I'm hoping to find a free or a subscription-based web site which
offers a large catalog of downloadable professional-quality sound
effects. Most of the sound effects online are recorded with a low
sample rate (8kHz or 11kHz). I'm looking for sound effects recorded at
22-44khz, very low hiss, etc. WAV format preferred, but not critical.
Mono/stereo not important.

Ideally, of course, a free site, but I'd be willing to consider a
subscription-based site (access to all sounds, not pay-per-download)
no higher than USD$20 per month.

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 10 Oct 2003 15:03 PDT

Hi Bobbie7, nice to be working with you again. This IS a tougher one,
which is why I priced it a bit higher. None of the three you found are
what I'm after. I'm looking for essentially a large searchable
catalog, with a reasonable flat-rate subscription. These are either
small (and unsearchable) catalogs (i.e. 1000 or less sounds), or too
expensive. It may be an impossible find, but I'm hoping someone can
find the right place.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 10 Oct 2003 15:12 PDT

Dear Jhabley-ga,

I'll keep searching but I'm not very optimistic.

Perhaps another researcher will have better luck than I and  will be
able to find exactly what you require.

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 11 Oct 2003 17:59 PDT

Hello there,

I'm afraid I'm a bit confused.  

Can you clarify what's wrong with the Audiosparx site Bobbie7 found
at:

http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/default.cfm 

They're searchable, subscription-based, under $20/month and have over
100,000 files.  It seems perfect!

If we knew why it doesn't work for you, perhaps we could find you one
that does.

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 14 Oct 2003 11:09 PDT

Anyone else?

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 05 Nov 2003 18:54 PST

Hi - just to clarify, the AudioSparx site has 100,000+ sound files,
but the vast majority seem to be music loops and music tracks. I'm
looking for specifically a large sound effects catalog.

Hello again Jhabley,

Please take a look at the following links.


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AudioSparx
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OVER 162,000 WAV FILE SOUND EFFECTS, LOOPS  AND MUSIC TRACKS ONLINE
http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/default.cfm


Tens of thousands of royalty-free sound effects, drum loops, synth
effects, romantic and sexual sounds, mechanical sounds, cartoon sound
effects, animals, people and nature sounds, drums, bass, guitar and
many other instrument loops, music and much more!

One Month Membership: $11.95
 
Three Month Membership: $29.95
 
Six Month Membership: $49.95
 
One Year Membership: $84.95

http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/pricing.cfm

Subscribe here:
https://www.advances.com/sa/sacharge/signup.cfm



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Partners in Rhyme 
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/

Royalty Free Sound Effects
Links to collections of downloadable royalty free sound effects
available for use in your multimedia projects free of charge.

Public Domain Sound Effects
The public domain sound effects library is a large collection of
general sound effects for you to download, use and distribute royalty
free.

Free Sound Effects
These sound effects are collected from all over the web and are free
for personal and educational use unless otherwise stated by the owner.

Partners In Rhyme
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html



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Sonomic: 
Choose from over 250,000 royalty-free sounds!
http://www.sonomic.com/

For $1499.99, download as many sound effects as you want for an entire
year!
http://www.sonomic.com/homeframe.jsp?content=/pricing.jsp

For just $29.99 per month, Monthly Subscriptions let you download 10
Sound Effects or 30 Samples every month.
http://www.sonomic.com/homeframe.jsp?content=/pricing.jsp


This was a difficult searcn because most sound effect libraries are
pay-per-download or have VERY expensive subscription rates.

Please let me know if my findings are what you had it mind.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7

This site offers quality soundtracks:

http://www.coolsoundtracks.com

omniscientbeing-ga
Google Answers Researcher

Hi jhabley,

Have you tried Findsounds.com?

http://www.findsounds.com/

You can search for a sound effect and specify the file format,
channels, resolution and sample rate of sounds that you are looking
for.

And it's free.

Regards,

Beth

Hi Beth, I'd been using findsounds.com until now and that's why I'd
like to switch. Though you can specify higer bit rates, they don't
have many in hi-res and even the ones that are sound awful or are cut
short. Mostly it seems to be a collection of bad sfx found elsewhere
on the web and assembled online.