# Online places to find sound clips/samples

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-places-to-find-sound-clips-samples/241591 "2004-04-23T05:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-places-to-find-sound-clips-samples/241591/1 "2004-04-23T05:57:36Z")

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I’m trying to find a site that has some good sound clips for an audio project I’m working on. I’m trying to find a few of things like a crowd of people talking, a small gathering, some background talking from a club/bar… that kind of thing.

Anyone know of any free sites that offer these kind of clips?

Thanks 😃

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**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-places-to-find-sound-clips-samples/241591/2 "2004-04-23T10:57:11Z")

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[http://www.freeaudioclips.com](http://www.freeaudioclips.com)

I have no problem with you asking the question, but come _on_. You could have _guessed_ the URI.

Remember - google may not be perfect, but for the vast majority of searches, it’ll find what ya want.

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**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-places-to-find-sound-clips-samples/241591/3 "2004-04-23T13:34:59Z")

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[http://www.findsounds.com](http://www.findsounds.com)

This is the closest thing I’ve seen to a “Google” for audio clips.

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**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-places-to-find-sound-clips-samples/241591/4 "2004-04-23T16:45:59Z")

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> [@Achilles](#):
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> [http://www.freeaudioclips.com](http://www.freeaudioclips.com)
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> I have no problem with you asking the question, but come _on_. You could have _guessed_ the URI.
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> Remember - google may not be perfect, but for the vast majority of searches, it’ll find what ya want.

Google’s been acting up lately (for me, anyway)… slow response times, if it even responds at all. I’m wondering if anyone else is having this problem.

I tried Yahoo search, but the first 7 pages were full of paysites.