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Soundsnap is the best platform to find and share free sound effects and loops- legally. It is a collection of original sounds made or recorded by its users, and not songs or sound FX found on commercial libraries or sample CD's.

It was originally started by a small group of sound people from all over the world. Our common belief is that sounds and samples should be free for everyone to use in their projects, commercial or not.

Our users are a diverse mix of sound designers, sound artists, web game developers, filmmakers and music producers. Hobbyists and home video makers are welcome too.

What Soundsnap is NOT:

  • An alternative to Myspace, Limewire or BitTorrent.
  • A place to upload your band's songs or your favourite mp3's. Soundsnap is only for sound effects and loops.
  • A place you can upload or find sounds from commercial libraries. All sounds here are original- made or recorded by its users.

We encourage everyone to upload high quality sound FX and samples, helping us make every kind of sound available on Soundsnap.

We are looking for feedback from the community to constantly improve, and we depend on our users for that. So please feel free to leave a recommendation or feedback in the special section of our forum.

I hope you enjoy your time here and Happy Snapping!

Tasos Frantzolas
Soundsnap Founder

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mikedred
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The most useful sounds are those without added spatialization. e.g without delay, reverb, panning, or overly aggressive dynamic processing (compression / limiting). All these after-effects are subject to tempo and depth constraints and reduce the flexibilty for placement in a mix or arrangement. It's very difficult to mask or reverse engineer these attributes. I'd suggest that if you feel the need to present your sound 'wet' then do so after presenting it in a dry state so that users can utilise the dry sound and maximise it's potential across a range of projects, while still getting the vibe of your personal interpretation.

Mike.

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Submitted by mikedred on Tue, 2007-07-03 01:01. login or register to post comments

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boneworx
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 Joined: 2007-10-29
Agreed! While processed

Agreed! While processed sounds can be infinitely cool, none are as flexible as the raw sound source. And while the originals may not be as personal as sounds we've manipulated, they will tend to draw more downloads, and consequently get our signature tweaked sounds more exposure.


Mon, 2007-10-29 18:50 login or register to post comments

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Sampleconstruct
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I don't agree at all.

I don't agree at all. Soundsnap is not just about supplying free sounds for others to be used in their mixes but it´s also a platform for sonic art and experimental stuff, be it wet dry, half dry, phased, distorted, whatever. Of course it would be sort of silly to add reverb to the ambiance of a refrigarator but if the uploader feels like doing this then why not, as long as the sound is presented in a good or at least useful quality.
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Fri, 2007-11-02 09:45 login or register to post comments

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SAMPLESTORE
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i think samples like bass or

i think samples like bass or drum have to be dry .

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Sat, 2007-11-24 12:23 login or register to post comments