recently rocksuresoundz.com had been selling sound effects as single files for download (these are also still available), but have now begun to offer great value themed sfx packs as well. The packs contain at least 80 sounds, with some having over 150 sound effects in them. All the files are offered at 24 bit/44.1 kHz, and are contained in a zip file for instant download. At only $6-95 per pack, it means that each sampled sound only costs a few cents to buy. Rather than spending a small fortune on a collection of sounds where you may only use one or two of them, this way even if you did only use one or two of them it would still be very affordable.
http://rocksuresoundz.com/sound-effect-packs/
There are some free individual sfx on the site too, as well as royalty-free music.
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd just add that rocksuresoundz.com longer have individual sound effects up on the website, but still do have the affordable packs, and have added a play preview button that gives a one and a half minute medley of some of the sound effects in the pack to give a kind of overview representative of what's in it.
Can I add a feature request to this thread to add shared sound files to the Assets section of the Articulate Downloads page? It seems that some community members create and share their own sounds which would be handy for everyone!
www.SoundGorilla.com - thousands of sound effects here :-)
https://www.zapsplat.com/ free/royalty free sound effects. I used them to liven up some animations that pop up on screen. This site isn't blocked my our firewalls so I can download them.
I have these saved but I don't think I use them since our firewalls block the downloads but if you're at home it won't be an issue.
http://soundbible.com/free-sound-effects-1.html
As others have mentioned, comply with all copyright/attribution requirements. The first one is an easy attribution.
What about suonerie telefono? I think this is a nice choice for you
