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[jballi]

Short sound (usually .WAV) files are a great way of enhancing the computer experience. Not only are they entertaining, the sounds serve a very practical purpose of alerting the user to an infinite number of conditions. Without the somewhat irritating but unique 'blurp' sound that I've assigned to my tinySpell program, I would miss a lot of misspelled words.

Choosing to use a sound file for a particular event and then deciding which sound file to use is an art form in which I won't pretend to be an expert. However, most will agree that having a plentiful supply of sound files to choose from can be helpful.

The following are a few sites that have free sound files. This is not, nor ever will be, a comprehensive list of web sites. However, if you've found a useful site where you can download free sound files, post it!

Warning: Downloading free sound files is habit forming and can easily steal many hours of your life.


A1 Free Sound Effects
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

CoolArchive
http://www.coolarchive.com/sounds.php

EARchives
http://www.the-earchives.com/

FindSounds
http://www.findsounds.com/

Move Sounds Central
http://www.moviesoundscentral.com/

Talkingwav.com
http://www.talkingwav.com/

WavPlanet.com
http://www.wavplanet.com/

Wav-Sounds
http://www.wav-sounds.com/

[pockinator]

Thanks for this cool topic, jballi. I don't mean to add to your addiction <<cough>> hobby , but here are some more...

Flash Kit
sound effects for flash programs, which can also be downloaded as wavs or mp3s
http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/

Movie Sound Clips
"Movie sound clips (wav, mp3, ogg) from your favorite movies (300, Transformers, Saw, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Braveheart, Pirates of the Caribbean and more) and tv shows (Lost, Battlestar Galactica and more!) and a free sound effects library! Even special requests for sound clips that you want!"
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/

Soundboards
"Soundboard.com is the largest collection of audio sound bites and categorized soundboards from holidays to sound effects, movies to radio, animals, science and more - over 20 categories to choose from."
http://soundboard.com/

soundsnap
"Pro quality Free Sounds and Loops"
http://www.soundsnap.com/

[heresy]

The Freesound Project
The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter.
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php

i mainly use this site.
free sign up needed to download
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[jballi]

Thanks for the links pockinator and heresy.