Why Soundsnap Is Music To Your Ears

by Mark Sierra on July 5, 2007

Share audio files with SoundsnapSomeone has put a lot of thought behind Soundsnap, a place where you can upload and download all types of sound effects and music files.

This site literally has thousands of sound bites with categories like animals, nature, industrial, comic, music, science fiction, and more. When you enter a category you’re presented with a layout that’s easy on the eye and quick access to preview the sounds you’re interested in. And you can download in three different flavors: mp3, aiff, and wav.

Sound effects with SoundsnapSites that I’ve seen having to do with sound files of this nature either have lower quality, poor layouts, or both. In my opinion, this site offers you a lot of choices with a lot of quality.

Who’s this thing for?
Web designers, game programmers, music producers, filmmakers, and many others. Even hobbyists could use these files for home videos or ringtones.

Do I have to pay to use these files?
Nope. It’s all free. They do plan on adding premium services some time down the road, but there’s plenty to choose from without costing you a cent.

[tags]sounds,sound effects,free,libraries,soundsnap[/tags]

{ 12 comments }

Brown Baron (192 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 10:51 am

This will be another new favorite for me.
You had me at “free” :lol:

Mark July 5, 2007 at 6:55 pm

And if I said “free game” I bet you’d be convulsing. lol

Brown Baron (192 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 9:06 pm

Yes I would :mrgreen:

Mike (143 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 11:27 pm

I bet if we grabbed enough of these sounds we could create an audio reenactment of the drama on that OTHER blog ;)

Other Blog: *random whining sounds*
The Good Guys: *heads banging against wall*

Benedict Herold (27 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 11:59 am

That’s a Nice find.. I wanted something like this badly years back when I was at college.

Mark July 5, 2007 at 6:53 pm

Hehe…yeah, so many things I find I wish I had either thought of or had access to before. ;)

Baxter Tocher (1 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 12:59 pm

Thanks for this. It’s always useful to have access to different sounds to mangle in interesting ways :smile:

Mark July 5, 2007 at 6:38 pm

Hi Baxter, glad you liked the find. Years ago, when I was involved with multimedia, I would have been like a kid in a candy store with this site. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Bush Mackel (69 comments.) July 5, 2007 at 9:00 pm

Great find. (Don’t forget us flash developers!)

There’s always an opportunity for me to use free sound effects. I used to use a site called…hmm….flashkit.com! I think that’s what it was but I remember it lacking a little bit last time I was there. Thanks for the heads up!

Mark July 5, 2007 at 9:05 pm

You’re welcome, buddy. ;)

Rob Dunn (9 comments.) July 6, 2007 at 10:29 am

NIIIICCE – this is great for us electronic musicians and sound engineers.

Thanks for this post!

Mark July 7, 2007 at 9:02 am

Hey Rob, good to see you here! Yes, that’s true. There’s quite a list of people who could benefit from this site. Glad you like it. ;)

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