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Hi,

I'm doing some research on soundfile sharing at the moment. Does anyone know if there are any similar free databases of sound to the FreesoundProject?

Also maybe if anyone know of (open) groups that make collective compositions via the web, like the microsound list and tapeworm collective?

Your help is highly appreciated!

~Martin

You can also find free shared field-recording sounds on http://www.sounddesigners.org/index.php

http://www.ccmixter.org/

http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/sound_samples/sample_libraries/

Tons of orchestra samples.

Some more instrumental samples:

http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html

There were also some at Audioshots which seems to be down now

You could probably visit archive.org or a cached Google page and see what the site once looked like.

http://www.kvraudio.com/

Seems to have a lot of things there but navigation is a little confusing if you're not exactly sure what you're looking for there. There's also mention of a sampling torrent site there.

The one thing that's frustrating about some of these places is users will post sounds that are actually copyrighted. So be careful what you use.

hey soundhead, do you know if you can use the samples from www.philharmonia.co.uk in a commercial piece? thnx, james

twistedbloke
hey soundhead, do you know if you can use the samples from www.philharmonia.co.uk in a commercial piece? thnx, james

Philharmonia Orchestra
The samples have all been recorded by Philharmonia Orchestra players and are free to download and use, but please note:

You can use the samples to create any kind of musical composition, you can even share them with other people, but you cannot sell them. In other words, you have the right to use them, but they are not for re-sale.

This means that the samples are free to use for creative musical purposes. Even if you use them to create a No.1 selling CD (in fact we hope you do), we will not make any charges or any claim for royalties. As long as you have made creative musical use of the samples you can do as you wish: we only insist that the original samples must not be sold to anyone.
NB Simply changing the samples into another file format (eg from mp3 into wav) does not constitute 'creative musical use' and will not give you the right to sell a sample.

As I understand it the samples from that website are free to use in anything you like but you are not allowed to sell them 'as they are' to make a profit.

Apart from that: great initiative!

I think they want you to make creative use of the sound. But that doesn't take much if you think about it. Using same sound rhythmically or mixed with others. Or going from one pitch to the next sounds like creative use to me. My guess is they don't want you to quote orchestral phrases that are a minute or so long orchestrations they have without doing anything creative though. You could always ask though, if you don't have any plans to creatively transform the sound at all.