Wikipedia:Free sound resources
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There are a number of free sound effects resources of public domain or free content sound recordings appropriate for Wikipedia use available online, and as well as in other contexts.
All files should be converted to ogg, Wikipedia's patent-free format of choice.
Archival recordings
[edit]- American Folklife Center – a very diverse collection of folk music and other ethnographic/documentary materials by the U.S. government. As U.S. government works, these are all available under the public domain.
- Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project - an academic project preserving commercial recordings from the age of the phonograph cylinder. Both mp3 files and wav files are provided for all titles; the mp3 files are placed under a non-commercial license, so only conversions of the wav files are appropriate for Wikipedia use.
Recent recordings
[edit]| Page name/link | Music | Sounds | Description | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zapsplat | Yes | Yes | Sound effects library offering over 116,000 free sound effects and music. | CC0 |
| YourFreeSounds | Yes | Yes | Independent, unique sound library with royalty free & personal use freeware sounds effects - for video, sound design, music productions and more. | CC0, Royalty Free |
| Gfx Sounds | Yes | Yes | Sound library for professional and free sound effects downloads. | CC0, CC BY, Royalty Free |
| Free To Use Sounds | Yes | Yes | Sound effects library with high quality field recordings from all around the world. | CC0, CC BY |
| Fulda Symphonic Orchestra [dead link] | Yes | No | Choral music | CC BY-SA |
| incompetech.com | Yes | No | Features paid Royalty Free sounds, there are also a freeware sounds requiring CC BY-SA attribution | CC BY-SA, Royalty Free |
| Jamendo | Yes | No | Lots of unfree, need to use correct filter (as in link) | CC BY, CC BY-SA, FAL |
| Quick Sounds Library | Yes | Yes | Fully Free sound effects library for sound producers, video editors, app and game developers. | CC0, CC BY |
| SoundBible | No | Yes | Has both WAV & MP3 versions of each sound on their website. | CC BY, PD |
| Freesound | No | Yes | User contributed sound recordings released under Creative Commons licenses. From field-recordings to sound FX, drum loops and musical instrument samples. Downloading from FreeSound will need a registration there. | CC0, CC-BY, CC BY-NC |
| Videvo Sound Effects [dead link] | Yes | Yes | Royalty Free Sound Effects with a large selection of free sound effects. (Redirecting to Freepik.com's stock website) | Royalty Free |
| Videvo Music [dead link] | Yes | Yes | Royalty Free Music library with a large selection of free music tracks. (Redirecting to Freepik.com's stock website) | Royalty Free |
| Free Music Archive (FMA) | Yes | No | Large music archive that's having all music released under a different CreativeCommons licenses. Downloading a songs is fully freeware but requires a free registration. Any song/music from FMA can be used as long as its author being credited / attributed, and work itself falling under any of following CC licenses: CC0, CC-BY, or CC BY-SA. | CC0, CC BY-SA, CC BY |
Wikipedians
[edit]Wikipedians can also be an important source for free content music. Please see Wikipedia:Requested recordings.