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School of Media, Arts and Humanities - for students and staff

Useful links

Royalty Free Stock Music and Sounds

  • Probably the best-known collection of open-sourced sound files. Mixed rights, so you should check and follow the rights declared of each file indervidually.

  • Youtube audio library. Ostensibly for use in youtube videos, but rights-free so can be used anywhere. Music and sound effects

  • A project to make accessible the huge library of recorded materials available in the US Library of Congress collection, many of which are public-domain. The full collection at is a little harder to navigate, but also contains video, pictographic and written materials. Rights and permissions are mixed, so you should check and follow the rights declared to each file.

  • Huge library of NASA sound - space, rockets, speeches, mission radio comms etc. Educational use only, and use should be attributed.

  • A great source for royalty free music of various genres. Mixed rights - mostly attribution required

  • The BBC SFX library with over 16,000 sound effects. We have this in CD form on campus and they are also on the Teaching Drive. Not for commercial use.

  • Free sound effects and royalty free music. Attribution required.

  • Free and royalty free sound effects and music. Attribution required.

  • Free and royalty free sound effects.

  • Free and royalty free sound effects.

  • Adobe Creative Cloud software includes thousands of uncompressed, royalty-free audio sound effects. The sounds have been grouped together by type. Just download the zip files by clicking the links on the page.

  • Extensive collection of free music and sound effects, as well as motion graphics and video clips. No login required.

News & Community

  • A collection of articles about sound design and a dedicated learning space for the art of film sound design.

  • News, interviews, tutorials, etc.

  • Various sound design related articles and resources.

  • News, quartlery publication with lots of interesting info.

  • An online destination that takes you behind the scenes into the world of audio post-production for feature films, video game sound design, and original soundtrack composition.

  • soundgirls.org directory amplifying women in audio and production.

  • Articles, interviews, news and a "learn" section.

  • A showcase and workshop for New Public Radio.

  • A curated network of extraordinary, cutting-edge podcasts.

  • A 24/7 radio station that seeks to discover, encourage and support a diverse range of artistic voices from first-timers to seasoned broadcasters.