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Resource for free sounds and sound effects

January 25, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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The Freesound Project is a web site that collects sounds and sound effects (not music) that are available under Creative Commons licensing, and therefore free and legal for anyone to use. It’s also a community; you can register and upload your own sounds for sharing.

At the top right, enter a term in the Search box. For example, try entering thunder or bell, and you’ll find lots of options.

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Great resource, but do you think it is a good idea to include sound effects in a presentation? I’ve often found the result can seem amateurish and irritating.

I believe we should be careful introducing extraneous media into presentation that doesn’t directly aid the presenter to convey the message.

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on this.

Jessica

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Jessica, You are absolutely right that sound effects need to be used only to convey the message. But there are a number of ways that they can be used to do so. For example, in my holiday card (http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/create-a-swinging-bell-or-pendulum-in-powerpoint/), I used a bell sound for the bell. The message was the passing of time and its celebration as we go into the New Year. Or, for a message that difficult times are ahead, you could use a thunderstorm sound. It works as a metaphor. These are both “soft” messages that lend themselves to visualization and similarly, sound effects. You certainly… Read more »

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As a teacher of students with visual impairments I would like to disagree for one simple reason. Power points are not usually accessible. However, if using a power point individuals who are blind require notes from the power point and transitions sounds assist them in tracking the presentation.

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