Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers. Have you freed your sound today?
Freesound is a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other libraries. The aim of Freesound is to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, etc., released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse. Freesound provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a 'sounds-like' type of browsing and more.
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Allows users to search for sounds using keywords, tags, and even by the similarity of sounds.
Users can upload their own sounds to share with the community, contributing to the database.
All sounds are released under various Creative Commons licenses, allowing for legal reuse in projects.
Sounds can be previewed directly on the site before downloading.
Users have profiles where they can showcase their uploaded sounds and collections.
Users can create collections of sounds, organizing them for personal use or sharing with others.
Developers can access Freesound's database through an API, integrating sounds into applications and projects.
Users can comment on and rate sounds, fostering a community of sound enthusiasts.
Provides detailed information about each sound, including waveform and spectral analysis.
Sounds can be downloaded in various formats, catering to different user needs.
Freesound has a set of community guidelines to ensure a respectful and productive environment for all users.
Freesound is widely used in educational settings for teaching sound design, audio engineering, and related fields.
The platform is also used for research in fields such as machine learning, where sound samples are used to train algorithms.
Freesound offers a mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing users to browse and download sounds on the go.
Freesound accepts donations to support the platform's maintenance and development.
Parts of Freesound's platform are open source, encouraging community contributions and transparency.
Security headers report is a very important part of user data protection. Learn more about http headers for freesound.org