--- title: "Blankie - Download Sounds from Freesound" description: "Find, download and import Creative Commons sounds from Freesound.org into Blankie, with search tips, license filters and crediting advice." canonical: "https://blankie.rest/guides/download-sounds-from-freesound/" --- > For an index of every page on this site, see [llms.txt](https://blankie.rest/llms.txt). Every page also has a Markdown version like this one. [Find New Sounds](https://blankie.rest/guides/) # Download Sounds from Freesound Find, download and import Creative Commons sounds from Freesound.org into Blankie, with search tips, license filters and crediting advice. 2 min read Updated October 2026 All Platforms [Freesound](https://freesound.org) is a community library of hundreds of thousands of Creative Commons recordings and one of the best places to find new sounds for Blankie. A lot of Blankie's built-in sounds started life there. ## Find a sound 1. Search for what you want to hear. Try terms like **"rain loop,"** **"forest ambience,"** **"cafe field recording"** or **"thunderstorm."** 2. Use the filters to narrow things down: * **License**: filter to **[Creative Commons 0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)** if you'd rather not deal with attribution at all. * **Duration**: longer recordings (one minute or more) loop more naturally in Blankie. 3. Preview right on the page until something clicks. ## Download it Downloads need a free Freesound account. Files come in whatever format the uploader picked (WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP3 or AIFF), and Blankie imports every one of them directly. TIP Blankie can import these directly with no size limit to worry about, but files over 150 MB are converted to AAC automatically as they import to conserve memory. ## Import and credit 1. Import the file into Blankie ([Mac](https://blankie.rest/guides/import-sounds-mac/) / [iPhone and iPad](https://blankie.rest/guides/import-sounds-iphone-ipad/)). 2. Once it's imported, open the sound's [settings](https://blankie.rest/guides/custom-sound-settings/#changing-settings-later-including-built-in-sounds) and choose **Add Credits**. Fill in the author's username, a link back to the Freesound page and the [license](https://freesound.org/help/faq/). If the file carries metadata tags, Blankie fills in what it can for you. Crediting matters most for **CC BY** sounds, since those require attribution. It's also just the decent thing to do for any sound, especially once you [share the preset](https://blankie.rest/guides/share-presets/) with friends. Our [license guide](https://blankie.rest/guides/sound-licenses-explained/) has the details. [![The Edit Sound sheet on Mac for Rain (Freesound), with its credits filled in: Original Work Rain, Author klankbeeld and License CC BY 4.0.](https://blankie.rest/_astro/mac-sound-credits.BcMSEjzk_2aeUcQ.webp)](https://blankie.rest/%5Fastro/mac-sound-credits.BcMSEjzk%5F2aeUcQ.webp) ## Keep reading [Find New SoundsWhere to Find Free Ambient SoundsWhere to download free ambient sounds, white noise and field recordings without breaking copyright: Freesound, Pixabay, BBC Sound Effects, NASA and more.Read the guide ](https://blankie.rest/guides/find-free-ambient-sounds/)[Find New SoundsCommon Sound Licenses, ExplainedWhat CC0, CC BY, BY-NC and other licenses mean and how to track attribution with Blankie's Credits fields.Read the guide ](https://blankie.rest/guides/sound-licenses-explained/)[Add Your Own SoundsCustom Sound Settings: Loop, Sound Check & CreditsEvery setting for sounds in Blankie: looping, fades, music tags, Preset Use Only, automatic loudness matching with Sound Check, AAC conversion and credits.Read the guide ](https://blankie.rest/guides/custom-sound-settings/) ## Blankie is free, forever. No ads, no paywalls and no privacy tradeoffs. Mix adjustable ambient sounds into your own soundscapes for sleep, rest and focus on iPhone, iPad, CarPlay and Mac. [![Download on the App Store](https://blankie.rest/_astro/app-store-badge.f_0GEMIJ_1y0B2z.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blankie/id6740096581?itscg=30200&itsct=apps%5Fbox%5Fbadge&mttnsubad=6740096581) Download Source: https://blankie.rest/guides/download-sounds-from-freesound/