Comments on: Soundsnap rocks; what are your fave sound search sites? http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites I amplify your awesome. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:34:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Torley http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41474 Torley Sun, 25 May 2008 13:28:51 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41474 @Ordinal: I like the initial simplicity of Creative Commons; it's definitely appealing to those who want to take action and use media without worrying about the consequences of misunderstanding. I used to buy some stock sound sample CDs, but found them kind of wasteful after I chose only to use a few clips out of the 100s (or 1000s) on a disc. I like paying for what I actually use. But, in that "grab bag" dept., I haven't found a better deal than this: http://www.masterbits.de/mp1_e.htm It's mainly for music production but has lots of weird sounds, including one-shot percussives, that can be used elsewhere. It's somewhat dated now and hasn't been updated in a stretch of years. @Dedric: Nice audio manipulation! I sometimes think, "What would Ben Burtt do?" and he's had so many remarkable insights in sound design. @Ordinal: I like the initial simplicity of Creative Commons; it's definitely appealing to those who want to take action and use media without worrying about the consequences of misunderstanding.

I used to buy some stock sound sample CDs, but found them kind of wasteful after I chose only to use a few clips out of the 100s (or 1000s) on a disc. I like paying for what I actually use. But, in that "grab bag" dept., I haven't found a better deal than this: http://www.masterbits.de/mp1_e.htm It's mainly for music production but has lots of weird sounds, including one-shot percussives, that can be used elsewhere. It's somewhat dated now and hasn't been updated in a stretch of years.

@Dedric: Nice audio manipulation! I sometimes think, "What would Ben Burtt do?" and he's had so many remarkable insights in sound design.

]]> By: Dedric Mauriac http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41443 Dedric Mauriac Sat, 24 May 2008 07:24:40 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41443 I read your post the other day and just recently had a need to find a sound for a client. I checked out soundsnap and found a sound to start off with. I love the licensing here. Optional/Recommended attribution, and free to use however you like as long as you don't hand out the original sound commercially on its own, in a collection of sounds, or without transformation. I ended up altering the pitch of a bicycle bell to be lower so that it resembled a trolley sound. Awesome! I read your post the other day and just recently had a need to find a sound for a client. I checked out soundsnap and found a sound to start off with. I love the licensing here. Optional/Recommended attribution, and free to use however you like as long as you don't hand out the original sound commercially on its own, in a collection of sounds, or without transformation. I ended up altering the pitch of a bicycle bell to be lower so that it resembled a trolley sound. Awesome!

]]> By: Ordinal Malaprop http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41331 Ordinal Malaprop Sun, 18 May 2008 20:59:46 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41331 Soundsnap is certainly the place to which I go first. Apart from the convenience of the interface, it has a simple and easily understandable licencing system: "it's all free, use it how you like". Soundsnap also absolutely excels in providing bleeps, buzzes, twings and electronic noises in general. I do use Freesound, and have indeed contributed to it, but I confess that I do not think I properly understand the ramifications of the Sampling Plus licence or whatever it is called, and this worries me. Still - it is better for detailed source recordings I would say, particularly those of an obscure mechanical nature, and the quality is higher. SoundDogs is very much aimed at the commercial market, and while it has a wide selection of stuff, the costs of the proper quality files are prohibitive for the average SL developer. I would rather obtain something _close_ to the target for free, and edit and blend it with Audacity or some such. I could perhaps see myself using it for a very specific topic where the sound had to be precisely accurate - perhaps a replica machine of some sort. Soundsnap is certainly the place to which I go first. Apart from the convenience of the interface, it has a simple and easily understandable licencing system: "it's all free, use it how you like".

Soundsnap also absolutely excels in providing bleeps, buzzes, twings and electronic noises in general.

I do use Freesound, and have indeed contributed to it, but I confess that I do not think I properly understand the ramifications of the Sampling Plus licence or whatever it is called, and this worries me. Still - it is better for detailed source recordings I would say, particularly those of an obscure mechanical nature, and the quality is higher.

SoundDogs is very much aimed at the commercial market, and while it has a wide selection of stuff, the costs of the proper quality files are prohibitive for the average SL developer. I would rather obtain something _close_ to the target for free, and edit and blend it with Audacity or some such. I could perhaps see myself using it for a very specific topic where the sound had to be precisely accurate - perhaps a replica machine of some sort.

]]> By: Torley http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41314 Torley Sun, 18 May 2008 14:31:14 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41314 @Ewan: The latter. A lot of the latter. @Ann: I'm a big Moby fan. Haven't seen that before, thanks for the tip! He continues to have a distinguished voice in an ocean of nonsensicalness. @Dizzy: Some of these sites with a lot of gems, I wish they were easier to search/organize! Looks like the market is wide open for a better sound meta-search that really catches on. @Ewan: The latter. A lot of the latter.

@Ann: I'm a big Moby fan. Haven't seen that before, thanks for the tip! He continues to have a distinguished voice in an ocean of nonsensicalness.

@Dizzy: Some of these sites with a lot of gems, I wish they were easier to search/organize! Looks like the market is wide open for a better sound meta-search that really catches on.

]]> By: Dizzy Banjo http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41302 Dizzy Banjo Sun, 18 May 2008 01:47:43 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41302 Whilst soundsnap is definitely the easiest to use site, the freesound project is awesome, and has a huge array of sound effects : http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ also for one off commercially produced and recorded sound effects from libraries I use http://www.sounddogs.com/ Whilst soundsnap is definitely the easiest to use site, the freesound project is awesome, and has a huge array of sound effects :

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

also for one off commercially produced and recorded sound effects from libraries I use http://www.sounddogs.com/

]]> By: Ann Otoole http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41290 Ann Otoole Sat, 17 May 2008 11:40:35 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41290 Thats supposed to be "like this and mobygratis" but obviously i typo'd. apologies. Thats supposed to be "like this and mobygratis" but obviously i typo'd. apologies.

]]> By: Ann Otoole http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41289 Ann Otoole Sat, 17 May 2008 11:38:11 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41289 Torley runs on Torley time lol. Creative people always run in a different dimension anyway which is why mundanes always make problems for them. Nice find Torley! I love using sites like this and <a href="http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html" title="mobygratis" rel="nofollow"> to counter people that swear up and down that all machinma with music must be violating some artist's copyright. Torley runs on Torley time lol. Creative people always run in a different dimension anyway which is why mundanes always make problems for them.

Nice find Torley! I love using sites like this and to counter people that swear up and down that all machinma with music must be violating some artist's copyright.

]]> By: Ewan Mureaux http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41285 Ewan Mureaux Sat, 17 May 2008 07:50:48 +0000 http://torley.com/soundsnap-rocks-what-are-your-fave-sound-search-sites#comment-41285 Just wondering....... do you have like a 40 hour day or do you just do things so fast relative time appears slower? Just wondering……. do you have like a 40 hour day or do you just do things so fast relative time appears slower?

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