Free Sounds - 'Collaborative Database Of Audio Snippets, Samples, Recordings, Bleeps'

Thanks to Dzendvokh, I now know about the freesound project. Details from their site,


The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. The Freesound Project provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to

• browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a "sounds-like" type of browsing and more
• up and download sounds to and from the database, under the same creative commons license
• interact with fellow sound-artists!

Really like the idea of an open and organised database, we've certainly been stuck trying to find the right sound for a project.

Visit the site to find out how to participate as an individual or institution.

The Freesound Project

- C

Sequencer Triggered By Ball Bearings via Geekologie

We definitely have the monome on our to-buy list, but I'd much prefer something like this...



Peter D. Bennett's other videos are worth a browse too, he has some other interesting contraptions on his YouTube page here. Great work!

- C

Peter's page
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Art / Bloog, A Thing of Beauty

Just saw this on BoingBoing. Industrial design student Andrew Haarsager created this gorgeous 60's Moog inspired real-time blog scrambler/RSS feed reader. No music making but it's still wonderful.

Andrew's site is here. Check it out, he has posted some other interesting projects.

- C