Free Noise

Freesound is a neat little web site that is creating a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, etc... All the samples are released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License . The site also combines a geo-tracking function as well, so some of the samples even show where they're from. Over time this could become a thoroughly rich function. Imagine taking a tour of what the beach sounds like on several locations on several continents. Imagine hearing Big Ben toll, and then hearing other clock towers. Or imagine hearing the ambient house noise of a Boise resident and comparing that to the ambient house noise of a Parisian. Plus the fact that this can positively diversify the sample library of any aspiring DJ, electronic musician, sound effects artist, or producer.