Frequently asked questions.

Soundaviary is an online sound library that provides Hi resolution royalty free sound effects and field recordings.

Royalty-Free sounds are a one-time payment – You pay a unique, flat fee, and you never have to pay for the audio again. The name literally means you are exempted from paying royalties, this is, to pay recurrent fees for using a sound. You can use the same sound over and over, in different projects and places, for as long as you want.

Synchronization is the term that describes the way in which the sound effects you purchase from Soundaviary can be utilized within your creative medium. A sound can be synchronized with a visual presentation (the sound of a car door closing timed perfectly to be heard when a car door closes), or with other audio material such as a voice over – as in the case of a radio commercial. When you use the sound effects and field recordings they must be synchronized within a multimedia presentation, film, Web site, game, audio-visual production or broadcast. Licensing

The licence agreement is perpetual, meaning it lasts forever it is never ending.

Yes. You can use the sounds in any commercial project be it radio, film, tv, musical composition, podcast, broadcast etc please refer to license agreement. Licensing. The only use that is not allowed is commercial distribution re selling of the individual sounds.

Yes. Podcasts are considered a Synchronized work.

Yes. Songs or musical compositions are Synchronized works.

Yes. A computer game is a Synchronized work.

No. The sounds cannot be used as a ringtone as this is not a synchronized work. As per the licencing agreement you are not allowed the distribution or re selling of the individual sounds “as they are” Licensing

No. Using the individual sounds “as the are” is a breach of the licensing agreement. Licensing

No. You don not have to give credit or attribution to Soundaviary. However you can if you wish giving credit is always nice.

To purchase a sound library you must register on the site. Once registered and payment made the files will be available for download via the email you provided at registration or directly at the checkout page. Files will be available to download for 24hrs from date of purchase two download attempts are provided if you have any issue please Contact us.

A download link is provided once payment is received. The link can be found on the checkout page under Downloads with all relevant information in regards to download expiry and remaining downloads. Additionally a link will also be provided via the email you provide.

The files will be delivered as .wav audio files. Depending on the sound library you purchase the files could be mono, stereo or B format Ambisonic. Refer to product description for file details.

The Universal Category System (UCS) is a public domain initiative by Tim Nielsen,  Justin Drury, Kai Paquin, among others, and supported by sound librarians, vendors, and users from around the globe. UCS is a framework for consistent categorization of sound effects, offer uniformity in a filename structure, and ease the pain of maintaining a sound effects library.

Ambisonics is a full-sphere surround sound format. Ambisonic recordings can be easily mapped to any speaker array – from stereo to multi-channel 3D surround formats to head-tracked binaural.

Metadata represents behind-the-scenes information that’s used everywhere, by every industry. it’s information that’s used to describe the data that’s contained within the audio file. For example the Author, Genre, File type, Size and Format, Copyright rights etc.

Payments can be made by Credit Card (Stripe) or via PayPal.