What is the best way to get royalty free sounds please?

[GeorgeGoodnight]

Hi, I've seen sites in the past where you can pay a monthly subscription to use sound clips. I'm interested in waves crashing on the beach and those kinds of nature sounds. I'm guessing if you use those sounds, you'd have to stay subscribed to the host for as long as the track you've used it in is in circulation. If someone can clarify, I'd be extremely grateful.

Are there other ways to perhaps by the track out right and use it without breaching copyright etc.

Many thanks.

 

[Eric V]

Hi, I've seen sites in the past where you can pay a monthly subscription to use sound clips. I'm interested in waves crashing on the beach and those kinds of nature sounds. I'm guessing if you use those sounds, you'd have to stay subscribed to the host for as long as the track you've used it in is in circulation. If someone can clarify, I'd be extremely grateful.

Are there other ways to perhaps by the track out right and use it without breaching copyright etc.

Many thanks.

I use this https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/ It is free. Try here https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/waves crashing/

 

[GeorgeGoodnight]

I use this https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/ It is free. Try here https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/waves crashing/

wow, they are great. Thanks for that.

 

[rob aylestone]

There are lots of changes happening in the world of rights - and 'copyright free' is impacted too. If you pay a fee to use the sound effect, you are, in reality, sort of renting it. They might telly you it's OK to use it for anything, anywhere, in any kind of product forever (any territory, in any medium, for perpetuity in their speak), but what happens when the sound is used in say, a youtube clip, or distributed via one of Google's platforms? Youtube's content aware system grabs your product, and if somebody else uses a sound that you used first, that person gets a copyright infringement notice, or a full strike. That person then decides that they also bought the rights, so puts in an objection. Youtube then use AI to decide, and they can then object again and real people (from what I can gather) arbitrate, and it's possible that if they submitted decent evidence to back up their claim, then Youtube might then find against you - and YOU have to defend your case.

Horrible and getting more common. There is no totally trouble free solution.

Don't forget that the entire BBC sound effects library - a collection of hundreds of thousands of sound effects is available, and they are really good.

With AI scouring the net for transgressors, it's going to get more and more difficult.

 

[GeorgeGoodnight]

There are lots of changes happening in the world of rights - and 'copyright free' is impacted too. If you pay a fee to use the sound effect, you are, in reality, sort of renting it. They might telly you it's OK to use it for anything, anywhere, in any kind of product forever (any territory, in any medium, for perpetuity in their speak), but what happens when the sound is used in say, a youtube clip, or distributed via one of Google's platforms? Youtube's content aware system grabs your product, and if somebody else uses a sound that you used first, that person gets a copyright infringement notice, or a full strike. That person then decides that they also bought the rights, so puts in an objection. Youtube then use AI to decide, and they can then object again and real people (from what I can gather) arbitrate, and it's possible that if they submitted decent evidence to back up their claim, then Youtube might then find against you - and YOU have to defend your case.

Horrible and getting more common. There is no totally trouble free solution.

Don't forget that the entire BBC sound effects library - a collection of hundreds of thousands of sound effects is available, and they are really good.

With AI scouring the net for transgressors, it's going to get more and more difficult.

Thanks so much. That's really helpful.

 

[TalismanRich]

Can you imagine if Roland copyrighted the TR-808 "slap" and got copyright violations for every song that used it? They could decimate the entire hip hop industry!