Online Tools: “The BBC’s Vast Library of Sound Effects — 33,000 of Them — Is Open to the Public”
From National Public Radio/ATC:
The internet has gotten a little bit more noisy lately as audio files on social media have rediscovered an amazing fact. The BBC’s vast sound effects library is open to the public. Thousands of clips can be downloaded for free, and people have been pulling out all kinds of weird sounds. NPR’s Chloe Veltman did, too.
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The archive’s treasures can be used for school projects, research or fun for free. Commercial uses require a small fee.
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Direct to BBC Sound Effects Library
See Also: Freesound
Another source for “free” sounds.
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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