# Background sounds - resources on the web? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-sounds-resources-on-the-web/159121 "2003-03-05T00:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-sounds-resources-on-the-web/159121/1 "2003-03-05T00:26:58Z")
This doesn´t seem important enough for GQ (feel free to move!)… but it is kind of a factual question: Do you know any website which lets you download background sounds/ sound effects for free? More precisely, a friend of mine needs some bar buzz (talking, glasses clincking, laughter) as a background for a song, and before he actually walks into a bar and tapes it there, he´s trying to find something on the net. Google gives us loads of pay-sites, even if the stuff is royalty-free, but the again, maybe I´m asking the wrong questions? Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-sounds-resources-on-the-web/159121/2 "2003-03-05T01:52:16Z")
I don’t know if this is exactly what you’re looking for, but here’s a web site I used recently when working on a presentation for work: [http://www.findsounds.com/](http://www.findsounds.com/) I think I also got some sound fx from this one: [http://www.wavcentral.com/](http://www.wavcentral.com/) I hope these help! ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-sounds-resources-on-the-web/159121/3 "2003-03-05T02:31:37Z")
Wow, what timing. I was just at [findsounds.com](http://findsounds.com) looking (listening) for phones and gunshots. I can’t tell whether the sounds are copyrighted (written?), so I chose to use them. Great site. ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-sounds-resources-on-the-web/159121/4 "2003-03-05T10:52:22Z")
Yay, thanks, those look good. There should be something there. Doesn´t look like their copyrighted, and soundeffects usually aren´t anyway - but the only ones I foud yesterday were pay-per-download. I knew I could trust my fellow dopers.