Free Sound Effects

• 101 Free Sounds

  "A very simple site with the purpose of giving away a package of 101 free sound effects. In order to get them, you have to register with a valid e-mail address, as they send the entire package to you through e-mail."

• Arcade Pinball Game

  Royalty Free Arcade Pinball Game Sound Effect

• Arctic Wind Drone

  Royalty Free Arctic Wind Drone Sound Effect

• Banshee

  Royalty Free Banshee Sound Effect

• Basketball Practice

  Royalty Free Basketball Practice Sound Effect

• Big Noise Whoosh

  Royalty Free Big Noise Whoosh Sound Effect

• blastwave fx

• Booing Crowd

  Royalty Free Booing Crowd Sound Effect

• Cartoon Head Shake

  Royalty Free Cartoon Head Shake Sound Effect

• Castle Drawbridge

  Royalty Free Castle Drawbridge Sound Effect

• Comedy Burp

  Royalty Free Comedy Burp Sound Effect

• Dark Orchestral Punch Accent

  Royalty Free Dark Orchestral Punch Accent Sound Effect

• Door Bell

  Royalty Free Door Bell Sound Effect

• Electricity Spark

  Royalty Free Electricity Spark Sound Effect

• Female Footsteps

  Royalty Free Female Footsteps Sound Effect

• Ferrari Testarosa

  Royalty Free Ferrari Testarosa Sound Effect

• Fly By Sizzle

  Royalty Free Fly By Sizzle Sound Effect

• Forest Daytime

  Royalty Free Forest Daytime Sound Effect

• freeSFX

  Hundreds of absolutely free sound effects all in a convenient category view. This site has a great search function and is one of the most popular places to go for free sound effects.

• Glass Smash

  Royalty Free Glass Smash Sound Effect

• Horror Rhythm Pattern

  Royalty Free Horror Rhythm Pattern Sound Effect

• Howitzer Cannon

  Royalty Free Howitzer Cannon Sound Effect

• Jail Door

  Royalty Free Jail Door Sound Effect

• JewelBeat

  A very simple site with a good number of epic soundtracks and sound effects that are totally free for any use. Who can argue with that?

• Loon Calls

  Royalty Free Loon Calls Sound Effect

• Low Crashy Metal Hit

  Royalty Free Low Crashy Metal Hit Sound Effect

• Meltdown Alarm

  Royalty Free Meltdown Alarm Sound Effect

• Nightingale Music

  Over 5000 voice elements used in countless films, commercials, and games. Sign up for their newsletter and download 100 free sound effects!

• Panned Stab Flourish

  Royalty Free Panned Stab Flourish Sound Effect

• Pipe Howl Rumble

  Royalty Free Pipe Howl Rumble Sound Effect

• Police Car Chase

  Royalty Free Police Car Chase Sound Effect

• Pro Sound Effects

  "A conglomeration of over 40 unique publishers of sound effects, Pro Sound Effects has over 350,000 sound effects to choose from. They have multiple ways to get files from download to flash drives and have an easy to use website in order to find them. "

• Rapid Fire Sputter Shots

  Royalty Free Rapid Fire Sputter Shots Sound Effect

• Razor Buzz By

  Royalty Free Razor Buzz By Sound Effect

• Rewind Swipe

  Royalty Free Rewind Swipe Sound Effect

• Robot Quack Quack Boom

  Royalty Free Robot Quack Quack Boom Sound Effect

• Roof Crash

  Royalty Free Roof Crash Sound Effect

• School Bell

  Royalty Free School Bell Sound Effect

• Sharp Explosion

  Royalty Free Sharp Explosion Sound Effect

• Soundbyter

  A simple, easy to navigate site with a good number of free sound effects that can be searched by category

• soundscalpel

  "A collection of 8 sound effect packs with anywhere from 20-35 sounds. These sound effects are surprising clear, and are definitely worth the time to download. Especially since they're completely free!"

• Soundsnap

  "Once a completely free sound effect site, Soundsnap has a huge library of sound effects that can be had both for free and for a very good subscription price. Definitely a great place to go for anyone who wants great sound effects at a good price."

• Squeeze Toy

  Royalty Free Squeeze Toy Sound Effect

• Stutter Sweep Stager

  Royalty Free Stutter Sweep Stager Sound Effect

• Subliminal Scratch

  Royalty Free Subliminal Scratch Sound Effect

• Swelling Evil Sweep

  Royalty Free Swelling Evil Sweep Sound Effect

• Telephone Ring

  Royalty Free Telephone Ring Sound Effect

• The Freesound Project

  A very popular free sound effect website that is growing every day. The Freesound Project is looking to build a huge database and has done a great job building theirs since they first started.

• Thunder

  Royalty Free Thunder Sound Effect

• Tiger

  Royalty Free Tiger Sound Effect

• Timpani

  Royalty Free Timpani Sound Effect

• A Free Issue of Videomaker Magazine

  Learn about the equipment and techniques used to mix audio for video in a free issue of Videomaker.

• AcidPlanet 8Packs

  Free loops with free arrangements for use with Acid.

• Airborne Sound

  A collection of professionally mastered sound effects that only cost 1-4 dollars a piece.

• AudioMicro

  Get thousands of Free Sound Effects from AudioMicro. Free Sound Effects for websites, YouTube, film, TV, DVD, iPhone Apps, games, and all media.

• AudioSparx

  "AudioSparx has over 300,000 sound effects in 86 categories. Their sounds are very high quality with great sounding previews."

• CSS Music Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects

  Get $40 in FREE downloads. Fully licensed. No strings attached. 11,000 tracks to choose from.

• Dvfootagesource

  Sign up for the newsletter and receive access to download a free motion graphic clip.

• Find Sounds

  Search the Web for Sounds.

• Free-loops.com

  Free loops in several formats

• Music-For-Video

  A collection of over 600 free sound effects

• NeoSounds.com - Royalty Free Stock Music Library

  Royalty Free Music carefully hand-picked by experts. Thousands of tunes, all genres covered, lifetime license, instant downloads. Free samples. Sound Effects available as well.

• NewTek Free Stuff

  Download NewTek's Texture Collections for free (requires free registration.)

• Partners in Rhyme

  Another collection of free sound effects from a producer of sound effects libraries.

• pond5

  A professional stock video and audio website that also deals in sound effects. Many high definition audio files in a great looking and easy to use website.

• Royalty Free Music

  Royalty free music clips that can be used, without limitation, in educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge.

• SFX Source - Royalty Free Music Library

  SFXsource.com has thousands of professionally produced stock music tracks for use in film, video, and animation in over 20 genres. All music is made by professional musicians and many tracks come as "edit sets" for easy use in video editing.

• Shockwave Sound Royalty Free Stock Music Library

  Shockwave-Sound.com offers a huge and fresh Production Music Library and Sound Effects library with Royalty-Free use in video, film, web and other media. Also some free sound effects.

• Sonnyboo Productions

  Free Mp3 music downloads, forms and tools for indie moviemakers from Peter John Ross.

• Sony

• Sound Effects Warehouse

  Get a zip file of 101 free sound effects for registering.

• Sound Ideas

  The world's largest publisher of professional sound effects, royalty free music, & production element libraries. Sound Ideas is your ultimate resource for more than 240 royalty free sound effects and stock music products for broadcast, post-production, podcasting, game development, film sound design and interactive media.

• Sounddogs

• Soundrangers

• Stock Music

  Purchase single tracks of royalty free music, sound effects & production elements 24/7 at the StockMusic.com secure Web site. Search, audition, buy and obtain the music you need - immediately - without any delays or headaches.

• Twelve Inch Design

  Download a free demo clip in NTSC, PAL, HD or HDV. This link goes to a license agreement.

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