Soungle

While doing my Avatar trailer sound assignment, I found that I needed a variety of sound effects that I couldn't record myself. I began searching for websites which offered royalty-free sound effects for free download and I came across a particularly convenient one. Soungle, developed by a company called Southern Codes, provides a quick and easy sound effects search engine for royalty-free sound effects. Rather than searching various websites, however, Soungle searches its own ever-growing database of both user and developer provided sounds.

The goal in mind is simplicity - search, preview, download. Soungle achieves this very well. After searching for a keyword, ten results are displayed per page. Each one has a short description, the frame rate, duration, bit rate and a large play button to preview the sound. The information is organized into a simple minimalist interface which is both attractive and easy to use. ALL sound effects are royalty-free, and the website itself is free to access and use, although there are some unobtrusive advertisements and they do accept donations.