Knowing how essential sound effects can be to any production, and recognizing that very few people can hire their own foley artist, I’ve created this page in the hopes that it will be of help when you find yourself in need of free sound effects. I have personally selected these sites because of their quality, quantity, and/or uniqueness of content. If you have a site that you feel should be added to this page, send it to the “tips” link on the top right and it will be considered.
- Absolute Sound Effects Archive
A lot of free sound effects offered as high-quality WAV files. (beware the few popups)
www.grsites.com/sounds/ - Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Sound Effects
Partners in Rhyme is a great place to find free sound effects in many different categories.
www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html - FindSounds
Kind of like a Google for sound effects. Beware that some sound effects you find may be copyrighted.
www.findsounds.com - Amazing Sounds
Just some more free sound effects if you can’t find them anywhere else.
amazingsounds.iespana.es/en/ - Flash Kit
Free loops and sound effects designed for Flash animators, but they work well for video production, too. Sound clips can be previewed on the page via flash.
www.flashkit.com/soundfx/ - The Freesound Project
This is home page of the Freesound Project. All clips are copyrighted under Creative Commons licenses. All clips are previewable using flash.
freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php - Frogstar
If you are looking for clips of quotes from popular movies, or themes from popular TV shows, check here first. Not a ton of clips, but you might just find what you are looking for.
www.frogstar.com/wav/tv-cartoons-misc.asp - Wavsounds
A searchable collection of free sound effects. Tags are very descriptive, but some of the clips are really random.
www.wavsounds.com
