Sound/Music Resources

[different]

Yeah, another resource topic. This will also go in my signature ;-)

Some of you may feel that the Audio Portal isn't enough. Some amateur composers may want to compose their own, or just remix some previous game music for their own purposes. Whatever you want to do, you won't find a better topic.

MUSIC //MIDI AND MP3

http://remix.overclocked.org/index.php
http://www.ifni.com/
http://www.sunncity.com/music/
http://billbrownmusic.com/musicmain.htm
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
http://www.mididb.com/
http://www.gamingw.net/music/
http://www.vgmusic.com/
http://www.soundtempest.net/music.html
http://www.technomidi.com/
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html
http://www.flashkit.com (Both SFX and Music)

Sound FX

http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.grsites.com/sounds/

Next come the specific game music sites:

Nintendo
http://www.megaone.com/dannyone/ssbm_download.html
http://cube.smedia.co.uk/downloads/music.htm
http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/sounds.shtml
http://www.snesmusic.org/spcsets/
Megaman
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/MegaManMusic/
Sonic
http://www.sonicunited.com/music.php
http://www.planetdreamcast.com/sonic/listen/index.html
Doom
http://www.doomworld.com/music/

Now for those tools to compose new / remix old music/sfx:

http://www.fruityloops.com/
http://www.anvilstudio.com/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/home.html
http://www.sibelius.com

Conversion

http://www.mp3do.com/mp3converter.html

Search these: FindSounds / FindMidis / MidiExplorer / Google

Please note that not all of these are freeware. Also note that most are not royalty-free, so you'll most likely have to give credit if you use the sounds. Check the site for more legal information.

If you have any more, post 'em.

[NinFoxwoods]

Very nice list, and will be helpful to everyone. Nice job!

[chimerical-brio]

also, if you go to ROM/emulator sites, they have music there. one that i'm thinking of is www.emuparadise.org

[DropGlocK]

Wow i love u man! The best post i ever seen! I love the music sites!

[DeuceNine]

thanks this helped me out a lot!!

[johnime]

What is the best program to create music?

i tried fruity loops but i couldn't work it :((

[AwesomeSauce]

I like it, very informative. 10/10 :P

[Doom-Lord]

U ARE MY HERO!!!!!!

[NightCrawler]

I just wanted to know, which program is the absolute best for creating music, out of the list. I hear Reason is pretty good, but i basically want whatever program Paraxon9 uses. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!

[AGH]

At 2/15/05 10:40 PM, Smithercell wrote: I just wanted to know, which program is the absolute best for creating music, out of the list. I hear Reason is pretty good, but i basically want whatever program Paraxon9 uses. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!

ParagonX9 uses Reason.

[RoaringDragon]

cool to know that paragon9x uses reason

[ddfddfd]

thank you thank you thank you, you saved me somehow

[MaxR]

cool, that's a looot of links. I hope I can use some of them one day.

[Mc-Skunk]

sweet never seen so many links

[ZeroResistance]

I thought you CAN'tuse midi's in Flash.

[SpamWarrior]

At 1/4/05 09:43 PM, johnime wrote: What is the best program to create music?

i tried fruity loops but i couldn't work it :((

It depends entirely on what you want to do, and how you like going about recording. Are you going to do live recordings? If so, you can beatmap the sample in Acid, set it to a tempo and import it into another programme. I know basics about Acid. It'll cost about 200 quid for full version, but if you're serious about music i tihnk its a nice piece of kit, with various sound effects you can do with precision, such as distortion.

If you're going to do digital music, and are very sure you want to and can afford it, i've heard that Propellerhead Reason and other stuff by them is spectacular. Same, about 200 quid depending what version and other progs you get etcetera.

Try some free programmes, find what you like.

[Taco2-0]

they need to sticky this

[CatTehBus]

OMG THANKS SOOO MUCH!

[Denvish]

different: If you read this, head on over to the new Audio forum, and see if you can't create a resource thread in there if you can spare the time... or post in this thread with information that you think would be helpful for the sticky. I've already got this thread on the list of resources, but if you can offer anything else, it would definitely be appreciated.

[different]

At 4/9/05 12:58 PM, Denvish wrote: I've already got this thread on the list of resources, but if you can offer anything else, it would definitely be appreciated.

Your thread looks sound. Get it?

Hehe... anyway, yeah, basically I don't have anything else to add, except that KVR is the must go place for synthesis. Update your URL: http://www.kvraudio.com

[Paulxtreme]

Audacity is the best music mixing program and it's free...

[ArseNick]

you are indeed a good man. this beats the hell out of google search and then 19 out of 20 sites are either crappy or you have to pay.

[Trunks]

*gasp* You forgot Avoided Destiny for Mario MP3s!

[Sn0rkel]

Great thread. This is sure to help alot of people.

[spike34]

Try Music2License.com, some great tracks on there and it is growing all the time. Music2License.com

[Matt-Porter]

I made a list of sources containing music for games not too long ago, check out and add any to the list that don't yet exist.