Die BBC hat ihre Soundeffekt-Bibliothek auf nicht weniger als 33.000 Samples aufgestockt, die dort jetzt zum kostenlosen Download bereitstehen.
Indexed into categories, the sounds span everything from footsteps and transport to nature and machines. Among the plethora of sounds covered are reindeer grunts, rain, clocks, horses walking in mud, common frog calls and crowds at the 1989 FA Cup Final. And that barely scratches the surface.
The sounds have been released under a non-commercial use license (a RemArc License) as part of the BBC’s RemArc programme, which is “designed to help trigger memories in people with dementia using BBC Archive material as stimulation”.
A RemArc License stipulates that the samples can only be used for research, educational or personal projects, and therefore can’t be legally sampled in music that is then sold.