u/Gizmo_Takamora

As the title explains, I need help finding copyright-free sound effects. I am editing the audio and making some of my own sound design for an audio drama podcast, but obviously I can't make every piece of foley for the show. I need to know where the best place to get them is. I am on a budget, so I cannot be doing those subscription-based services/sites that ask for 800/month. I was going to use Adobe Acrobat but saw that it is Royalty-free, not Copyright-free. I'm primarily looking for atmosphere and various foley; music is not necessary!

The podcast will be available FOR FREE, so it's not behind a paywall; however, there will be crowdfunding available in the future. So I really don't want to get in trouble for using effects that I might not have access to.

I have seen a variety of answers, but most of them I am unsure about. "freesound" does make me anxious about using free sounds, and I might be limited in my variety. "AudioHero" and "Soundly" seem too good to be true, and as someone who is transitioning from the world of YouTube editing to Podcasting, again, I don't want to get in trouble for not using the right audio website and either getting scammed or getting dinged.

Any suggestions and explanations are greatly appreciated.

Please stay with me for this. It was a Japanese song so I dont know the lyrics. It was a girls group from the sounds of it. Several different singers, sounded like it might be a Love! Live situation because there were just so many.

Song has a chorus that starts counting in different languages. I think it was French, English, Japanese, and at least one, MAYBE two more. It would be one after another as well. "Un Deux Trois, One Two Three, Ichi ni san".

Very up beat, very fast. Heard it on Spotify and then it was lost to my sea of random Playlist listens.

Thank you so much for any help!

It was out around the time of the Poptropica, Starfall, Nicktropolis, and CoolMath4Kids era. I think the main mascot was either a crayon/pencil or a book, definitely RED. The website was all about reading; if there was a book on the website that you finished, it would give you a quiz. If you finished the quiz correctly, it would give you--- coins? I think? Or stars, and then those stars allowed you to buy decorations that you could decorate your treehouse with. I think there were dogs/pets as well.

Since this is a website, I'm just looking for names/screenshots, not links to the actual site, as it's either gone or a scam link. Thank you so much!