Thread Last Updated: (22 March 2006) This thread contains links to sound effects and music resources for games. For audio software, please check the thread Music Software, etc., originally created by Avatar God (profile) but now maintained by myself. All prices are listed in US Dollars. You can use a site like XE UCC to convert the prices if you need to. Please respect the licencing of any music and/or sound effects you aquire. Feel free to Private Message me with comments, suggestions, or additions to the thread, and let me know if any of my descriptions are inaccurate or if you feel they are missing important information. New entries are marked as new! Sound Effects SFX Libraries Hollywood Edge Large range of sound effects products, including: // TO BE REPLACED Sound Ideas Large range of royalty free sound effects products, including: - "The General" 6000 Series ($1495) - 2000 Series ($595) - BBC Sound Effects ($595) and many more. You may also want to check the monthly Sound Ideas Blueplate Specials Best Service - Sounds and More (English Language) Large range of SFX products, with various licencing, including: // TO BE REPLACED Immediate Purchase and Download SoundMATTER (By The Game Creators) Large range of sounds created specifically for games, and packaged by game type, including: - Arcade ($14.95) - Casino ($14.95) - First Person Shooter ($14.95) - RPG ($14.95) Indie SFX A range of SFX created specifically for games, including: - The 2003 Collection ($90, compiled set of the first five IndieSFX sound effects discs) - The 2004 Collection ($90, compiled set of the current 2004 IndieSFX sound effects discs) and many more, including a compiled set of the Entire IndieSFX Collection ($198) Also offered on CD. Sound Effects Library A large range of sound effects suited to various uses, including the Audio Interactive library, designed specifically with games in mind. Echophile Studios new! Royalty free SFX packs and custom made sound effects for any project, big or small. Currently available packages include Beeps and Clicks, Fire Pack, and the Explosion Pack. Previews available for all packages. NEO Sounds Royalty free music tracks and loops, interface sounds for multimedia production. Original and high quality. Instant download or CD. Of particular interest may be the Active Multimedia SFX Library. Music Bakery Varying prices, royalty free Information: Pricing | Licensing Sonomic Varying prices, royalty free About Sonomic | Pricing Sounddogs WAV MP3 AIFF WMA AU Varying prices, royalty free Sound Rangers WAV (other formats unconfirmed) Varying prices, royalty free Free Download FindSounds new! This site actually searches other sites for specific sound effects, and allows you to choose what format and quality you wish to search for. May make a good first stop when looking for SFX downloads. Note: It's up to you to check the licencing of located sounds, which you can do by visiting the hosting webpage using the show page link. Flashkit SoundFX WAV MP3 FlashTrak Royalty free, linkware, shareware (check licence for each sound) Koumis Sound Effects MP3 Royalty free Free SFX MP3 Royalty free GRSites SFX WAV Royalty free Tintagel Sound Archive WAV Royalty free A1 Free Sound Effects WAV Royalty free for non-commercial use Soundhunter WAV Royalty free Ljudo MP3 Realaudio Licencing unknown Partners In Rhyme SFX WAV Licencing unknown 3D Cafe's Sound Effects WAV Licencing unknown Music To have music composed specifically for your project, please try GDnet's very own Music and Sound forum (the one this thread is in [wink]), and/or Help Wanted. Many people are often willing to provide music for free or at very competative prices in order to build a portfolio or to gain experience. Providing relevant details about your project will assist in finding a good composer. Alternately, for pre-composed music, try one of the following: All Music Library new! Royalty free music. Also has some free SFX. Ryerson Sound Solutions new! Wav Download Non-exclusively licenced music available for instant download for use in multimedia projects or as mobile-phone ringtones. A range of different styles/genre are available. NEO Sounds new! Download or CD Royalty free music tracks and loops Music Bakery MP3 | Download or CD Range of music, varying prices Royalty Free Music Download or CD Range of music, varying prices Freeplay Music Range of music, no upfront cost - NOT royalty free www.musicloops.com Download or CD Range of prices (including free), royalty free www.opuzz.com IA Music (the following will be checked, formatted, ordered, and more will be added over the next few days) Symphonic Aria new! Lubo Astinov new! Sonic Daze new! Sean R. Beeson new! MarkMusic new! RoastPork new! NOTE: Music section is new, details on links are still shaky, and more links are to be added. Legal Information - Copyright (or Patent) Offices: US | UK | Australia - Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center - 10 Big Myths about Copyright explained - Copyright for music librarians - Mp3 Licencing (Games | Developer FAQ) Hopefully this thread has been of some use to you. [smile] [Edited by - jbadams on December 13, 2007 6:20:17 AM]

Listing only the General 6000 series is a bit odd when there are all the other Sound Ideas products too. How about a general link to their site (listing all their stuff would be a bit too much)?

SFX Libraries:

www.bestservice.de
www.hollywoodedge.com
www.sound-ideas.com

Immediate purchase & download:

www.musicbakery.com
www.sonomic.com
www.sounddogs.com
www.sound-effects-library.com

Yes, good point, I'd just had the General 6000 series recommended to me over IM, and I'm afraid I didn't actually check for other Sound Ideas products at the time, I'll adjust that.

So far I've been unable to load www.sound-effects-library.com, so for now it stays off the list - I'll try it again tomorrow.

Also, rate++ for the contributions. [wink]

//EDIT: Clicky

[Edited by - Kazgoroth on October 31, 2004 7:16:00 PM]

Any chance you could sticky this, Andrew...?

Oh yeah; it's probably worth putting a link to Sound Idea's monthly promotions section - www.sound-ideas.com/blueplate.html

Any luck with www.sound-effects-library.com ? I can view it OK...

No, still havn't had any luck with it. I'm hesitant to add it to the list while I'm unable to visit it myself, but if you (or anyone) can provide me with some relevant details I'll add the entry anyway, and see if I have better luck from friends houses over the next few days.

Yeah, I personnally don't link sounddogs as their stuff are quite old sounding. Lot of 80'ish sounds.

More to add:
www.opuzz.com - they also have a voice talent site - www.opuzzvoice.com
www.musicbakery.com
www.sonomic.com
www.apmmusic.com
www.tvmusic.com

A couple of those are on the list already, but thanks for the contributions - I'll check out the sites and add them to the list.

I hope it's not inappropriate for me to post this here, but we just launched our online sound library: www.radish-patch.com
I was hoping you could check it out and maybe add it to the list?

Thanks,
Estelle

This topic is pretty ancient, and no longer maintained. I'm just going to go ahead and lock it.