Sound credits
Last updated: November 12, 2026
Most of the instruments and sounds built into ProdHQ are public domain (CC0) or ProdHQ's own. The 124 below are by authors who released them under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 3.0 or 4.0), which asks for credit. This page is that credit.
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- Music bed instruments (7)
- Imaging sounds (19)
- Ambiences (18)
- Scenes, sports and summer (55)
- Holiday and radio (4)
- Halloween (21)
Music bed instruments
Played by the music beds, the beat machine and Sound Design.
- DRSKit by Jes Eiler (DRSDrums), Lars Muldjord and Bent Bisballe Nyeng (DrumGizmo.org) · CC BY 4.0
- Etherealwinds Harp II Community Edition by Versilian Studios LLC · CC BY 4.0
- Greg Sullivan's E-Pianos: Yamaha CP80, Hohner Pianet T, Wurlitzer EP200 (SFZ by kinwie) by Greg Sullivan · CC BY 3.0
- Headroom Piano (SFZ by kinwie) by Bengt Nilsson · CC BY 4.0
- MTG Solo Sax (SFZ by kinwie) by Music Technology Group (MTG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra; SFZ kinwie · CC BY 3.0
- MuldjordKit by Lars Muldjord (DrumGizmo.org) · CC BY 4.0
- Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm · CC BY 3.0
Imaging sounds
Hits, booms, risers, swells and stingers in Sound Design.
- 808 bass drop D by langdonrry · CC BY 3.0
- Aggressive Riser / Uplifter 128 BPM / Key- G by SSS_Samples · CC BY 3.0
- BIG RISER by johnjohnfm · CC BY 4.0
- BRAAAM Collection v1 (#388226) by x235 · CC BY 3.0
- BRAAAM Collection v1 (#388229) by x235 · CC BY 3.0
- BRAAAM Collection v1 (#388233) by x235 · CC BY 3.0
- BRAAAM Collection v1 (#388224) by x235 · CC BY 3.0
- Cinematic Boom Impact Hit 2021 by EminYILDIRIM · CC BY 4.0
- Cinematic Impact Boom by EminYILDIRIM · CC BY 4.0
- Cinematic Sound BRAAAM Sample /// Brass - Trailer by CHAKONG · CC BY 4.0
- Dramatic Orchestral Crescendo by SilverIllusionist · CC BY 4.0
- Etherealwinds Harp II CE glissandi by Versilian Studios LLC · CC BY 4.0
- Reverse Cymbal Crash Sweep by stair · CC BY 4.0
- Saw Style Uplift / Rise (140 BPM / G Major) by SSS_Samples · CC BY 3.0
- SRS_Cinematic_Hit by StephenSaldanha · CC BY 4.0
- string swells by thatjeffcarter · CC BY 4.0
- TONE DOWNSWEEP by sandyrb · CC BY 4.0
- Violin single note swell by TheFlyFishingFilmmaker · CC BY 4.0
- White noise down-sweep by copyc4t · CC BY 4.0
Ambiences
Stadium, concert, city, weather and nature beds in Sound Design.
- Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav by InspectorJ · CC BY 4.0
- Cicadas (Crete, June 2024) by iainmccurdy · CC BY 4.0
- City Traffic Ambience - Berlin - Tram / Train, Cars, Pedestrians.wav by GregorQuendel · CC BY 4.0
- Crowd Cheering - Ambience and Cheering.wav by GregorQuendel · CC BY 4.0
- Crowd Cheering - Ambience.wav by GregorQuendel · CC BY 4.0
- Crowd Cheering - Strong Cheering 1.wav by GregorQuendel · CC BY 4.0
- Crowd Cheering - Strong Cheering and Soft Rhythmic Cheering.wav by GregorQuendel · CC BY 4.0
- Football Crowd - Goal- Cheer - Southampton Vs Hull at Saint Mary's Stadium.wav by Quistard · CC BY 3.0
- Foyer Crowd.wav by Benboncan · CC BY 4.0
- HIGHWAY TRAFFIC passby of cars, trucks and motorbike - 200 meters by etienne.leplumey · CC BY 4.0
- Impact Sprinklers on Potatoes.wav by soggyprod · CC BY 4.0
- Large, supportive crowd, sports competition, athletics, audience cheering and clapping rhytmically in the stadium, some horns by YleArkisto · CC BY 4.0
- Large, supportive, cheering crowd, sports competition, athletics, women's javelin, winning performance, enormous shouting in the stadium, some horns by YleArkisto · CC BY 4.0
- Light rain on a metal carport roof by lakewoodsound · CC BY 4.0
- Steady Rain.WAV by Benboncan · CC BY 4.0
- Strong Wind & Creaking Trees by eqavox · CC BY 4.0
- WALLA Ballpark Chatter by AshFox · CC BY 3.0
- Wind In Woodland.wav by Benboncan · CC BY 4.0
Scenes, sports and summer
Sound effects in Sound Design.
- 1 Impact Wet by original_sound by original_sound · CC BY 3.0
- 26.07.21- Real Human Heartbeat - Contact Mic Recording 4 by Valerie-Vivegnis by Valerie-Vivegnis · CC BY 4.0
- ALRMBuzr-Blue Snowball Microphone, MCU_Simon, 1978, Electronic by designerschoice · CC BY 4.0
- Arrow shoot by JoeDinesSound · CC BY 4.0
- Arrow shot by JPhilipp · CC BY 4.0
- Audience applause by NovaSoundTechnology · CC BY 4.0
- Before the concert by tom_woysky · CC BY 4.0
- Bodhran hits #1 by pogmothoin · CC BY 4.0
- Bodhran hits #2 by pogmothoin · CC BY 4.0
- Bow release by sgossner · CC BY 4.0
- Brass Handbell by PMBROWNE by PMBROWNE · CC BY 4.0
- Bus arriving by bone666138 · CC BY 4.0
- Bus door by GiovanniProvenzale · CC BY 4.0
- Bus door by WIM · CC BY 4.0
- Candle lighting by alexarje · CC BY 4.0
- Change falling by mookie182 · CC BY 3.0
- Coin drop 2.m4a by JonathanHoleton by JonathanHoleton · CC BY 4.0
- Concert applause by xserra · CC BY 4.0
- Concert applause by YleArkisto · CC BY 4.0
- Concert crowd by schluppipuppie · CC BY 4.0
- Cutting paper by zerolagtime · CC BY 4.0
- Fiddle melody by Andrew Duke · CC BY 3.0
- Fiddle run by BoilingSand · CC BY 3.0
- Fog horn by CGEffex · CC BY 4.0
- Free Crowd Cheering Sounds #1 by gregor-quendel · CC BY 4.0
- Free Crowd Cheering Sounds #2 by gregor-quendel · CC BY 4.0
- Free Crowd Cheering Sounds #3 by gregor-quendel · CC BY 4.0
- Golf swing by Department64 · CC BY 4.0
- Ice clink in glass by Clearwavsound · CC BY 3.0
- Ice cubes in glass by alexarje · CC BY 4.0
- Ice cubes poured by Clearwavsound · CC BY 3.0
- Impact liquid water fall body reverb tail.wav by ryusa by ryusa · CC BY 4.0
- Many Coins, Dropped on Hard Surface.wav by theplax by theplax · CC BY 4.0
- Racket on ball by bigal13 · CC BY 4.0
- Rain On An Umbrella & Birds Ambience.wav by Kingcornz by Kingcornz · CC BY 4.0
- Roar of the crowd by CGEffex · CC BY 4.0
- School bell by thecityrings · CC BY 3.0
- School bus by chungus43A · CC BY 4.0
- Screen door slam outside by tomtenney · CC BY 4.0
- Seagull by beejeeb1314 · CC BY 3.0
- Seagull Calls #1 by iamaviolin · CC BY 4.0
- Seagull Calls #2 by iamaviolin · CC BY 4.0
- Slapshot by pthj412 · CC BY 4.0
- Soccer kick by dersuperanton · CC BY 4.0
- Soccer kick by volivieri · CC BY 4.0
- Sprinkler by ibirdfilm · CC BY 4.0
- Swish by designerschoice · CC BY 4.0
- Tabletop clock ticking, speed ramp down (followup) by ycbcr by ycbcr · CC BY 4.0
- Thunder #1 (jerimee: a synthesized FM thunderclap) by jerimee · CC BY 3.0
- Thunder #2 (jerimee: a synthesized FM thunderclap) by jerimee · CC BY 3.0
- Ticking Smiths car clock by nightcustard by nightcustard · CC BY 4.0
- Time Running Out & Buzzer by qubodup by qubodup · CC BY 4.0
- Water Splash (Yo Frankie!) #1 by lamoot (Blender Foundation, Yo Frankie!) · CC BY 3.0
- Water Splash (Yo Frankie!) #2 by lamoot (Blender Foundation, Yo Frankie!) · CC BY 3.0
- Wine glasses clink.mp3 by DJ Burnham by DJ Burnham · CC BY 4.0
Holiday and radio
Sound effects in Sound Design.
- Champagne cork pop by Ruben_Uitenweerde · CC BY 3.0
- Firework explosion by TB0Y298 · CC BY 4.0
- Firework explosion 2 by TB0Y298 · CC BY 4.0
- Turkey gobble by sinatra314 · CC BY 3.0
Halloween
Voices, animals and effects in the Halloween sounds.
- 25 spooky sound effects (bart) by bart (opengameart.org) · CC BY 3.0
- Ambience, creepy wind, A (InspectorJ) by InspectorJ (Jonathan Shaw) · CC BY 4.0
- Ambient loops (Little Robot Sound Factory) by Little Robot Sound Factory · CC BY 3.0
- Bones, blood drips, knife stabs, gate (Little Robot Sound Factory) by Little Robot Sound Factory · CC BY 3.0
- Cathedral bells, close (InspectorJ) by InspectorJ (Jonathan Shaw) · CC BY 4.0
- Church bell (CosmicEmbers) by CosmicEmbers · CC BY 3.0
- Cinematic boom (juskiddink) by juskiddink · CC BY 4.0
- Common raven calls, Famenne (reinsamba) by reinsamba · CC BY 4.0
- Creaky light wooden door (fractilegames) by fractilegames · CC BY 3.0
- Crickets (dklon) by dklon · CC BY 3.0
- Cthulhu growl (cylon8472) by cylon8472 · CC BY 4.0
- Dark ambient drone (Patrick Lieberkind) by PatrickLieberkind · CC BY 4.0
- Evil laugh 9 (clown, Nanakisan) by Nanakisan · CC BY 4.0
- Horrified female scream (C. Travers) by XfiXy8 (recordist Peter Brucker, performer C. Travers) · CC BY 4.0
- Horror Sound Effects Library (Little Robot Sound Factory) by Little Robot Sound Factory · CC BY 3.0
- Howling wind (inchadney) by inchadney · CC BY 4.0
- Knocks, creaks, thuds (bart) by bart (opengameart.org) · CC BY 3.0
- Tawny owls hooting (Benboncan) by Benboncan · CC BY 4.0
- Upset cat (Dan Knoflicek) by Dan Knoflicek (Macro) · CC BY 3.0
- Wind howling in a woodburner (Benboncan) by Benboncan · CC BY 4.0
- Wolf crying howl (EminYILDIRIM) by EminYILDIRIM · CC BY 4.0
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