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The BBC has opened up its vast sound archive to the public. Thanks to the new BBC Sound Effects website, you can freely download over 16,000 sound effects in WAV format for “personal, educational or research purposes”.

The database is tagged and searchable, so you can easily find everything from animal sounds and talking dolls to the sound of furnace glass burners and rattling window frames. It appears to cover most of the BBC’s lifespan, with effects from the 1920s onwards.

http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/

wow!

Thank you! Very handy URL to have. This one post just paid for a year's subscription to this forum!

Oh, man...there is no https: version of the site.

OtherBruce wrote:Thank you! Very handy URL to have. This one post just paid for a year's subscription to this forum!

Good one.

So if I make a youtube video and try to monetize it then legally I cant use the sound tracks from here?

For clarity on anyone that might be reading this after the fact, there is no paid subscription service for our forums.

This is amazing! It feels like stumbling on a treasure trove. Im definitely going to bookmark this link. Thanks for sharing!