Sound Clips

Common Sound Formats

Sound use is growing very rapidly on the Internet There are several different sound formats to choose from: each with it's own benefits.

MIDI    |    WAV   |   MP3

Finding Sounds

AudioSparx (click "Login" on homepage)Over 178,000 sound effects, loops and music tracks online.

Altavista  A popular general search engine with multimedia.

Find Sounds.com - FindSounds.com is a new Web search engine for finding sound effects and sample sounds on the Web

Lycos Multimedia Search  A general multimedia search engine.

Audio Online (Online Audio Recordings: UCB Speech Archives; a growing collection of speeches from various figures)

MP3.COM (an excellent source for (legal) MP3 songs)

Yahoo Movie Sounds Section (various sound bites from movies and film)

Yahoo Sound Archive Section (a list of a variety of websites providing sound clips in multiple formats)