# SoundBible

> SoundBible as searched by Sound Server: Classic free sound effects (animals, doors, weapons, weather, household) in WAV and MP3, each with its own licence from public domain to personal use only.

- Website: https://soundbible.com
- Best for: Classic free sound effects (animals, doors, weapons, weather, household) in WAV and MP3, each with its own licence from public domain to personal use only.
- Categories: FX, Foley, Ambience, Vocals, Drums, Other
- Pricing: free
- Licence: set per sample
- How it is searched: scrape
- Direct download through Sound Server: yes
- Restrict a search to it: `https://sound.shep.bot/v1/search?q=...&providers=soundbible`
- Listings counted 2026-10-23: 718+, 718 free

## What it is

SoundBible is a long-standing free sound-effects site covering animals, doors, weapons, weather and household sounds, as WAV and MP3.

## Best for

Everyday sound effects and foley for videos and games.

## Licence

Per sound, from public domain and CC BY to personal use only. Personal-use sounds can't go into a commercial release, and Sound Server marks them that way.

## How Sound Server searches it

From SoundBible's public pages, read and cached.

## Example searches

- [Thunder](https://sound.shep.bot/search?q=thunder&providers=soundbible)
- [Doors](https://sound.shep.bot/search?q=door&category=foley&providers=soundbible)

Guides: https://sound.shep.bot/guides/what-counts-as-commercial-use.md

## In these collections

- [Free kick samples](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-kick-samples.md): 7 of 36
- [Free impact sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-impact-sound-effects.md): 7 of 36
- [Free door sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-door-sound-effects.md): 7 of 36
- [Free glass sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-glass-sound-effects.md): 7 of 36
- [Free white noise samples](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-white-noise-samples.md): 6 of 36
- [Free rain ambience sounds](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-rain-ambience.md): 5 of 36
- [Free water sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-water-sound-effects.md): 5 of 36
- [Free paper sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-paper-sound-effects.md): 4 of 36
- [Free crash cymbal samples](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-crash-cymbal-samples.md): 3 of 33
- [Free footstep sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-footstep-sounds.md): 3 of 28
- [Free breakbeats and drum breaks](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-breakbeats.md): 2 of 36
- [Free spoken word samples](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-spoken-word-samples.md): 2 of 15
- [Free vocal shouts and ad-libs](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-vocal-shouts.md): 2 of 17
- [Free glitch sound effects](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-glitch-sound-effects.md): 2 of 36
- [Free city ambience](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-city-ambience.md): 2 of 33
- [Free snare samples](https://sound.shep.bot/samples/free-snare-samples.md): 1 of 36

## Examples

- [Sweep Kick](https://soundbible.com/998-Sweep-Kick.html) (`soundbible:998-Sweep-Kick`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Sharp Punch](https://soundbible.com/1418-Sharp-Punch.html) (`soundbible:1418-Sharp-Punch`, CC Sampling+ 1.0)
- [Creaking Door Spooky](https://soundbible.com/1717-Creaking-Door-Spooky.html) (`soundbible:1717-Creaking-Door-Spooky`, Public domain)
- [Glass Breaking](https://soundbible.com/1761-Glass-Breaking.html) (`soundbible:1761-Glass-Breaking`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Strange Noise](https://soundbible.com/1016-Strange-Noise.html) (`soundbible:1016-Strange-Noise`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Rain Inside House](https://soundbible.com/2065-Rain-Inside-House.html) (`soundbible:2065-Rain-Inside-House`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Water Churning](https://soundbible.com/1790-Water-Churning.html) (`soundbible:1790-Water-Churning`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Clean Paper Rip](https://soundbible.com/1930-Clean-Paper-Rip.html) (`soundbible:1930-Clean-Paper-Rip`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Crash Large](https://soundbible.com/1172-Crash-Large.html) (`soundbible:1172-Crash-Large`, Public domain)
- [Footsteps On Cement](https://soundbible.com/2057-Footsteps-On-Cement.html) (`soundbible:2057-Footsteps-On-Cement`, Public domain)
- [Neck Breaking](https://soundbible.com/404-Neck-Breaking.html) (`soundbible:404-Neck-Breaking`, CC BY 3.0)
- [Winston Churchill Nazi Speech](https://soundbible.com/385-Winston-Churchill-Nazi-Speech.html) (`soundbible:385-Winston-Churchill-Nazi-Speech`, Public domain)

All sources: https://sound.shep.bot/docs/sources.md

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Source: https://sound.shep.bot/sources/soundbible