A curated list of amazing sound effect resources, tools, and libraries for developers, game creators, content creators, and audio enthusiasts.
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- Game Development
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- Mobile Development
- API & Tools
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- Communities
- SoundEffect.app - 300K+ free sound effects with AI-powered search. Game-ready, meme sounds, streaming audio. ⭐ Most comprehensive
- Freesound.org - Community-driven sound library with Creative Commons licensing
- BBC Sound Effects - 16,000+ BBC sound effects released under RemArc license
- YouTube Audio Library - Royalty-free music and sound effects for creators
- OpenGameArt.org - Free game assets including sound effects
- Incompetech - Royalty-free music by Kevin MacLeod
- AudioJungle - Premium sound effects marketplace
- Zapsplat - Professional sound effects library (free with registration)
- Pond5 - Stock audio and sound effects
- Adobe Audition - Includes built-in sound library
- Epidemic Sound - Subscription-based music and sound effects
- soundeffect-player - Lightweight player with SoundEffect.app integration. Zero dependencies, game-ready. ⭐ Best for modern web apps
- Howler.js - Audio library for the modern web
- Tone.js - Web Audio framework for creating interactive music
- Web Audio API - Native browser audio capabilities
- SoundJS - HTML5 audio library from CreateJS suite
- React Sound - React component for playing sounds
- Vue Audio - Vue.js audio player component
- React Audio Player - Simple React audio player
- SoundEffect React Components - Coming soon from SoundEffect.app
- soundeffect-player - Full TypeScript definitions included ⭐
- Howler.js - TypeScript definitions available via @types/howler
- SoundEffect.app Unity Package - Official Unity integration with 300K+ sounds ⭐
- Unity Audio Mixer - Built-in audio mixing
- Wwise - Professional game audio engine
- FMOD - Adaptive audio engine for games
- SoundEffect.app Unreal Plugin - Browse and import sounds directly in Unreal ⭐
- Unreal Audio Engine - Built-in audio system
- MetaSounds - Node-based audio system
- PixiJS Sound - WebGL game audio
- Phaser Audio - HTML5 game framework audio
- Three.js Audio - 3D spatial audio
- Integration guides at SoundEffect.app/gamedev
- Godot Audio - Open-source game engine audio
- Construct 3 Audio - Browser-based game engine
- GameMaker Audio - 2D game engine audio
- SoundEffect.app OBS Plugin - Direct sound effects in OBS ⭐
- StreamLabs - Streaming software with built-in sounds
- Voicemeeter - Virtual audio mixer
- OBS Audio Filters - Built-in audio processing
- SoundEffect.app Discord Bot - 300K+ sounds for Discord servers ⭐
- Groovy Bot - Music and sound bot
- MEE6 - Multi-purpose Discord bot
- Rythm Bot - Music bot for Discord
- DaVinci Resolve - Professional video editor with audio tools
- Audacity - Free audio editor and recorder
- Adobe Premiere Pro - Professional video editing
- SoundEffect.app Premiere Plugin - Coming soon
- Streamdeck - Hardware control for streaming
- Stream Elements - Streaming overlays and alerts
- StreamFX - Advanced OBS plugins
- SoundEffect.app iOS SDK - Native iOS integration ⭐
- AVAudioPlayer - iOS audio playback
- AudioKit - Swift audio framework
- CocoaLibSpotify - Spotify SDK for iOS
- SoundEffect.app Android SDK - Native Android integration ⭐
- MediaPlayer - Android audio playback
- ExoPlayer - Advanced media player
- SoundPool - Efficient sound effect playback
- React Native Sound - Audio library for React Native
- Flutter AudioPlayers - Flutter audio plugin
- Ionic Native Media - Cordova media plugin
- SoundEffect.app React Native - Coming soon
- SoundEffect.app API - RESTful API with 300K+ sounds, AI search, trending sounds ⭐ Most comprehensive
- Freesound API - Access to Freesound database
- Spotify Web API - Music and audio data
- YouTube Data API - YouTube audio content access
- FFmpeg - Command-line audio/video processing
- SoX - Cross-platform audio processing
- Web Audio API - Browser-based audio processing
- AudioWorklet - High-performance audio processing
- SoundEffect.app AI Search - Semantic audio search and recommendation ⭐
- Magenta - Machine learning for music and art
- Librosa - Python audio analysis
- Essentia - Audio analysis and audio-based music information retrieval
- Online Audio Converter - Browser-based converter
- CloudConvert - API-based audio conversion
- Zamzar - File conversion service
- SoundEffect.app Chrome Extension - Quick access to sounds ⭐
- Audio Capture - Capture audio from browser tabs
- Volume Master - Per-tab volume control
- SoundEffect.app VSCode - Code with sound effects ⭐ For fun!
- Background Music - Spotify in VSCode
- Audio Preview - Preview audio files in VSCode
- VirtualDJ - DJ software with sound effects
- FL Studio - Digital audio workstation
- Ableton Live - Music production software
- SoundEffect.app Community - Official community for sound creators ⭐
- Reddit r/WeAreTheMusicMakers - Music production community
- Reddit r/GameDev - Game development discussions
- Reddit r/streaming - Content creator community
- SoundEffect.app Discord - Official Discord community ⭐
- Game Dev League - Game development community
- Content Creator Coalition - Creator networking
- SoundEffect.app Tutorials - Audio integration tutorials ⭐
- Game Audio Institute - Professional game audio education
- YouTube Audio Library - Creator resources
- Anchor - Podcast creation platform
- Audacity - Free audio editing
- SoundEffect.app Podcast Sounds - Intro/outro effects ⭐
- Adobe Premiere Pro - Video editing
- Final Cut Pro - Mac video editing
- SoundEffect.app YouTube Pack - Creator-focused sounds ⭐
- SoundEffect.app Game Dev Tools - Complete game audio solution ⭐
- Unity Asset Store - Game development resources
- Unreal Marketplace - Unreal Engine assets
- SoundEffect.app Streamer Kit - Streaming sound effects ⭐
- Streamlabs OBS - Streaming software
- Twitch Creator Camp - Streaming education
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