Get 27GB+ Of GameDev Audio Free! GDC 2024

Sonniss are giving away a huge collection of 27.5GB+ of game ready audio files FREE in celebration of GDC 2024. The pack includes over 600 sound effects from a wide variety of sources and you can still download their previous Game Developer Conference audio giveaways as well!
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[@Jadebones]

Sounds great!

[@yaminnather521]

Pun intented?

[@starduck2]

I see what you did there.

[@Dipj01]

I like the sound of that

[@Lone_Wolf_91]

😂😂

[@cristiangambadori220]

Sonnis is a legend, he's saving thousands of dollars to a lot of indie devs

[@hamcha]

I've been wondering about the open source bit too for a couple years, glad you brought it up!

[@MrOnosa]

This is amazing. I am new to game development and honestly had no idea what to do for placeholder sound effects in my games. This is more than perfect! Thank you for spreading the word on this.

[@thegreendude2086]

Thank you for letting us know mike, you have become my primary source of whats going on in the game dev world at this point

[@MattSanArts]

As someone who makes music and really experimental sound design there's no sound that is worthless for me, I have all the previous packs and they're so good. Thanks for the video!

[@KrazeeCain]

It's always nice to download a nice meaty torrent without worrying about the VPN being on.

[@chrismcpherson7582]

Ohhh I hadn't even gotten that far into the video, glad to hear it's a torrent. I'll probably just slap it in my server for later use

[@Blood-PawWerewolf]

I was waiting for them to announce this!

[@maxiluaces505]

thanks you for the news GFS!

[@Wbfuhn]

I need to get this. I recently added 8Tb of storage and am interested on having a repository of audio so I don't have to make my own and dig for low quality free audio.

[@sealsharp]

27GB for 600 SFX is roughly 46MB per sound on average. If that sounds weird to you, let me explain. Some files are a megabyte, while the biggest historically is 1.5Gb for 12 seconds of interior sounds driving a Fiat500. The previous years combined are ~ ~125GB ambients ~64Gb car/plane/Tank sounds ~22 GB SFX so bois & gals, lets download some car sounds.

[@adog3129]

i'm gonna take advantage of it and make a kart racer

[@julienb5815]

And this is how we end up with 20 GB asset flips with barely half an hour of gameplay

[@adog3129]

@@julienb5815 you'll see.

[@MattSanArts]

Also a lot of recordings are in 192khz samplerate, which is massive amount of data for the same length in seconds for lower samplerates. That's Aaa studio quality right there. To reduce memory while retaining some quality when exporting reduce the samplerate to 48khz or 44.1khz

[@sealsharp]

@@MattSanArts thanks I will look into it and maybe batch-convert it down!

[@DonChups]

Thanks a lot, This is great for short animations too.

[@PostcardsFromJapan]

Great info! Subscribed.

[@jurandfantom]

it make me fell excited as F! I was thinking about make my own game and so far I think sound is an element out of my reach in terms of learn how to. Anything in that regard is one big YES!

[@KomodoBitGames]

Just use layering, if you are not sure what specifics make up a sound you can ask chatgpt. It usually knows what audio designers commonly use to make things. I usually layer 6-10 different sounds per sound effect.

[@vincenzusgaming]

Commenting here on the video in the hopes that more game devs find out about this. Thanks a lot!

[@halbouma6720]

Thanks for the video!

[@Barnardrab]

From their license agreement, it sounds like they're really spooked about artificial intelligence.

[@FireFox64000000]

Awesome! I don't know how I'm going to use an Audi in a fantasy game but LoL I'm certain there's something in there.

[@StaredownGames]

You go Twister/Godzilla/FastFurious and COMBINE the sounds to make the ones you need.

[@FireFox64000000]

@@StaredownGames I don't know what you just said but that sounds fun please tell me more.

[@StaredownGames]

lol many productions, including games, employ sound designers to create a unique, specific sound for them. Twister used many sounds, including a freight train, for their tornado. They had trouble finding Godzilla to record it, so they made it up by mixing sounds together to create a roar. TIE fighters (Star Wars) I believe had this as well, using down-pitched F1 cars and other sounds. If you need a creature, vehicle, etc. to sound a certain way. You can layer sounds to create what you need. Did that help?

[@FireFox64000000]

@@StaredownGames It did I just don't know enough about sound design. Can this be done in a DAW, specifically FL studio, or do I need some kind of specialty program? Would a video editing program like movavi work?

[@StaredownGames]

Most any DAW will do. Just add some tracks together and add some studio magic and see what you come up with! need a bone break? Break some lettuce! maybe add the sound of dropping a sack of rice. It can be fun, actually. lol

[@humbleraider6343]

Thank you!

[@Chronomatrix]

Yooo this is huge!

[@Ottertuber]

Thank you!!!

[@Darkfault]

Right when I'm working on a robot themed project, isn't this just perfect.

[@SenkaZver]

How does free audio sound? Amazing. It sounds amazing.

[@Ignawesome]

Thanks!

[@graphicnostalgiastudios]

freaking god send thank you

[@ThiVasss]

Do their links expire eventually so it's better to download those files locally or are they permanently available for a free download?

[@rewindcat7927]

Oh sounds big!

[@your_virtuoso]

This is amazing

[@stevenchilders272]

Thanks

[@ashdev]

Can we use these in an asset? Like a vehicle physics asset/plugin?

[@CYON4D]

Nice one.

[@MedusaZenovka]

Well, it's free so no loss except for hard-drive space.

[@BWallin]

weird they aren't downloading, just opening a tab that loads forever

[@MrTheone090]

Will I be able to go to the website and download them in let's say 1 year time? or I need to download them all now? Any Idea?

[@gamefromscratch]

All of the previous assets are available still so I’d assume yes :)

[@MrTheone090]

@@gamefromscratch thanks 😁

[@jmalmsten]

@@gamefromscratch I might be blind. But I'm not seeing this bundle linked on the Sonniss site outside of your link in the description. And I see no trace of previous years GDC-bundles?

[@SchiZoFriends]

I don’t quite understand, is this temporary? Or can it be downloaded for free at any time? Then

[@flamart9703]

I'm not sure too, but you can add it in a torrent client and the seed will be long enough, I guess.

[@Gravitino100]

Most of these are pole postion sounds but they're free so I guess I can't complain.

[@alien7383]

GREAT!

[@successspotu]

Most of sounds are cars and tank sound fx i don't need that how to know which files are best i check tracklist but how to find which part can i down load

[@mikeg.5140]

I like the sound of that🎵🎵🎵

[@gunterstunter]

Can you do a video about the Mac updates in unreal 5.4 and an update since your last Mac unreal from 9 months ago. That would be awesome!

[@NoVIcE_Source]

HOLY MOLY

[@ahmedalmaz34]

Is there is guns sounds by any chance?

[@skippyzk]

I pray to the gods the have little rat squeeky sounds. I need that so bad!

[@IlseMulAuthor]

You broke it again 😀 I can't seem to be able to download them at this moment. It just hangs when I open the download link.

[@gamefromscratch]

Lol oops. We did that last year too didn’t we?

[@loikinglish]

Same for me xD will this link have a time limit ? If not are the bundles from other years still available? XD

[@soapspangledgames2444]

I'm torrenting it right now with no problems.

[@loikinglish]

@@soapspangledgames2444 thanks I will do that

[@RoyBarina]

A real pain to find specific things in there lol

[@twilightcitystudios]

Fair point. lol

[@brianwest7344]

security certificate expired or too many users depending on option chosen. I'll skip this.

[@Y2Kvids]

I am seeding the 2023 one , is it different from it?

[@AngryApple]

Fot stuff like this is there a locally hosted search engine to find sounds? Maybe someone could use AI to label sound effects so search them better, wouls be so nice. We have a huge SFX Libary at work but you basically cant find anything

[@halolalala]

can we still get the previous audio give away? i just know they do it every year

[@askeladden450]

yes, the archives are on the sonnis site

[@halolalala]

@@askeladden450 where is that? i cant find it?

[@halolalala]

@@askeladden450 nevermind, i found it! thanks

[@parvonik1359]

@@halolalala google "sonnis gdc". first link

[@askeladden450]

@@halolalala google gdc audio bundle, click on first result (Royalty Free Sound Effects Archive), scroll down and it will be there

[@dbweb.creative]

eh download is not working, it's just stuck

[@MetalSonicReject]

Now are these permanently free, or is it just for a limited time?

[@GameFightLove]

Wow ❤

[@nushia7192]

It's almost more than 200GB of storage.

[@DougieBoy]

wayy too many people downloading, servers won't connect to original and mirror servers, and google drive has been downloaded too many times.

[@darrennew8211]

If you can, torrent and seed it. That'll help everyone in return for getting the sounds. :-)

[@jasonwilliams8730]

👍

[@Bollalillo]

The mirrors seems to be broken and the google drive has a cap on downloads. Sadface

[@Sonniss]

Hey @brianwest7344, we’re really sorry about the hiccup! 😖 We’ve fixed the certificate issue and beefed up our servers to handle the load. If you’re still interested, give it another go? We’re here to help if you hit any more snags!

[@fierorecensione5828]

TOP

[@BeauSeymour]

Well I'll be instantly compressing this lot down to 256kbps. Not like 98% of the gaming market will have the hardware to hear the damn difference.

[@billmore6486]

Who needs 50 gigs of high quality bird sounds?

[@Sacred-Lotus]

Me. Are they royalty free？Any link？

[@IlseMulAuthor]

That would be interesting indeed.

[@charlieking7600]

Idk, maybe you're making survival game on island full of birds. Yeah, very rare case, but still real one.

[@LloydSummers]

Who doesn't? :D

[@midorayo1149]

BRO THE STRUGGLE FOR A GOOD SFX IS REAL , sfx can break games fr THIS IS GREAT NEWS

[@souledgames]

Will you make a video about the new dynamik musik system in godot? I feel like its a big thing and I dont think that many game engines have such a feature. 💜

[@UliTroyo]

Wait, is this the Mandela effect? Did Mike's channel not used to be called GAMES-from-scratch??

[@gamefromscratch]

Lol no. Don’t worry I would say more people think it’s games than game. ;)

[@charlieking7600]

Remember, it's called "mandela effect" when false memory is shared between multiple people. You're the only one I met so far. So it's just a false memory.

[@kimmotamio]

Damn, I've always thought it was games from scratch, I just now noticed this as you pointed this out 😅

[@LloydSummers]

I thought it was games as well :D

[@KrazeeCain]

This sounds like a better deal than it is, it's like they took a couple audio files from some paid packs and slapped this bundle together. If you use anything from this, it's extremely likely that you'll be paying for more of the same later.

[@fernwaerts]

Using them in a open source project depends on one factor: Shall the entire project be released on a single license. If so then it is not compatible with the popular open source licenses out there like GPL, MIT or APACHE. The problem here is that open source licenses are usually "free" in the sense of they don't limit the usage - prohibiting using the files for ai or for redistribution makes it not free and therefore not compatible with these licenses. However these licenses are designed for source code and you could argue that audio files are not source code and can easily replaced by other samples. If you want to use them in an open source project (that uses a GPL, MIT, APACHE or similar license) what you can do (and what a lot of projects do) is to use multiple licenses for your project: your code is then licenses under a FOSS license, the assets under this. I'm not a lawyer and software licenses are a highly complex construct that varies from region and country. So take everything what I say with a grain of salt

[@julienb5815]

2:33 "the files are huge so it's really high resolution" (NB: yes, I'm paraphrasing) => It's mostly horribly poor compression. They could have provided a near-lossless Opus option for a tenth of the size (and more than decent-enough quality at 5% of the size)... But nope, they didn't do that on purpose because they want to use the size in GB as an argument for saying "look how fat that pack is" (and I'm not making that up, we can all see on their website and on the video at 00:53 that they say "we give 27GB of files" and not "we give X files"). How very non-sustainable, wasting terabytes of bandwidth just for the sake of marketing.

[@Sonniss]

Hey @julienb5815, appreciate you bringing this up! I get where you’re coming from with the file size concerns. These bundles are packed with source recordings, which are the raw, unaltered files straight from the recordist. It's this level of quality that gives sound designers and audio pros the flexibility they need. Compressing, especially surround sound recordings, isn't as straightforward as it might seem. While compression can indeed reduce file sizes, it also compromises the integrity and usability of these sounds in professional settings. If you're sound designing, having access to the full, uncompressed files is key to ensure the best possible quality in your final mix. It allows for a wider range of manipulation without loss of fidelity, which can be crucial for high-quality projects. Also, we've considered that compression might lead to other issues for folks who plan to extensively work with these sounds. From altering the sound character to introducing unwanted artefacts, it’s a bit of a slippery slope. We aimed to deliver these sounds in their most versatile and useful form, hence the hefty size. Hope this sheds some light on why we opt for quality and completeness over compression. We’re all about giving you the best tools to unleash your creativity! 🎧✨

[@julienb5815]

@@Sonniss Oh, I very much agree with your arguments for providing the raw files. But that being said, it would be preferable to have both options, raw and compressed. This way people could pick whichever works best for their needs. I'd be surprised if the majority of users actually needs the original files, as long as the compression isn't too aggressive (but something like ~200kbps Opus, or even just Vorbis for the sake of 10-year-behind software, should definitely be high quality enough)

[@Mempler]

Since you're allowed to sell the sound with the product as a whole, i would say: "Yes." You are allowed to distribute it as open source. You dont claim ownership. You just redistribute like the license intents. To be on the extra safe side, always include a copy of the license and properly link those files in a readme or smth lime that to the license.

[@ImmacHn]

"Can't use them to train AI", pfft

[@johnbernardlambe8582]

The license is bizarre (as Mike mentions): "Licensee may use the licensed sound effects on an unlimited number of projects for the entirety of their life time." Think of what happens if you want to sell the rights to your game (which uses Sonniss content), or contract with a publisher to market it and pay you a commission. They would probably expect a perpetual license, or at least a license for a defined time period. They wouldn't want to invest in marketing without that. A license that expires at an unknown time outside of their control (*your* death) would be very unappealing. At best it would devalue the rights to your game, and the value at any given time would depend on your age and health. It is vague. What happens when the licensee is a company? What is it's lifetime? Maybe until the company is disbanded. Maybe that's a solution. What does "use" mean? Maybe you can use it as long you're alive at the time of publishing it. At best, the vagueness would be a concern, if you're going to use their content. And this applies to anything you buy from them, as well as the free content.

[@NeroDefogger]

whatyamean "no use for AI training"? whwhawhat? what are these guys on? whatever they are drinking is strong man...

[@darknetworld]

I bet they bad apple going to sell it to online store.

[@charlesmartel3995]

Most of the sounds are worthless if you are making an RPG.

[@bd_dev]

27GB for 600 sounds!?!?! Hard pass

[@LloydSummers]

Once you start working on commercial projects, the large size from having a flawless quality is worth far far more than saving a bit of storage. Their free archive, all combined, is around 200GB+. If quality isn't important to you, you can then use a command line tool to convert them to ogg (and save about 90% of the size). That said, if you don't have the storage space and aren't working on high fidelity projects - passing might be a very good option.

[@bd_dev]

Yup, your latter point is more relevant to me than most. It's not that I doubt the importance of having quality sounds@@LloydSummers

[@TheEarlsRenegade]

Can you not just compress them/ convert them to lower quality mp3 etc?

[@bd_dev]

Too much work for something that I'm potentially not gonna use :@@TheEarlsRenegade

[@Isemenuk27]

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[@user-lr8dt3gz8w]

Thank you!