r/SFXLibraries

3.5K archived posts · Aug 2015 – Sep 2026

Sound Effects Libraries

r/SFXLibraries

Sound Effects Libraries A subreddit for discussing SFX libraries, sound effect vendors, and sound effects for film, television, and games. Indie libraries are welcomed here! Make your youtube, TV program, commercial, or application sound great with ambience / atmospheres, special effects, and sound design elements. Know about some free sound effects? Tell us! We'll also cover how to make and market your own SFX.

Created Aug 16, 2015

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Sound Effects Libraries

A subreddit for discussing SFX libraries, sound effect vendors, and sound effects for film, television, and games. Indie libraries are welcomed here! Make your youtube, TV program, commercial, or application sound great with ambience / atmospheres, special effects, and sound design elements. Know about some free sound effects? Tell us! We'll also cover how to make and market your own SFX.

Subreddit Rules

reddiquette+ - Trolling, insults, or antagonism towards the subreddit participants, the moderators, or even the community itself will result in a ban. No complaint posts or comments about this or any other subreddit. Use modmail
Post Restrictions:
- Post must be directly related to sfx libraries
- Poster must respond to all questions from our readers
- include the name in the post title of any sound effect, library, blog, podcast or article which you are posting about
- Poster must add flair to the post (instead of using bracketed descriptors).
- No YouTube
- No Specials / Sales / Deals front page posts - Sale notifications go in the comments section of the monthly specials announcement post stickied to the top of the sub.
- No URLs in post titles
No YouTube - YouTube submissions in this sub are restricted due to the history of submissions here having an extremely high ratio of issues such as being off topic, poor quality, spam, and copyright abuse. IMPORTANT: Any attempt to end run this rule, including hinting or suggesting where to find the video or channel, will result in a permanent ban
All Links must be direct - No tracking, referrals, or URL shortener
NO Piracy - This subreddit is NOT friendly to piracy of copyrighted works. Do not request pirated / cracked copyrighted material. Do not submit links to cracked software / plugins or sites related to piracy. Do not offer advice on how to obtain cracked / pirated material. Do not request or offer to share copyrighted material (other than your own). Do not discuss or respond to these kinds of things. Anyone doing so will be permanently banned.
New & Low Karma accounts are restricted - New accounts and those with negative karma cannot post in this subreddit. Let your new account age a bit while you get to know the subreddit and comment on other posts. Accounts with negative karma will not be able to post or comment here.

SFX Library Reviews

Weekly

Pro Tools Expert has a weekly review of sfx libraries on Sunday.

Monthly

The Audio Spotlight has a monthly review of sfx libraries.

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