How to Use
All of the databases below contain downloadable music tracks, sounds, and sfx. Please note that some have special sign up instructions you must follow to gain access. These databases and websites are useful when researching and using sounds for film projects, animation, motion design, game art, and other projects requiring a sound component.
Free Sound Websites
All of the websites below are freely accessible on the web. In order to use, you will have to set up a personal account on each site in order to gain access to its materials.
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JamendoJamendo has thousands of Creative Commons music tracks.
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Free SFXSearch more than a thousand free sound effects. Alan McKinney of McKinney Sound asked professional sound companies and individuals around the world to contribute sound effects for everyone to use for free. There are some limitations to how you can use the sound effects - read those limitations at http://www.freesfx.co.uk/info/eula/.
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FreesoundSearch a collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, and recordings of sound effects released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.
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MusopenRecorded public domain music. All materials are in the public domain.
Universal Production Music (formerly Killer Track)s - Special Sign Up
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Killer Tracks (now Universal Production Music)Read through the Terms of Use and Conditions agreement to access the resource. High quality music tracks to download. 33,000 tracks with 2-3 cut-down each for a total of 100,000 music tracks. Hip-hop, orchestral, pop rock, dramedy, film scores and more. To register for the resource click "Login/Register" and "Register Here". Be sure to use your RINGLING COLLEGE EMAIL.
Sound Ideas/Westar Music
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Sound IdeasGoldstein Library provides Sound Ideas, Sound Effects, and Music for download online. Download is only available to Ringling College students, faculty, and staff.
These files are copyrighted content provided under Goldstein Library's educational license agreement. By accepting any of them, you agree to limit your use of the files to synchronized recordings in timed relation with non-profit College or classroom projects. Transfer, copying, or duplication of these works in whole or in part for any other purpose is expressly prohibited unless specifically authorized in writing by Sound Ideas.
Detail of Mural Momentum by Julie Kanapaux
