With recording devices and microphones pdsounds volunteers acoustically discover the beauty of the world. From the million sounds of things to the pure waves of sinus. Our goal is to record it all and make it available for free. read more
What may i upload? Submission guideline
The sound must be recorded by you!
Else you wouldn't be able to surrender the rights of that recording to the public domain, as they're not yours.
The sound can be a recording of almost anything!
A sound-panorama of your special place, a precise rendering of a needle falling on the floor, a collage, something you artistically made, synthesizer experiments, any impression you like to capture or recreate. What's the sound of 'clean'? What's the ultimate sound for 'gigantic'?
"Dont's"
We have a few exceptions. Your upload may not contain any of the following material:
- recognizable: explicit, adult, or pornographic material
- samples of any existing software or hardware, as the manufacturer still owns the rights on these sounds.
- Clearly audible or recognizable material of TV-Shows, Movies, Songs, Shows, Performances, Readings...anything of which you don't have complete ownership of authors rights. Even if you can provide a written statement of the author that you have his copyright, we are not going to take it.
- pdsounds.org is not a platform to publish your music or writings.
Talk
Note that recording talking people might be illegal in some countries just like it is illegal in some countries of the world to take photographs of people without asking for permission first. It will always be a good idea to notify people of your intention to record them and ask for permission, say for instance in cafés etc.
'Talk' in your recording should be incomprehensible.
Copyright infringements
This guideline, if followed correctly, should help you to steer clear of any copyright infringements.
If you are unsure if a recording would be ok to upload, please don't hesitate to ask in the forums first. Use a free service like mediafire or yousendit.com as a temporary storage to upload the file to. Send the file to your own emailadress. Then post the yousendit-link in the forum together with your question. This way we can download the file and have a listen before you upload it to pdsounds.
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