The Field Recording Project is a place for artists to create and gain inspiration. The project contains a rich palette of interesting environmental sounds. These are perfect to add into your songs, compositions, installations or accompany your visual art.
Browse our Index of recordings, find something that is right for your work and simply download the recording for free, in WAV or MP3 format, to use in your projects.
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Browse our community showcase for inspiration on how to get creative with the field recordings! Remember to tag us on social media for your work to appear here too.
Showcase
At the field recording project, we support creatives. We want to hear from you about how you have used the project's field recordings creatively. Tag us on social media, or contact us below, for a chance to be featured on our social media channels.
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Using Our Field Recordings
You can quickly and easily download any of the recordings from the project to use in your creative work!
Please note:
- The site recordings are under the Creative commons (CCO) license which means the recordings are in the public domain and can be used in personal or commercial work.
- You can edit/distribute/modify our recordings in any way you wish (providing this is in accordance with our terms of use)
- Attribution to the project is not required (although we’d love for you to share what you have created with us!)
Please don’t:
- Repackage the recordings and sell them as a sound/sample library.
- Attempt to sell the recordings in their original form.
- Use the recordings to create offensive work.
For more information, please see our terms of use.