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Soundsnap.com
Comments: Thousands of free sound effects and loops, with tagged browsing.
Limitations: Free for commercial and non-commercial use, but must comply with their terms of use (attribution optional, but no reselling unless part of a complete work). See the copyright/legal section at the bottom of theFAQ for more information.

Incompetech
Comments: Browse by feel or genre. Music only.
Limitations: Music must be credited in your work. Author (Kevin Macloed) requests a $5 donation to support the site, but not required.

RoyaltyFreeMusic.com
Comments: Music, loops, beats, sound effects, even ringtones.
Limitations: Only the sound clips on the page provided are free. Everything else on the site is paid.

CCMixter
Comments: A site containing remixes licensed under Creative Commons. It can be a little confusing to figure out how to download in MP3 format, but you’ll get there.
Limitations: Check the Creative Commons license associated with each track before you use it. According to the FAQ, most of the music on the site is free and legal for any use, anywhere, but you’re advised to check individual tracks for different licensing and restrictions.

Free-Loops.com
Comments: A wide variety of downloadable loops and audio clips.
Limitations: Site says “free for personal use only” at the very bottom. May be restrictions for commercial use.

SoundSource
Comments: Sounds, effects, and music samples. Check the upper right hand corner to switch the language to English if you get lost.
Limitations: Check Creative Commons licensing for attribution requirements; some rights reserved.

NewGrounds Audio
Comments: Anything from midi loops to wav remixes to voice audio clips – some good, some downright awful.
Limitations: Check each track for licensing and attribution requirements. Be aware that users on Newgrounds may create remixes/loops without permission of the original copyright holder.

Rekkerd.org Loops
Comments: Collections of royalty-free music loops.
Limitations: None; donation requested but not required.
(With thanks to Ron over at Flooby Nooby )
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  1. Unknown13 April 2011 at 18:36

    this is cool, I feel we need an archive of posts like this on one side of this blog.

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  2. tutorphil13 April 2011 at 18:59

    Yep - agreed - come the summer, I'll revamp the template and start to categorise the various different strands...

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  3. feigned-existence13 April 2011 at 19:53

    here is another one you could add to the list phil

    http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/

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  4. Molly13 April 2011 at 20:40

    Excellent, thank you!
    I've been using www.musopen.com for classical pieces of royalty free music too, incase that's any use too :)

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  5. tutorphil13 April 2011 at 21:19

    Well, thankyou very much Nathan! :D

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  6. Peter23 April 2011 at 17:40

    Thanks for the links nathan! there is some great smaples on the websites. Im just starting writing my own music using soundcloud to promote it would it be ok to just all these samples royalty free

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