Field recordings, environmental soundscapes, and real-world background audio
Location recordings of real places, weather, and wildlife. 1,387 free CC0 sounds.
Most downloaded field recordings
Top 30Raw spring bird recording with warbler, sparrow, and geese·ambiance, ambience
Casual footsteps walking on cement pavement in a parking lot·birds, casual
Large Baltic Sea waves crashing onto the shore·autumn, beach
Binaural recording of a busy city street in the middle of the day·ambience, atmosphere
Birds singing next to a river in springtime Scotland·ambience, ambient
Sudden heavy thunderstrike with minimal rain·4-channel, ambiance
Loopable spring birds recording with low-cut filter applied·ambiance, ambience
Single low rumbling thunder clap recorded during a storm·clap, field-recording
Ocean waves recorded on the shore in Hawaii·beach, field-recording
Ocean surf and breaking waves on a beach·beach, breaking-waves
Single car horn honk in urban street traffic·beep, car
Forest sounds after rain with drops falling on ferns·a, after
Match struck and pine bonfire roaring to life on a mountain night·ambience, bonfire
Cuckoo and nightingale singing together at twilight with other birds·bird, birds
General street ambience from Piccadilly Circus in London·ambience, britain
Peaceful spring field recording with birds and bees·bee, bees
Single crow cawing from the top of a birch tree·ambience, audio
Tropical forest at night with crickets, cicadas, and insects·4006, ambience
Beach waves ambience from a Florida island·ambient, beach
Nighttime city traffic at a crossroad in Pune, India·ambiance, ambience
Footsteps crunching along a gravel path.·ambient, crunch
Strong wind blowing through trees with occasional bird calls·autumn, birds
People talking outside a bar in a Polish town·ambiance, ambience
Soft babbling stream with flowing water up close·ambience, ambient
Heavy rain sound field recording·drip, field-recording
Quiet night city ambience with distant cars and urban hum·ambiance, ambience
Summer night crickets and insects from a back porch facing woods·ambience, ambient
Dense birdsong in a spring forest afternoon·ambiance, ambience
Busy Mumbai street traffic ambience with cars and city sounds·ambience, cars
Single bird singing in an urban setting·bird, city
Best for documentaries, environment design, sleep apps, real-world ambience, immersive scenes.
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Lots of Sounds API
Get field-recording sounds from code
Search the full CC0 catalog from your app, game or AI agent with the REST API or the MCP server.
curl
curl -G https://api.lotsofsounds.com/api/v1/sounds \
-H "x-api-key: $LOS_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "tags=field-recording" \
--data-urlencode "limit=10"Questions
- Can I use these sounds commercially?
- Yes. Every sound is CC0: free for personal and commercial use, with no attribution required. A credit link to lotsofsounds.com is appreciated but optional.
- What format are the files?
- Every sound is an MP3 file. Each sound page lists its duration and tags.