As we are hooked into our social life, there are many times that you, siblings or friends need a sound to load in their presentation, video, clip or memes, which is hardly used by anyone, or which doesn’t have a copyright issue as well. Then comes the time to search the websites or go through your media gallery, but still you don’t find the right one. At that moment www.soundbible.com, a website with free sound clips comes as a perfect solution for all of you.

Most of the times, it is not the music we are looking for, sometimes we just need a small sound, the sound of a car, a honk, market, thunder, laughter, sawing, marbles, ice skating, airplane take off, sliding door, fire truck horn, water drops, slot machine and hundreds of more like that — the sounds that make your presentation, clip or video feel naturally complete.

So the site under review is all about sounds that are so common, but unique. After opening the site, use the search bar to locate a specific sound or browse through sound effects or royalty free sounds available on the site.

Once you like the sound, open it separately, click to play, then click on the name to go to the download section. You can choose from wav, mp3, or zip file, and then click to download. You can read the clear information about digital rights as there are thousands of files available for easy download.

If you search solely in Royalty Free sounds, you are safe to use them, but don’t forget to follow the attribution requirements as explained on the lower portion of the “Royalty Free sounds” page.

Apart from that, you can also share if you have created something of your own, using the link provided along with a short description of your sound file. However, the biggest con about the site is that it contains ads, which can make you confuse between real and the ad content. Had the site creators created the site ad-free, it would have been a clean and neat experience.

Another similar site with the same idea is www.orangefreesounds.com.

This site also offers free sound effects, music loops and background music for both commercial and non-commercial use.

According to orangefreesounds, there are no hidden costs or your need to sign-up. Downloading the sound or music is completely free.

However, this site also contains ads. But all I can say is forget about the ads if you really need a nice sound behind your meme, clip, video or presentation.

Go get your favourite tunes from www.soundbible.com and www.orangefreesounds.com/

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 16th, 2022