BBC Sound Effects Library

44 points by atulatul 9 months ago | 12 comments
  • StephenSmith 9 months ago
    When they use sound effects in news reports, they're called "nat pops."

    They're often used to make reporters sound like they're somewhere they're not. They can be very convincing.

    • bcks 9 months ago
      Damn, search for "Tardis" turns up zero results.
      • Raro 9 months ago
        Maybe it was exterminated?
      • pwdisswordfishd 9 months ago
        https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=NHU05002129

        If you ever wanted to know what a farting chimp sounds like, here's the record.

        • atulatul 9 months ago
          Not related. The Wilhelm scream is used in many movies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDpuA90KEY
          • xyzzyfoobar 9 months ago
            wow! this is a really generous community contribution by the BBC.
            • ipsento606 9 months ago
              you have to pay to license the sounds, and even then, only "synchronous usage" (i.e. use in video for sound effects that precisely line up with what's being depicted on-screen) is covered
              • cut3 9 months ago
                Ya this is amazing!
                • shellac 9 months ago
                  Are there free ones? Seemed to be $5.
              • faangguyindia 9 months ago
                I use these in my AI video generation project.

                I am also making a tool which will have all movies so we can pick the clips out of it using AI prompt then automatically make content like this:

                https://youtube.com/shorts/I5Ao5u4WZFw?si=NUbcfVwyhIiyfvPz

                I am halfway there already.

                • ipsento606 9 months ago
                  > I use these in my AI video generation project.

                  this is not synchronous usage, so is not covered under the (paid) license

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                  • mananaysiempre 9 months ago
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