Kumorii's Site - Sticky: Quality Audio Resources

Sticky: Quality Audio Resources in Art & Sound

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Jan 26 2012, 4:33 pm (Edited on Feb 18, 1:05 pm)

Being an indie developer is fun, but sometimes it can be frustrating when you can't get good sound effects! Now, don't let your games go quiet just because you can't afford a sound artist or get that tune just right! I've thrown together a list of sites that offer quality music and sound effects for public domain*. I'll update this list as I find more and feel free to suggest a site!

Freesound
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Info: Freesound is an excellent website to find free ambiance tracks or sound effects for just about anything you could need. Unfortunately there isn't much of a variety of musical pieces but Freesound is still one of the best options for getting public domain sound effects!

JewelBeat
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Info: Jewelbeat is my go-to website for professional musical tracks ranging from classical, to metal and everything in between. They're not free, but all of the audio tracks they have are only 99 cents which is an incredible deal for such professional 2:00 - 5:00 minute tracks! Definitely a tier one site for audio assets!

Partners In Rhyme
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Info: While far from the best and with a limited catalog, Partners in Rhyme has a handful of great sound effects that would work great in most BYOND games!

SFXR
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Info: SFXR is a program that easily generates sounds that the user can easily reject or accept and alter to fit their needs! *thanks to LordAndrew.

Audacity
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Info: Although not much of a program for making sounds, it's probably the best free program for editing sounds and audio files. Between fixing clipping, changing pitch, panning or even just changing the audio format, Audacity is your best bet for editing. Definitely a personal favorite!

BFXR
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Info:BFXR is like an improved version of SFXR(see above) that generates sounds based on the input parameters! Don't want to download anything? No problem! There is a browser-based version of the program embedded on the homepage! *thanks to FIREking.

Nosoapradio
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Info: A great website full of tracks that you can search through with a clever search system that you can select the atmosphere, setting, and intended use of the music. Did I mention it's all free?

* -Public domain; Open for public use so long as credit is given to the original designer.

#1 Jan 26 2012, 5:51 pm
Yut Put	or...grab your mic and make your own sounds lol most of the zombie sounds in sirius are mine

#2 Jan 26 2012, 6:12 pm
LordAndrew	SFXR is basically my goto for generating sounds.

#3 Jan 27 2012, 9:45 am
D4RK3 54B3R	This is great :) I've had to resort to using SoundDogs, but most of their stuff are in low bitrates.

#4 Jan 27 2012, 2:09 pm In response to Yut Put (#1)
Lummox JR	Yut Put wrote: or...grab your mic and make your own sounds lol I wouldn't mind seeing some good foley resources for this. Most people don't really have a good idea which methods are good for making different self-recorded sound effects. "Mouth" effects tend to sound awful so if there's a way to use household objects to make the sound, that's even better.

#5 Feb 13 2012, 1:07 pm
DGS Keelan	How do you make an audio file the right format?

#6 Feb 13 2012, 1:56 pm
Viper	I heard Branks was good at making audio both sound and music.

#7 Feb 13 2012, 2:20 pm In response to Viper (#6)
Teka123	Viper wrote: I heard Branks was good at making audio both sound and music. I heard the same thing, im thinking about badgering him to help me make something for my rpg.

#8 Feb 13 2012, 7:23 pm In response to DGS Keelan (#5)
Kumorii	DGS Keelan wrote: How do you make an audio file the right format? You can use a program such as Audacity and Export(File >> Export) it as the file type you need. For BYOND games, I'd suggest Ogg Vorbis.

#9 Mar 5 2012, 6:37 am (Edited on Mar 6 2012, 3:55 pm)
Dark-DVF	I create mine by my mom's Mac. I'd rater a Mac than some site. Since you can create your own and be base on your own style. But if you want to use those site, i have nothing against it. Feel free to use it. (Just saying Lol)

#10 May 21 2012, 1:21 am
FIREking	A more advanced version of SFXR http://www.bfxr.net/

#11 May 8, 12:25 am (Edited on May 10, 8:21 pm)
Lugia319	Personally, I use MuseScore to make my midis. There's also a program called Famitraacker that you can use to make 8-bit midis.

#12 May 9, 7:47 pm
Zecronious	Nosoapradio is fantastic! Well recommend that.