Facebook today announced it was offering a selection of free music and sound effects to content creators. If you want to use music in a Facebook or Instagram video, the Sound Collection gives you ...

For today’s creator content, great audio isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential. From YouTube videos to podcasts and Spotify, and all content in between, royalty-free music is vital to telling your ...

AudioMicro, a site where you can find royalty-free stock music and sound effects backed by DFJ Frontier and Fotolia, has struck a deal with Microsoft to provide music and sound effect files to ...

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Add music to your YouTube videos without fearing copyright issues This article explains how to legally use copyrighted music on YouTube. How to Use Copyrighted Music ...

There can be few organisations that have used more sound effects than the BBC, but did you know that that the good old British Broadcasting Corporation has made more than 33,000 of its FX available ...

What are the basic principles of a Creative Commons license? It is important that you understand these clear concepts for the use of music in your creations. Music in the public domain is royalty-free ...

Last month, Spitfire Audio put us in a good mood with their free Cello Moods plugin, and it looks like they're doubling down this month with another orchestral freebie, Harmonic Flights. Built around ...

Are you a creator? Then you already know how much sound matters. And how hard it can be to find the right track. First, a quick clarification: royalty-free doesn’t mean free. It means you pay once ...

A new startup called Booktrack launched this morning (actually, the NYT launched it yesterday), in an effort to create a whole new genre of e-books. Booktrack creates synchronized soundtracks for ...