Wikipedia:Free sound resources

Wikipedia:Free sound resources
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There are a number of sources of public domain or free content sound recordings appropriate for Wikipedia use available online, and as well as in other contexts.

All files should be converted to ogg, Wikipedia's patent-free format of choice.

Archival recordings

American Folklife Center – a very diverse collection of folk music and other ethnographic/documentary materials by the U.S. government. As U.S. government works, these are all available under the public domain.
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project - an academic project preserving commercial recordings from the age of the phonograph cylinder. Both mp3 files and wav files are provided for all titles; the mp3 files are placed under a non-commercial license, so only conversions of the wav files are appropriate for Wikipedia use.

Recent recordings

Recent recordings
Page name/link	Music	Sounds	Description	License
Sons et Bruitages	No	Yes	mp3, ogg and wav format	CC BY
Fulda Symphonic Orchestra	Yes	No	Choral music	CC BY-SA
incompetech.com	Yes	No		CC BY
Jamendo	Yes	No	Lots of unfree, need to use correct filter (as in link)	CC BY, CC BY-SA, FAL
morceaux choisis	Yes	No	Classical music	GFDL
Opsound	Yes	No		CC BY-SA, PD
pdsounds.org	No	Yes	Mp3, ogg, wav and flac format	PD
SoundTransit	No	Yes	Field recordings	CC BY

Wikipedians

Wikipedians can also be an important source for free content music. Please see Wikipedia:Requested recordings.

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