Download Sounds from Freesound

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

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 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.

Import and credit

1. Import the file into Blankie (Mac / iPhone & iPad).
2. In the import sheet, fill in the Credits fields: 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.