Where can I find sound effects?
ShawnVisa42
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where can I find sounds effects for my film project is it on this site please help me thank you
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StormyKnight Moderator, Website User, Ambassador, Imerge Beta Tester, HitFilm Beta Tester Posts: 2,729 AmbassadorDo a web search for free royalty free sound effects. There are a lot of sites that offer royalty free sound effects but you have to be careful when choosing which site to use. Some sites charge and with those you can use the sounds you pay for any way you like except to repackage the sound effects and resell them.
You'll want to look for free royalty free sound effects that can be used for personal and professional use. That way you don't have to worry about copyright violations and remember to always give credit if the originator of the effect is accredited.
Some sites will have you download a library of sounds and they will have a bunch of advertising offers before you get to the final process of downloading the sounds. You can skip these ads and there may be a lot so pay close attention as you go through the pages of offers and select skip to proceed to the download page.
Here is one such site, which, if you decide to trust (another whole issue) that has a Norton certification so it's a safe site. They will probably have you download a small program that will give you easy access to the library of sounds once the sound effects are downloaded to your computer.
http://www.music-oasis.com/download/Audio/Sound-Effects-Collection/?f=DXeaAADPb&a=7378&adid=267698310
This site charges for sounds and might just be worth the price if you find the sound you're looking for. I've used this site before and the quality of the effects are excellent.
http://download.prosoundeffects.com/#explorer
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Don't forget you can make your own sounds as well. Get a decent mic and start recording!
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Thank you StormyKnight your the greates
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Thank You Simon K Jones I wanted to do it the Easy way, But I'll Try do it myself, thanks again Simon K Jones & StormyKnight
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StormyKnight Moderator, Website User, Ambassador, Imerge Beta Tester, HitFilm Beta Tester Posts: 2,729 AmbassadorYou're welcome, ShawnVisa42. I can't believe I forgot this little freebie from Matthias Claflin of Guardian Angel Studios on Rodypolis' website (a great site you should check out). If you ever need fight sounds:
My linkhttp://www.rodypolis.com/free-stuff.html
The best way is to try to record your own effects- I'm with Simon on that. I've been recording my own FX for years but occassionally I need something I can't quite replicate and for those times I just pay for an individual sound if need be. -
Google is your friend
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Hi.
If you're looking for free (and royalty free) I've got a few on my website:
http://www.miskaudio.com/products-page/free-fx/
Don't know if that's the sort of stuff you're looking for?
Hope that helps?
Alistair -
As much as buying/downloading your own sound effects from websites may be an "Easy" way to go, they can be very limited to your product sometimes. As Simon said, you can make them yourself with a decent microphone, and this is also a fantastic way to create the sounds exactly for your product. Especially when it comes to something with a pattern such as footsteps. Creating your own sounds would be better than trying to find or engage in an incredibly awkward and long edit time with your audio trying to make the sounds sync up.
Plus if your project is a school/college/uni assignment, you can grab some extra points for being creative and showing that you can adapt the foley skill set to your product! -
I agree with Simon and B3n. Making your own sound effects is the best way to get fitting sounds for your production.
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I use Freesound.org.
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www.freesound.org is excellent
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There are plenty of places to inexpensively license sound effects for use in your film - I like pond5, AudioJungle, iStockAudio, and RevoStock. Particularly if you're not looking for a commercial license, AudioJungle can be really cheap - just $1 a piece for short SFX. Each site offers different pricing and licensing options, so be sure you check out what license your buying so that it's right for your project...
