All of our sound effects are 'royalty-free' meaning, the purchase price includes all licensing and usage fees. The purchaser of Soundrangers sound files is licensed to use the sound effects as many times as they desire, for as long as they desire, in as many productions as they desire so as the sound effects are 'synchronized' in your audio/video production. This includes commercial web design, software applications, Flash animations, games, video, podcasts, radio, TV, DVD, film and so on. (see below) Our license does NOT cover usage as ringtones or other hardware devices that "play" sounds as standalone elements, template services or audio-centric software (I.E. IM type apps). See next paragraph. We have several license packages available for this sort of usage- please contact us using our 'sales and licensing' form for more info.

Because we create all of our sound effects and completely own the copyright to everything in our library, we can guarantee our content is completely safe and legal for you to license for use in your product or production. No legal fine print, restrictions outside of our license agreement, copyright infringement or 3rd party negotiations commonly associated with free sound sites, public file sharing portals etc. to worry about.

So, if you're using our sound effects in your new software application, you're covered under our license regardless of whether your product is commercially available for sale or not. If you're using our sound effects in the new Super Fabulous TV commercial, you're covered under our agreement and need no further license. Need sound effects for your downloadable game? You're covered under our license. The same holds true for web design, games, DVD, radio broadcast production including jingles and commercials, video, film, theater and so forth. If you'd like to license our sound effects for commercial distribution on your phone, hardware device, website, template service, or audio-centric software where the sound effects will play a primary, non-syncronized role (I.E. IM type apps, software alarm clocks etc) you must contact us for additional licensing information. Again, we have licensing packages available for these so please ask!

Legal: Upon receipt of Soundrangers sound effects the purchaser agrees to the following:

Soundrangers sound effects are licensed, not sold, for synchronized use within the purchaser's sound creations and productions. All copying, lending, duplicating, reselling, distributing or de-compiling of this product in its original form to any party other than the purchaser is strictly prohibited. Failure to comply with this is in violation of state and federal copyright laws. Only the original purchasers of this product have the right to use the enclosed sound effects within their own sound productions.

Sound usage can include sound design and assembly of our elements for commercial web design, online and CD-ROM entertainment, radio, television, film, video, podcasts, DVD, theater and personal use.

View our End-User License Agreement
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We do offer additional licensing options for redistribution, bundling or non-syncronized use of our sounds.
Some examples are:

Hardware Devices
Ringtones
IM Applications
Toys
Media Building Systems (HTML/Flash Templates, Game Systems)
Audio-Centric Software (Clock Alarms, Software SFX Generators, Notifiers etc)
Re-distribution through 3rd party

If you'd like to license our sounds for one of these uses or have questions regarding licensing, please feel free to contact us.

Additional License Contact Page

website sound design (commercial and personal)

games (console, PC, handheld, web, downloadable)

non-commercial electronic devices

software applications

commercial productions such as music, film

broadcast: tv, radio, cable, Podcast (see above)

audio brand identification (audio logos)

ringtones (personal use only, not for resale)

on hold music

*Inclusion on chip-sets, phones, template services, or audio-centric apps requires an additional license. (SEE ABOVE) Please contact us at audioguys@soundrangers.com for more details.

Below are the primary license types for our royalty free music. Please determine what kind of usage you're interested in, and select the appropriate license type from the drop down box. An asterisk (*) requires you to fill out and submit a usage cuesheet to us using our online form. If you don't see what your looking for or have any questions or suggestions please contact us. Click here for licensing and usage information.

Each license gives you the non-exclusive worldwide rights for the lifetime of the product.

General: This is our general usage license which covers: non-commercial and commercial websites, single use DVD/CD-ROM/video, Kiosks, virtual business cards, internal business presentations, Powerpoint, personal use, theater, educational use, events, conventions, weddings, point of sale displays.

Game, Web: This license covers usage in web based games, where the game is hosted on or as a website.

Game, Download: This license covers usage in downloadable games, both commercial and free. It covers up to 500 downloads. If you require more downloads than this, please purchase the "Game, Download Unlimited" license. If you've purchased this license, and need coverage beyond the 500 downloads, you can upgrade to the unlimited license- just let us know.

Game, Download Unlimited: This license covers usage in downloadable games, both commercial and free. It gives you the license to use the music track in an unlimited number of downloads, for one license fee.

Game, Console - PC - Handheld: Please use the Resale/Production license below.

Resale/Production: If you plan on using our music in products made commercially available for sale to the public or OEMs, and/or are manufacturing multiple units of product which include our music, you'll need this license. It covers: software (downloadable and boxed), DVD, CD-ROM, video, Kiosks, virtual business cards, tradeshow promo discs etc. This license also covers usage in Console, PC and Handheld GAME titles. (For web and downloadable games, please see associated license above) There are several different pricing tiers based on the quantity of product you need. You can view these price points in the licensing drop down box next to each track of music.

So for example, if you've created a piece of software that requires up to 500 units manufactured, you're covered under the "Resale/Production 500" license. If you plan to manufacture more, you'll need to purchase the license that corresponds to the quantity you need. I.E. If you've created a DVD documentary that will be sold to the public and need up to 5000 units manufactured, you're covered under the "Resale/Production 5k" license. Shipping 100k units of your PC game? Select the "Resale/Production 100k" license. We don't require credits, but would love to be credited in your credit roll if one exists. As always, please ask if you have any questions.

Radio: broadcast productions available to the public on local, regional and/or national radio and webcasts. Usage types include commercials, jingles, promos, PSA's *Requires cuesheet submission.

TV/Cable: broadcast productions available to the public on local, regional, national and/or international tv, free tv, cable, webcasts and pay per view. Usage types include network/channel programming, commercials, infomercials, jingles, promos, PSA's.*Requires cuesheet submission.

Podcast: Use this license for music usage in Podcasts. License covers an unlimited number of downloads.

Film, Feature: usage in commercial feature films and trailers. *Requires cuesheet submission.

Film, Indie/Short: This license covers you for sync usage in your indie or short film/animation and covers you up to 500 copies manufactured. You will need to purchase an additional "Resale/Production" license if you plan on manufacturing more than 500 copies. See above. If your indie/short is broadcast, you'll need to fill our our cuesheet and return it to us. Also, we don't require that you put us in your credits, but it'd be most appreciated! You can gather the writer information by clicking the "cuesheet" icon next to each track of music on our music pages. *Requires cuesheet submission.

Broadcast, Other: On Hold Music, Music Services, Sporting Events etc. *Music services require cuesheet submission.