There are some excellent links on the Internet to a variety of MP3 sounds you can use for free. Of course the best thing to do is create your own however if you have a voice like mine you may want to get a professional to do a voice over for you.
Feel free to take advantage of this free service. Voice prompts delivered by a professional voice talent. They can work well as introductions or navigation for your web site, to be incorporated into Flash animations, or even for use by musicians who work with sampled sounds in their compositions. Have fun!
Yannis Brown is my nephew and also an accomplished musician. His site has a lot of great audio tracks and he can customize one for you. Use his site to contact him and discuss terms. Here is his favourite - Bagdad Bogie. I took a high quality 62 mb .wav file and it converted to 1 mb file.
It doesn't matter if you're using MP3 Sound Stream, Real Audio, or a 1942 Reel to Reel Recorder in the Basement of an Abandoned Warehouse...Audio C4 will Help You!
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(Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL) Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Other OS: Macintosh OS 9/X; Linux; Unix Languages: English and many other languages Description: Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Echo, Change Tempo, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST and LADSPA plug-in effects. NOTES: You must download the LAME MP3 Encoder Library for Audacity to create MP3 files. http://mitiok.free.fr/ Company: Author: -- Home Page: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Project Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/ download page v 1.2.4b (2005-12-01) [ audacity-win-1.2.4b.exe (2273 KB) Windows] [ audacity-win-1.2.4b.zip (3209 KB) Windows] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6235 2005PL CD files: audacity-win-1.2.3.exeaudacity-win-1.2.3.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-12-05)
(Donationware) (free) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP NOTES: No installation required; no registry entries. Requires MP3 ACM system codec (present in XP) or mpglib.dll Other OS: Linux Languages: English; German Description: mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing mpeg audio directly. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to new files. All without the need to decompress your mp3 into pcm/wav. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. And there is no quality loss through any re-compressions. Trim your CD grabbings or directly to mp3 recorded vinyls or tapes. Cut favorite songs from long mp3 radio or live recordings. Make multiple cuts and fades. mp3DirectCut is very fast and gives you extensive control over your mp3s: Several prelisten functions; MP3 visualisation and VU meter; Easy navigation; Fading, volume setting, normalizing; Pause detection; Direct recording of MP3 (ACM and Lame encoder supported); Layer 2 support; ID3v1.1 support; Cue Sheet support Company: mpesch3's mp3 tools Author: Martin Pesch Home Page; download v 1.38 (2004-10-30) (mp3DC138.zip) (133 KB) http://www.mpesch3.de/ 2005PL CD files: mp3DC138.zip (desc. rev.: 2004-11-17)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU LGPL) Windows OS: Windows Other OS: Linux; Unix Languages: English Description: Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder. LAME started life as a GPL'd patch against the dist10 ISO demonstration source, and thus was incapable of producing an mp3 stream or even being compiled by itself. But in May 2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now LAME is the source code for a fully LGPL'd MP3 encoder, with speed and quality to rival all commercial competitors. Company: -- Author: Dmitry Kutsanov (aka mitiok) Home Page: download v 3.96.1 (2004-07-24) (lame-3.96.1.zip) (601 KB) Source code download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290 2005PL CD files: lame-3.96.1.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-10-06)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP NOTES: A no install version is available. Languages: English Description: GSpot codec information appliance establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file. Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system. Isolates problems associated with these codecs. Simple operation - Basic use: "File > Open", then read results Identifies download induced problems (truncated files, "cooked" files, etc.) Shows framerate, duration, aspect ratio, bitrates, AVI structure info, and more. Displays and allows editing of RIFF info (title, etc); displays "hidden" ASCII info. Drag and Drop and "Send To" support, multi-file (batch) processing support Copy/Paste or text export GSpot information - format is user configurable. Built-in database of 350 video and 150 audio codec types Advanced UI including "dual-mode" and hyperlinked "persistent" tool tips Full support for OGG media files as well as AVI stream formats Identification (only) of non-AVI files (.mpg, .mov, .qt, .rm, .swf, .wmv, .asf, etc.) Supports VFW, ACM, DirectShow and DMO codec types (audio and video) Company: -- Author: Steve G Home Page: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ download v 2.21 build 030711 (2003-07-03) (gspot221.exe) (213 KB) (With NSIS Install) http://www.headbands.com/gspot/gspot221.exe download v 2.21 build 030711 (2003-07-03) (gspot221.rar) (123 KB) http://www.headbands.com/gspot/gspot221.rar (desc. rev.: 2003-12-01)
(Betaware) (Donationware) (Requestware) (free) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/NT Languages: English; language packs for other languages Description: EAC is a new audio grabber for CD-ROM drives. Features: Both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported. Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction). Support of external encoders for automatic compression after extraction. Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files. Automatic detection of drive features, sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams. Filename editing with CDDB database. Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc. Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag. Small WAV editor with functions for delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo and more NOTES: If you encounter problems with this version you should step back to v0.85b4 or 0.9pb11 Company: Exact Audio Copy Author: Andre Wiethoff Home Page: http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/ download page v 0.95 beta 3 (2005-08-30) (eac-0.95b3.exe)(1179 KB); (eac-0.95b3.zip)(1584 KB); (with cdrdao): (eac-0.95b3-cdrdao.exe)(1816 KB); (eac-0.95b3-cdrdao.zip)(2384 KB) http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html 2005PL CD files: eac095pb5.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-09-02)
(Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Languages: English Description: CDex is a tool to do all sorts of things audio related. Mainly focused on ripping and converting, things like turning your home Compact Disc collection into an mp3 collection on your hard drive become extremely easy. CDex Feature List: Easy to use interface. Media File Player. Create PLS and M3U playlist files. Advanced jitter correction. Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, OGG, VQF, APE, etc). Support for ID3 V1 and V2 tags. Support for normalization of audio files. Support for transcoding of compressed audio files. Support for CDDB. Support for recording from the analog input line. NOTES: Users report that the CDRIP.DLL file in version 1.51 may be defective - a copy of that file from v 1.50 or earlier may be used as a replacement Company: CDex Author: Albert Faber Home Page: Project Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/ download page v 1.51 (2003-09-09) (cdex_151.exe) (1953 KB); (cdex_151.zip) (1878 KB) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=567 2005PL CD files: cdex_151.execdex_151.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-10-06)
(Freeware) NOTES: last freeware version (v 10.1) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Other OS: Linux (using Wine) Languages: English Description: Often called a Swiss army knife of Audio, dMC is able to: Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper and now AccurateRip Compatible. Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst preserving ID Tags. Volume Normalize audio files, Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length). ID tag editing [Power Pack Option], Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install], NOTES: v 10.1 is the last version with a free mp3 encoder Company: -- Author: Illustrate Home Page: http://www.dbpoweramp.com download v 10.1 (2004-01) (dMC-r10.exe) (1484 KB) http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe 2005PL CD files: dMC-r10.exe (desc. rev.: 2005-01-04)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows Languages: English; language packs for other languages Description: Winamp is an audio player for CDs, MP3s and streaming files. It combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. Winamp features a versatile playlist editor, a ten band graphic equalizer and built-in pre-amplifier. Company: Nullsoft Author: -- download page v 2.81 (2002-08-21) (winamp281_lite.exe) (496 KB), (winamp281_std.exe) (1.12 MB), (winamp281_full.exe) (1.72 MB) http://www.winampheaven.net/ Home Page (later versions): http://winamp.com/ (desc. rev.: 2005-02-01)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP Languages: English; Spanish; German; language packs for other languages Description: vanBasco's Karaoke Player plays MIDI Karaoke files. Lyrics can be displayed in full-screen. You can change and recall tempo, volume, and key of a song, and mute or solo instruments. NOTES: If you've already installed a copy of vanBasco's Karaoke Player (formerly vanBasco's MIDI Player) on your system, please do not uninstall that copy first (if you do, you will lose all your settings and playlists). Company: vanBasco.com Author: -- Home Page: http://www.vanbasco.com/ download v 2.53 (2004-03-12) (vkaraoke.exe) (796 KB) http://www.vanbasco.com/download_midi_player_with_full_screen_karaoke_display.html 2005PL CD files: vkaraoke.exe (desc. rev.: 2004-03-29)
(Donationware) (free) (open source) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Languages: English Description: MPEG Audio Collection is a program designed to organize your MPEG audio file collection. It is fast and easy to use, scans selected drives for *.mpa, *.mp2 and *.mp3 files, and lists them in an Explorer-style tree- view interface. Just select a file to retrieve the size, bit rate, length, sample rate, and channel mode. Double-click the file to play it with its associated application. Other features include search support, playlist creating and a convenient MP3 tag editor Company: -- Author: Jurgen Faul Home Page: http://mac.sourceforge.net/ download v 2.92 (2003-10-05) (mac292.exe) (1511 KB); (mac292.zip) (1448 KB) http://mac.sourceforge.net/download.html 2005PL CD files: mac292.exemac292.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-01-10)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows NOTES: Requires Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files Other OS: Macintosh; Linux Languages: English and many other languages Description: MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding. Company: Author: -- Buzzy's review: http://www.buzzys.net/mp3gain.html Home Page: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ download page v 1.2.5 (2005-01-08) (mp3gain-win-1_2_5.exe) (652 KB), (mp3gain-win-1_2_5.zip) (735 KB); (w/ VB run-time) (mp3gain-win-full-1_2_5.exe) (1932 KB) http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php 2005PL CD files: mp3gain-win-1_2_4.exemp3gain-win-1_2_4.zipmp3gain-win-full-1_2_4.exe (desc. rev.: 2005-04-12)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Other OS: Linux Languages: English and many other languages Description: Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software. Using Wink you can capture screenshots of your software, use images that you already have, type-in explanations for each step, create a navigation sequence complete with buttons, delays, titles etc and create a highly effective tutorial for your users. Company: -- Author: Satish Kumar Home Page: http://www.debugmode.com download page v 1.5 build 1051 (2005-03-13) (wink15-1.zip) (1848 KB) http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php (desc. rev.: 2005-04-12)
(Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL) Windows OS: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP NOTES: No installation required. Languages: English Description: VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images. Company: virtualdub.org Author: Avery Lee Home Page: http://www.virtualdub.org/ download page v 1.6.9.23604 (2005-07-10) (VirtualDub-1.5.10.zip) (853 KB) http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/ alternate download page v 1.6.11.23774 (2005-10-02) (VirtualDub-1.6.11.zip) (922 KB) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9649 2005PL CD files: VirtualDub-1.5.10.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-10-11)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP Languages: English; French; Japanese Description: TMPGEnc converts *.AVI file to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using variety of option in TMPGEnc, you can compress your video file in high quality. TMPGEnc enables us adjust bitrate, quantize matrix, GOP structure, Interlace and many other parameter so that you can create most appropriate movie file depends on your purpose. Company: -- Author: Hiroyuki Hori Home Page: http://www.tmpgenc.net/ download page v 2.524 (2004-12-16) (TMPGEnc-2.524.63.181-Free.zip) (1438 KB) http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_download.html (desc. rev.: 2005-01-09)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Languages: English and many other languages Description: Gives detailed information, especially the codecs needed to play the file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your system tooltips, drag & drop support, accessible from contextual menu in Explorer, export of all the information to .csv, recusive directory analysis. Recognized formats: Natively : AVI, ASF & WMV, Real (.rm, .rmvb), Ogg (.ogg, .ogm), Mpeg-(S)VCD-DVD (.mpg, .vob). Others: all those handled by DirectShow (.mp3, ...) Company: -- Author: Philippe Duby; Jasper Home Page: http://avicodec.duby.info/ download page v 1.1.0.4 (2003-09-06) (AVIcodec_1.1.0.4.exe) (350 KB) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86862 2005PL CD files: AVIcod11.exe (desc. rev.: 2004-10-02)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL) Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Languages: English and many other languages Description: Media Player Classic is the perfect substitute for Windows Media Player. Estetically is identical to version 6.4 and has the same lightness in terms of ram occupation, but it has much more useful functions. Features: With right and left keys it's possible to go forward/backward of one single frame. With ctrl + right/left it's possible to skip one predefinite quantity of frames. With ctrl + up it's possible to change faster the speed of reproduction. It's possible to visualize with media player Quicktime and RealMedia movies (but that programs must be installed). In full screen modality it's possible to show a scroll bar putting the mouse in the lower portion of the screen. In full screen it's possible redimension images and adopt a cinema format or a tv format. It work as a DVD player too. Keys are completely customizable. It can show subtitles. Company: -- Author: Gabest; Rob Schultz; J. VICTOR Home Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ download page v 6.4.8.7 (2005-11-25) [ mpc2kxp6487.7z (1553 KB) Windows 2000/XP] [ mpc98me6487.7z (1403 KB) Windows 98/ME] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358 Note: 7-Zip (on the FILE UTILITIES page) can open .7z archives PL2006FILEUTILITIES.php#0011-PW 2005PL CD files: mpc98me6482.zipmpc2kxp6482.zip (desc. rev.: 2005-11-27)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Languages: English Description: Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player from Real Networks. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt) and ReadPix (.rp). It also supports RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing Real related software, like RealPlayer or RealOne Player, before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided. Company: KL Software Author: -- Home Page: http://www.codecguide.com/ download page v 1.45 (2005-11-07) [ realalt145.exe (6568 KB)] http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm alternate download page v 1.45 (2005-11-07) [ realalt145.exe (6568 KB)] http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm (desc. rev.: 2005-11-14)
(Freeware) Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Languages: English Description: QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing QuickTime related software, like QuickTime Player, before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided. Company: KL Software Author: -- Home Page: http://www.codecguide.com/ download page [v 1.66 (2005-11-14) quicktimealt166.exe (11954 KB) Win 2000/XP] [v 1.54 (2005-11-14) quicktimealt154.exe (8348 KB) Win 98/ME/2000/XP] http://www.codecguide.com/download_qt.htm alternate download page http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm (desc. rev.: 2005-11-27
