Download Sounds from Freesound
Find, download and import Creative Commons sounds from Freesound.org into Blankie, with search tips, license filters and crediting advice.
Freesound 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
- Search for what you want to hear. Try terms like "rain loop," "forest ambience," "cafe field recording" or "thunderstorm."
- Use the filters to narrow things down:
- License: filter to Creative Commons 0 if you'd rather not deal with attribution at all.
- Duration: longer recordings (one minute or more) loop more naturally in Blankie.
- 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
- Import the file into Blankie (Mac / iPhone and iPad).
- Once it's imported, open the sound's settings and choose Add Credits. Fill in the author's username, a link back to the Freesound page and the license. 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 with friends. Our license guide has the details.
Keep reading
Where to Find Free Ambient Sounds
Where to download free ambient sounds, white noise and field recordings without breaking copyright: Freesound, Pixabay, BBC Sound Effects, NASA and more.
Read the guide Find New SoundsCommon Sound Licenses, Explained
What CC0, CC BY, BY-NC and other licenses mean and how to track attribution with Blankie's Credits fields.
Read the guide Add Your Own SoundsCustom Sound Settings: Loop, Sound Check & Credits
Every setting for sounds in Blankie: looping, fades, music tags, Preset Use Only, automatic loudness matching with Sound Check, AAC conversion and credits.
Read the guideBlankie 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.
