Sound Effects Resources
This list brings together several mentions or suggestions by members of our Discord server.
Online Free Resources
Foundry VTT Modules
From video games
Warcraft
DOTA 2
Star Wars KOTOR
Specialised Websites
Table Top Audio
A website with a collection of atmospheric background audio/music, especially for tabletop games.
Free Sound
Collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers.
Pond 5
Music, sound effects, motion graphics, and images.
Sap Splat
You can grab some really good, free, sound effects with this. You can pay for some if you want, but I’ve found their free sounds to work just fine.
Voice Changer
You record something. Then run it through this online changer and check what it produces. You can then save it.
Sound Archives
BBC free library
The BBC Sound Effects Archive is available for personal, educational or research purposes. There are over 33,000 clips from across the world from the past 100 years.
Game Audio GDC
Royalty free sound effects archive.
Online Paid Resources
Battlebard
It has been mentioned as being a good resource, although it’s not free and can ramp up pretty quickly.
From games that you own
You can copy the files from video games that you own. Usually old games as newer ones tend to encrypt their files. A few examples were :
- NeverWinter Nights 1 & 2
- Diablo 1 & 2
- FFXIV
- Hades
- MTG Arena
- Skyrim
- Baldur’s Gate 3