Alternatives to Rogue Waves Libraries

Freesound

Freesound suits people looking for individual sounds or sharing recordings under Creative Commons licenses.

Mixkit

Mixkit suits creators seeking free video, music, sound effects, templates, or digital art for projects.

99Sounds

99Sounds suits music, video, game, podcast, and sound-design creators seeking free sounds and instrument plugins.

It suits creative sound designers seeking WAV effects and ambience libraries with metadata and photos.

It suits game studios, product teams, AI apps, editors, and sleep tools needing sound effects or audio workflows.

SoundBits suits multimedia, music, and game creators needing downloadable WAV effects.

SoundMorph suits sound creators working on film, games, music, trailers, and interactive media.

Pro Sound Effects

It suits sound designers, editors, engineers, and producers in film, television, games, technology, schools, and media companies.

The Recordist suits audio professionals sourcing effects for film, television, games and other audiovisual work.

This archive suits creators, educators, researchers, and others seeking BBC sound recordings for permitted non-commercial projects.

Sound Ideas

Sound Ideas memberships suit podcasters and YouTubers, video editors and filmmakers, and game developers looking for searchable sound material.

Soundly

Soundly suits sound designers and other creative professionals who need to search sound libraries and move results into editing tools.

It suits game groups, writers and storytellers seeking browser-based ambience or music.

ZapSplat suits filmmakers, YouTubers, game developers, podcasters, educators and other creatives looking for sound effects or music.

It suits creators needing downloadable effects or music for commercial projects.

TONSTURM suits sound designers, composers, post-production professionals, and game developers working in film, games, broadcast, or multimedia.