The Universitat Pompeu Fabra (of which the Phonos Foundation and Freesound are part of) has published a comprehensive article titled 20 years of sound sharing at Freesound, the prominent international project founded at the UPF. The article traces the 20-year journey of Freesound, explaining how the project emerged to give researchers and creators free access to sound recordings, then evolved from a simple database into a sophisticated platform with tools, APIs, datasets, and technologies for sound analysis. The article also highlights Freesound’s impact on creativity, as well as its role in community-based research, sound culture initiatives, and citizen participation projects. Finally, it examines how Freesound has become a valuable resource for artificial intelligence research, while discussing current efforts to ensure that AI serves the interests of the community.
The article can serve as a nice introduction to Freesound and the community :), and a good complement to the already available materials of the 20th years anniversary celebration.
You can read the article here: https://www.upf.edu/en/web/focus/w/20-anys-freesound-upf.
frederic
on behalf of the Freesound team
Preserving & Sharing Classic Hollywood Sound Effects – is amazing. Are there any plans to put the videos on YouTube?
Freesound has been a staple in my life for years as a creator and user of original sound effects. To learn Freesound is over 20 years old is thrilling, even satisfying.
Thank you for enabling so many to freely create art with audio.