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Amazing resource for #fimmakers #musicians and other creative minds!

The BBC has made its vast sound effects archive freely available!

With over 33,000 sound samples from around the world, dating back to the 1920s, you’ll find categories like "Footsteps," "Machines," "Crowds," "Animals," and more. These sounds are free for non-commercial use, though licensing is available for commercial projects.

sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/

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in reply to Petr Nuska

@dan613 Read the terms, it’s anything but freely available. You’ll have to take it down if they ask you to—e.g., if they remove it—which’ll mean you’ll have to take down your film, for example, and re-edit it. Also, no commercial usage + you just keep any tracking, etc., they have, etc. So I’d be *very* careful in using these for anything other than maybe your own personal ringtone. I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, etc.

sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/…

in reply to Aral Balkan

@aral @dan613 Thanks for raising this up. I have to admit I didn't read the terms & conditions in their entirety, just this tldr note by BBC. Seems to me there is still a lot of potential (besides the personal ringtones I mean😇)...