| MobyGratis Musician and activist Moby launched mobygratis as a free music resource designed to empower creative projects by students, non-profits, indie filmmakers, musicians, producers, rappers, singers, animators, choreographers, songwriters, remixers, and more. Formats include stereo MP3, stereo WAV, and multitrack WAV—all completely free. |
| Archive.org Covered in class. Sounds and music in Community Audio section. All sounds are Public Domain or covered by a creative commons license, be sure to check usage info. |
| FreeSound Project A Creative Commons licensed sound site, be sure to check usage info. You need to register with a valid email address to be able to download sounds. |
| SoundEffects+ |
| Free Sound Effects (Note: Link may not be available while connected to Hofstra’s network) |
| Partners in Rhyme If you use effects from their Free and Public Domain section |
| Download Free Music Sound Wavs, Music Loops |
| Netwaves Free sound |
| Jason Shaw (audionautix) |
| Public Domain Music Public Domain Music that has been converted to MP3 |
| Free Sound Effects |
| Free Loops |
| Free Sound Effects and Samples |
| Chosic Royalty Free Music |
| Free Sound Effects from Dramatic Publishing |
| Media College Free Sounds Main site also has many other free resources for multimedia production. |
| Creative Commons Mixter Be sure to check individual licences |
| Incompetech Royalty Free Music Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 2.0. To use this license, simply attribute the music in your piece (website, film, phone system, etc.) as is reasonable to the medium. |
| https://www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/ Free Soundtrack Music |
| https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/ Free Soundtrack Music |
| TEKNOAXE |
| Deusx Designs-Free Sound Effects Limited amount of sound effect for free. You must credit the web site. |
| Deusx Designs-Free Music Loops Limited amount of music loops for free. You must credit the web site. |
| Sonnyboo Free Music 20 free tracks from this composer as “a donation to the public domain.” He asks that you credit him. |
| Free Loops Creative Commons Licensing, check license for each loop. |
| Newgrounds Audio Creative Commons Licensing. Check terms for each… |
| University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Free Instrument samples from The University of Iowa. “Please feel free to use these samples in your research or music projects without restriction.” |
| https://www.bensound.com/ Royalty Free Music |
| Kongano – Dozens of pieces with bright production. |
| Jungle Sounds There is no copyright info on this site, but the sounds seems pretty generic. |
| Musopen – Free Public Domain Classical Music Completely free. You must register for free and you are limited in the number of downloads per day. |
| Soundjay Free Sound Effects |
| Surf our Sounds – Beachware.com Free for non-commercial use. |
| James Richardson – Just a few pieces right now. historical-sounding |
| Free Loops and Samples |
| JL Studios Free Sound Effects |
| MusicTracks – About 25 pieces, mostly relaxing. |
| Librivox – Public Domain Audiobooks |
| Josh Woodward – Creative Commons Acoustic rock – can be used with attribution |
| Sound Bible – Royalty Free Sounds section contains public domain and creative commons sounds |
| Anthony Kozar – Original Ambient Music. Creative Commons by attribution & share-alike license |
| Matt McFarland – over 50 instrumental pieces |
| https://cchound.com/ Creative Commons Licensed Music |
| Free Wave Samples – Freeware music samples |
| https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/ |
| Jamendo – Free Music, Creative Commons, Non-commercial & by attribution. Must register for free. Download from free download section only. |
| Free Music Archive – Creative Commons Licenses, see individual tracks for usage conditions |
| Sound Effects Library – The sound effects, NOT the movie clips |
| BreakingCopyright – Royalty free music downloads using Creative Commons Licenses |