Found sounds and everyday speech samples

[aMUSEd]

I'm wanting to build up a library of "found" sounds and clips of people talking. I don't have a tape recorder or the facilities to record my own but wondered if there were any collections avaliable - preferably free or cheap.

People talking could also include people making speeches (such as that GW Bush piece I did recently) or stuff from adverts or TV and I would also love some read poetry or dialogue from plays but I'd also just like some of people just talking.

[Kriminal]

I got a Timothy Leary interview somwhere, pretty big tho

[spaceman]

I'd be interested in those kind of recordings too

[Sascha Franck]

http://www.soundamerica.com/
Sounds (words that is) of movies, TV ads, etc.
Attention: PopUp laden site! Low quality too.

http://www.dailywav.com/
LOADS of quotes from all sort of stuff. Speeches, movies, whatever.
No high quality though, but quite some fun.

http://simplythebest.net/sounds/MP3/MP3_sounds.html
Similar to the ones above.

You will find tons of sites once you enter "TV movies sounds mp3 download" in Google.

[elekt]

archive.org is a goldmine, interviews, field recordings, most with no copyright issues. If you want political stuff, there's a section dedicated to that - i think it's called 'democracy now'. where's your bush song?

[shamann]

The Internet Archive is fast becoming one of the best sources for audio material.

Check out there Open Source Audio collection. They also have political speeches and historic material.

Cheers,
Steve

[edit] elekt beat me to it.

[torhan]

http://www.soundamerica.com/
Sounds (words that is) of movies, TV ads, etc.
Attention: PopUp laden site

I think that's the understatement of the week!

[aMUSEd]

Thanks for the answers - I'll check all these out.

[vurt]

i started a thread recently asking for volunteers,just people speaking random words
grab some of them as well just random words great for chopping

krim
mp3 that tim leary thing pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

[origami]

but are those samples from those webpages you just mentioned legal? I mean are they copyricht free and can use them freely in my songs??? that's a very important issue.

[Pantsdown666]

http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/speeches.html

[shamann]

but are those samples from those webpages you just mentioned legal? I mean are they copyricht free and can use them freely in my songs??? that's a very important issue.

Everything in the Open Source Audio collection is public domain, and several of the Archives collections are as well. Licensing information is usually readily available on each page.

[Rock Hardbuns]

At opensource audio, most material is under the creative commons. This in it self does not mean that they are free to use in music, but it usually means you can copy and redistribute the entire material.

What you need to look for is material that allows derivative works (meaning you are allowed to take it and make something else from it etc.).

OR: get in touch with the copyright holder (contact information is provided in some places) and ask if they are willing to make an exception for you.

[Rock Hardbuns]

...also, I noted that many of the works have the share-alike clause which means that if you make a derivative work with the material, it must be acessible under a license identical to the one used for the material you used.

I guess alot of people here doesnt care alot about this stuff, but it really can come back and bite you later.

[shamann]

At opensource audio, most material is under the creative commons. This in it self does not mean that they are free to use in music, but it usually means you can copy and redistribute the entire material.

Hadn't realized things in open source audio weren't allowing derivative works.

If you go digging through field recordings there, you will come across some things that are licensed under the CC public domain license.

I could have sworn I saw more last time I looked it over.

Cheers,
Steve