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In 2025… Freesound turns 20! https://blog.freesound.org/?p=2162

A few things going on
-Freesound-based composition contest
-October event (with talks from members of the Freesound community)
-Intangible Heritage though the lens of Freesound.
-Celebrate the anniversary by getting creative and uploading new sounds with the tag #freesound20.

There's a few things of "We will post more information about that event and how to participate in due time.", Looking forward to that

I encourage the community, do record a few "Happy Birthday" and "Freesound" or "Happy (20th) birthday Freesound!", party popper, party whistle / party blower / noisemaker sounds. Cheers? Claps ? Other?
Lets have a sort of "Dare" until 2026 with the theme of celebration and tag #freesound20

Cheers!

Oh, wow! It's great to have discovered Freesound and to have had access to SFX for various community radio and other projects. It's my go to for sounds. I'll record a birthday message...I've been using sound downloads for about a decade and have just uploaded my first - it's like a bundle of sequential sounds. Hope you love it.

It would be cool, if a few of us could say it in our native tong
Would show the diversity of users here and how Freesound is beneficial all over the world ^^

I recorded something, tried to do a old-school radio announcement, I just need to process the sound a little, the mic I used got in the right direction but not far enough
Cheers!

Edit: its done, I may have went too far lol https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/803827/

Amazing! 20 years!

Actually I crashed the official Freesound birthday party and recorded this little audio clip before they threw me out.

https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/803833/

--Craig Smith

Simply saying Freesound / happy birthday Freesound.
Without effects this time.
French take : https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/803972/
English take : https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/803954/

Freesound - What is this site anyway?
https://freesound.org/people/stomachache/sounds/49180/

French - 2025 04 05 20th Freesound anniversary
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/804465/

I have found this https://freesound.org/people/stomachache/sounds/49180/
It would be great to re-make something like that !

I suggest the following script :
"The Free-Sound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
In 2025 (Twenty Twenty-Five), it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Thank you - the community."

Here's my take : https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/804467/

It might be cool, if someone Spanish or local, could pronounce "Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona" and maybe "Phonos", and well as "MTG Music Technology Group".
Cheers!

Here's some happy birthday takes in Arabic by my housemate
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/810313/
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/810314/
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/810317/
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/810316/
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/810315/

Reminder, 28th of October, Freesound 20 event at Barcelona and online
https://blog.freesound.org/?p=2290

In the honour of freesound's 20th birthday, I also invite you to share sounds tagged "Freesound" and "Freesound20"

Ideas would be vocal takes saying :
- happy bithday Freesound (in different languages it would be soo cool!)
- 20
- Maybe a vocal comment about how Freesound is useful to you or what you do.
- Simply a "Hi my psudoname is X, I post sounds here" etc...
- Thank you

Or cheering, sonification of the freesound logo, clapping
Or make a soundscape composition from multiple sounds uploaded now and 20 years ago

Don't forget to add the Freesound 20 event the 28th to your calendar
https://blog.freesound.org/?p=2290
Online room open 15min before the event https://upf-edu.zoom.us/j/93968998691#success