Among the 33,000 effects free for anyone to use are reindeer grunts, frog croaks and crowds at the 1989 FA Cup Final. The internet has gotten a little bit more noisy lately as audio files on social ...

When sample clearance fees became big business in the '80s, up-and-coming producers had to decide whether to use a sample for free and hope for the best, pay the fee or record a soundalike version to ...

The salvage yard at M. Maselli & Sons, in Petaluma, California, is made up of six acres of angle irons, block pulleys, doorplates, digging tools, motors, fencing, tubing, reels, spools, and rusted ...

The internet is now a bit more noisy. That's because audio files on social media have rediscovered an amazing fact. The BBC's vast sound effects library is open to the public. Thousands of clips can ...