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Posted by Joel Eaton on Friday 14 August 2009 at 1:29pm
Tags: finding audio | music | sound recordings |

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We are often being asked about where to find copyright-free sound resources online for use in teaching and learning, especially for creating new media.

Photo by mmatasic on Flickr
Photo by mmatasic on Flickr - used under a Creative Commons licence

Although we are soon to be re-vamping the document Finding Video, Audio and Images Online, here's a taster of some great websites that offer resources (of varying quality) which can be used for free, either under the Creative Commons licence or the specific conditions given on each site.

When downloading user content from any of these sites (and any others for that matter), you must ascertain that the content is not from a third party where copyright has been infringed.

  • Musopen - Online library of copyright free music
  • FreeLoops.com - Free sound effects, music loops. Start creating your own idents!
  • British Lirary Sound Archive - A wealth of digitised content available for educational use
  • Soundcloud - The Flickr of audio. A free hosting space where users agree to share content for free on registration
  • Jamendo - Copyright free music at your fingertips. at the time of writing over 15,000 albums available

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Comment posted by Oliver Scott on 14 August 2009 at 2:36pm

You missed the wonderful www.freesound.org off your list. Originally a project to promote CC licensing.

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