Difference between revisions of "Freesound"
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It seems at one point the site relied on university-provided research hosting, and has had a troubled past with downtime. | It seems at one point the site relied on university-provided research hosting, and has had a troubled past with downtime. | ||
In June 2008 the site's domain [http://web.archive.org/web/20080614040102/http://www.freesound.org/ switched] from freesound.iua.upf.edu to freesound.org - since that point reliability has improved. | In June 2008 the site's domain [http://web.archive.org/web/20080614040102/http://www.freesound.org/ switched] from freesound.iua.upf.edu to freesound.org - since that point reliability has improved. | ||
== Previous Discussion == | |||
It seems there was some fairly in-depth discussion about the process and politics of archiving Freesound in [http://web.archive.org/web/20160826085443id_/http://archive.fart.website/bin/irclogger_log/archiveteam?date=2016-03-05,Sat&sel=110#l106 #archiveteam IRC May 2016]. However, users dispanded to IRC channel '#freeallthesounds' which isn't archived - it is unclear whether progress was made. | |||
== External links == | == External links == |
Revision as of 08:59, 26 August 2016
Freesound.org | |
URL | http://www.freesound.org/ |
Status | Online! |
Archiving status | Not saved yet |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Freesound is a website for free audio material exchange, founded through the International Computer Music Computer Conference in 2005.
A free account is required to download sounds on the website. Uploaders can choose licensing agreements for their sound, CC0, CC BY, and CC BY-NC - but emphasis is placed on collaborative potential of open sounds.
API
User-specific generated keys are used to access Freesound's API. The API tools search, retrieve metadata, retrieve comments and generate download links for sounds - this could possibly be used to scrape and archive the site.
According to Wikipedia ~230,000 sounds were present on the site as of February 2015. There were an estimated ~1TB of sounds in 2014.
Vital Signs
The site shows no immediate signs of going under.
It seems at one point the site relied on university-provided research hosting, and has had a troubled past with downtime. In June 2008 the site's domain switched from freesound.iua.upf.edu to freesound.org - since that point reliability has improved.
Previous Discussion
It seems there was some fairly in-depth discussion about the process and politics of archiving Freesound in #archiveteam IRC May 2016. However, users dispanded to IRC channel '#freeallthesounds' which isn't archived - it is unclear whether progress was made.