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

Useful Links

Royalty Free Stock Music and Sounds

  • Freesound.org

    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 

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

  • Citizen DJ

    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 https://www.loc.gov/ 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.

  • Nasa

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

  • FreeStockMusic

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

  • BBC

    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.

  • Zapslat

    Free sound effects and royalty free music. Attribution required.

  • Freesfx

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

  • Soundbible

    Free and royalty free sound effects.

  • SoundEffectsPlus

    Free and royalty free sound effects.

  • Adobe Audition Sound FX

    Free and royalty free fonts.

News & Community

  • Created Digital Music

    Music, art and tech news.

  • Liz Pelly

    Articles on the subject of music and technology written by Liz Pelly.

  • Cherie Hu

    Articles on the subject of music and technology written by Cherie Hu.

  • Interdepenence.fm

    Holly Herndon / Matt Drydon podcast on the subject of music and technology.

  • SoundWorks Collection

    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.

  • The EQL Directory

    soundgirls.org directory amplifying women in audio and production.

  • Tape Op

    An online creative music recording magazine.

  • Broken Record Podcast

    A pop music podcast hosted by Rick Rubin.