The internet is now a bit more noisy. That's because audio files on social media have rediscovered an amazing fact. The BBC's vast sound effects library is open to the public. Thousands of clips can ...

The Sound Effects Library has signed an agreement with the BBC that will make BBC sounds accessible to the public online. The BBC library of 165 CDs worth of effects will be added to the Sound Effects ...

The BBC uses Auto-Recognition “off-air reporting” software from Soundmouse to manage the music reporting across some BBC services. In this scenario the entire service is monitored by the software, the ...

The 1977 album Sound Effects No. 13 – Death & Horror opens with a blade being sharpened, then unfolds into an arrangement of chopping, tearing, crunching, whipping, sawing, and sizzling. The source of ...

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