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Freesound is an online collaborative platform that hosts a large, freely accessible library of user-uploaded sounds and sound effects (over 731,701 free sounds). Users can log in, upload, tag, and browse sounds, packs, and a map, and participate in forums and community discussions. The site also shares news and events celebrating its 20 years of sound sharing and exploration of generative AI in audio.
Words AI uses
AI reaches for community-driven · free · huge when it describes Freesound.
One caveat recurs: quality varies.
Sources
freesound.org shapes more of what AI says about Freesound than any other source, at 22% of its citations.
reddit.com · en.wikipedia.org · commlabindia.com · infinity.audio
The market map
Digital Media Asset Subscriptions →Excerpts where Freesound appeared in the AI's answer

FreeSound — Useful for individual effects such as ambience, footsteps, doors, machinery, and unusual environmental sounds.

Freesound : A collaborative database of creative commons-licensed sound effects.
Excerpts where Freesound appeared in the AI's answer

Freesound — Fantastic for unusual/experimental sounds and free resources

Freesound.org: A deep, collaborative community-driven database of Creative Commons audio.