Audience
Artists and anyone requiring a collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, and recordings
About Freesound
Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, and all sorts of bleeps, released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse. Freesound provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a "sounds-like" type of browsing and more, upload and download sounds to and from the database, under the same Creative Commons license, and interact with fellow sound-artists! We also aim to create an open database of sounds that can also be used for scientific research and be integrated into third-party applications. Using the Freesound API researchers and developers can access Freesound content a retrieve meaningful sound information such as metadata, analysis files and the sounds themselves. See the developers section and the API documentation for more information. Freesound API usage is free for non-commercial use, but it can also be licensed.
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Company Information
Freesound
Founded: 2005
Spain
freesound.org/help/about/
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Freesound Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Freesound work with?
Freesound works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Freesound support in their product?
Freesound supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Freesound offer?
Freesound offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Freesound integrate with?
Freesound integrates with: Animatives, Anything, and Openverse.
Q: Does Freesound have an API?
Yes, Freesound has an API.
Q: What type of training does Freesound provide?
Freesound provides training in the form of documentation.
