Freebie Audio Lists

[Calie]

This is not my list, I did not do the research for this information, it was done by MikeDazFan at Daz Studio.

All links checked and are active as of September 30 2011


FREE AUDIO EDITING PROGRAMS

Audacity sound file editor (freeware)
(Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Goldwave(sound file editor, shareware I think, after awhile the program nags you to buy a copy)
(Windows 7 (64 & 32 bit) Windows Vista (64 & 32 bit) Windows XP Windows 2000 Linux with Wine)
http://www.goldwave.com/release.php

Old versions of Goldwave
http://www.oldversion.com/GoldWave.html

Old versions of Cool Edit Pro (versions before 2.0 are shareware, I think)
(Windows)
http://www.oldversion.com/Cool-Edit-Pro.html

Old versions of various multimedia editors:
http://www.oldversion.com/

Wavepad
(Windows, Pocket PC, Mac Intel, Mac PPC, Linux)
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad

Mixpad
(Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008, 98, ME)
http://www.nch.com.au/mixpad

Virtual Piano
(Windows)
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/virtual_piano.html

Quoting from someone on a different thread:
"Computer Music gives away a full software music studio worth of programs, plugins and instruments with every issue.
They call it the CM Studio."

Sony Acid Express (You have to spend time registering before downloading, and then register again before running the program)
(Win98/98SE/Me/2000/XP)
http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/

Anvil studio (freeware, for editing midi files, including lyrics and scores)
(Windows 7(32-bit)/Vista(32-bit)/XP/2000/98 )
I went to the link provided by another and that site no longer exists, however, the Anvil Studio did provide the means to get this free program.
(The page or file you requested does not exist.
To download the 2011 version of Anvil Studio, try www.AnvilStudio.com/x/asinstall.exe
To download the 2010 version of Anvil Studio for Windows 98, try www.AnvilStudio.com/x/asinstall98.exe
These sites have versions of Anvil Studio that may be up to two months older than the latest version:
Tucows
Search Google for sites that have Anvil Studio available for download.
If there was another file you expected to find here, please let us know at support@AnvilStudio.com)

Macaw (complicated/advanced midi editor, sampler, synthesizer, sequencer)
(Windows)
http://code.google.com/p/macaw/

http://code.google.com/p/macaw/downloads/list

Be sure to download the soundfonts which are essential to using the Macaw sampler.
Here's what a sound font is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_font

The demo version of FL studio (professional music editor, sampler, synthesizer, sequencer) is free:
http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/whatsnew.html
"Demo Limitations
All FL Studio demo versions are fully featured, giving you access to features associated with the highest level of the program (Producer Edition). Compose new songs and export them to WAV, MP3 or OGG. The only limitation is that projects saved in demo mode will only open fully once FL Studio and plugins have been registered. This gives you the ability to save recover your original projects post-purchase."

Download FL studio demo
(Windows 7, Vista, XP & 2000 (32 & 64 bit))
http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/download.html

FL Studio video tutorials on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=FL+studio&search_type=

Midi Piano(Easy-to-use midi file player and recorder which allows you to select, or deselect, or adjust the volume, of individual tracks during playback. Keyboard keys of notes which are being played are shown colored.)
(Windows)
http://www.freeware4pc.com/download/home/midipiano.shtml


WEB SITES WITH LINKS TO LARGE NUMBERS OF FREE AUDIO AND MUSIC PROGRAMS

Shareware Music Machine freeware category
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/freeware/

Free-loops.com free multimedia software and tools
http://free-loops.com/multimedia-software.php

Free music software
http://freemusicsoftware.org/

Audio Mastermind links to music and sound software, results for searchword freeware
http://www.audiomastermind.com/search.php?keyword=freeware&opt=0&Submit3=Search

For Mac users, links to audio shareware, freeware and demos on the Apple web site:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/



FREE VST PLUGINS

Audio mastermind free VST plugins
http://www.audiomastermind.com/browse-free_vst_plugins-5886988-1.html

KVR audio plugin database - search page
http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php

Free VST plugins by xoxos
http://www.breathcube.com/vst/vst.html

Free VST instruments and effects (the .zippo files seem to be just .zip files and 7-zip opens them without a problem)
http://freevst.webs.com/

Audacity plugins
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/plugins

Free-loops.com free VST plug-ins
http://free-loops.com/free-vst-plugins.php


FREE SOUNDS AND FREE MUSIC

Internet archive's Audio archive (free audio files, music, and more)
http://www.archive.org/details/audio

FREE SHEET MUSIC

Free sheet music, musical scores, songbooks etc.
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

FREE MUSIC

MIDIsite search engine for free MIDI files
http://www.midisite.co.uk/

Incompetech Creative Industries Royalty-Free Music
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Free production music composed and recorded by Jason Shaw, released under a creative commons license
http://www.audionautix.com/

Free music by the band Umbah ("UMBAH music style is mainly industrial death-metal with some grindcore and electronic parts. Most tracks have growled vocals but some got clean voice.")
http://www.umbah.co.uk/cybergrind/mp3z.htm

Freeplay Music (over 6500 free mp3 files)
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Jewelbeat Free Music & Sound Effects
http://www.jewelbeat.com/

Musopen - download classical music
(5 downloads per day with free membership, but you have to pay for a membership to download more than that.)
http://www.musopen.com/


FREE SOUNDS

The below links to free sound samples I have copied from:
http://freemusicsoftware.org/category/free-samples

Audience Sounds
www.AudienceSounds.com
This one get’s to be on top of the list becaus it’s mine It’s a ’studio audience’ laugh-machine. Royalty-free audience and people sounds can played and downloaded for use in your video’s, etc. It’s also fun to use it in the middle of a conversation…

Sample Swap
www.sampleswap.org
A collection of over 12000 free instrument samples.

ccMixter
www.ccmixter.org
A community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.

Internet Archive
www.archive.org
Large site. Great for finding public-domain music, films, and radio shows from which to sample (but you’ll have to do the sampling yourself).

FindSounds
www.findsounds.com
FindSounds is a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples.

Looperman
www.looperman.com
Nearly 3000 free samples and loops of various instruments

Free-Loops
www.free-loops.com
Nearly 3000 free wave and mp3 samples, specializing in electronic music (techno, house, etc.)

Philharmonia Orchestra - The Sound Exchange
www.philharmonia.co.uk
A large database of free orchestral instrument samples

University of Iowa - Electronic Music Studios - If it says domain not found check this url with the one's in the list to access
www.theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html
Several gigs of good orchestral samples

Macaulay Library
www.animalbehaviorarchive.org
A large, impressive collection of Animal Recordings.

Zillion Sounds Collection
www.sounds.beachware.com
A collection of 5000 mp3 samples and sound effects.

SampleNet
Do a search for samplenet and you will get several sites with audio freebies.
A collection of a few thousand mp3 samples of instruments.

Sound Dogs
www.sounddogs.com
Contains many mp3 ‘previews’ of decent length. Included because of decent categorization and amount of content.

Wav Central
www.wavcentral.com
A collection of wave file clips from various movies, tv, and other Sound FX.

The Daily Wav
www.dailywav.com
A daily updated list of clips from movies and tv.

Sound Central
www.soundcentral.com
Keyboard/Synth Samples. A large collection organized by manufacturer.

Rekkerd.org
www.rekkerd.org/loops
A collection of sample packs containing beats and melodic loops.

KB6
www.samples.kb6.de
Some classic drum machine sample packs.

Loopasonic
www.loopasonic.com
A collection of a few hundred wave instrument samples.

Freeloops
www.freeloops.com
A nicely categorized collection of a few hundred mp3 samples of various instruments.

Free Wave Samples
www.freewavesamples.com
Over 100 wave samples of various synthesizers.

Free Samples n’ Loops
www.free-samples-n-loops.com
A collection of several hundred wave sound loops and samples of various instruments.

Audio Skull
www.audioskull.com
About 300 drum n bass / dj samples.

SampleSense
www.samplesense.com
Free Sample PACKS. Not a huge collection, but looks to be quite high quality.

Absolute Sound Effects Archive
www.grsites.com
Around 2000 wav files of various sound effects.

Frogstar
www.frogstar.com
Around 1500 free sound clips and effects.

I Love Wavs
www.ilovewavs.com
Around 1000 Wav files of many different sound effects.

PacDV
www.pacdv.com
Around 1000 wav/mp3’s of various sound effects.

Tingatel Sound Archive
http://www.xmarks.com/site/freesoundfiles.tintagel.net/Audio/
Around 1000 sound effects.

A1 Free Sound Effects
www.a1freesoundeffects.com
Nearly 1000 assorted sound FX.

Brandens Sound Effects
www.brandens.net
Around 1000 free sound FX wave files.

FreeSFX
www.freesfx.co.uk
A few hundred sound FX samples and sample packs.

Sdmm Studio
www.3dmmstudio.co.uk
A couple of dozen sound packs for use in movies.

GoldBaby
www.goldbaby.co.nz/freestuff.html
A collection of about a dozen decent sample packs. Some unusual ones.

Music For Video
www.music-for-video.com
A few high quality sample packs

Simply The Best Sounds
www.simplythebest.net
A few hundred wave files of various sound FX.

Smart Loops
www.smartloops.com
Access a few hundred free samples after supplying your email address.

Blue Distortion
www.bluedistortion.com
A small amount of synthesizer samples, some more in the forum if you register.

Mean Beat
www.meanbeat.cjb.net
A small collection of drum samples, and bass samples

Nexus Project
www.nexusproject.net
A small collection of electronic samples

35 Best Websites to Download Free and Premium Sound Effects - Tripwire magazine
http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2010/11/35-best-websites-to-download-free-and-premium-sound-effects.html