BBC SFX Library (high quality)

(this is my 2nd attempt at uploading this torrent as the first one screwed up, apologies if you tried this earlier - this one is ok, uploaded at 1.16pm GMT, 30/5/09) this is the ROYALTY FREE, sound effects library, given away FREE by the BBC. they are in HIGHEST QUALITY 'flac' format (superior to mp3) and can be converted back to 'wav' with NO loss of quality from the original. Audio Quality - FLAC 1.2.1, PERFECT (Lossless), 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit, 1411kbps, (CRC) This is the FULL 60 CD's in PRO QUALITY - the 40 original CD's, and the 20 bonus '2nd Edition' CD's. The full CD listing and individual sample details are in 'BBC_sfx_Listings.rar'. - Size : 17.2 Gb (the set of 60 CD's are being sold online for £400/$600 - phhht!) see my other torrents here - http://thepiratebay.se/user/SarahD ******************************* if you want a smaller download then check out these two torrents which are 320kbps mp3, (typically some mp3 degredation and distortion but perfectly fine for home use and bedroom studio enthusiasts). 5.34Gb - 38 of the original 40 CD's (7 & 25 are missing). + an extra (non BBC) CD (in 128Kbps only) - "Annoying Sounds". -

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SuPahMooo (2009-06-06)

Thank you Thank you & Thank you!

downlife (2009-06-06)

WOW! What an amazing and impressive upload. Thank you!!

Ecards (2009-06-13)

Thanks a lot for this wonderful upload.
The effects are just great!

T.Abu (2009-07-13)

Great!

elov (2009-07-23)

Damn people!
I've been seeding almost 1.4TB now (1387GB) on this torrent and still there's only 30 seeders. So i guess i'll continue =)
Thanks BBC!

crackerjackson (2009-08-06)

What's the best way to download this torrent? Limewire isn't working at all :/

gnut (2009-08-21)

....another braindead seeder. Why seed some fuckin' 190 .rar-Files?
Why not unpack that stuff that one can pick what he needs and download partially? And, most people delete stuff after unraring it. Sharing is definitely better on unRARed stuff.

caliwillbemine (2009-08-22)

17GB of sound effects ? holy cow.
i guess its great for video editing
rar files are a pain! people should understand that.

SarahD (2009-08-28)

this is the complete 38.2Gb collection from the BBC. Professionals and semi-professionals will want the whole collection. Rar has the standard cross-platform compression since the early 90's (people should realise that).
If you're an amatuer, only want to pick a few of the samples out, or don't like the size then seach for the other post of this collection, they're smaller, lower quality, and incomplete but would suite you better

grunberd (2009-09-02)

Hi SarahD
This is a gold mine! Unfortunately, I don't have enough spce on my laptop HD to fit it all. Any chance you might be able to repost chunks of ~ 6GB?
Thanks so much

antmartain (2009-10-31)

To the uploader, thanks for this standout torrent. Nice to see something a bit unusual.
To all those complaining, quit your bitching.

gtr1022 (2009-11-07)

Nice collection!
A slight correction: This set is "royalty free" but wasn't given away by the BBC. The original 60 CDs retail for about $1000. It's free at TBP!

zcold (2009-12-02)

hey gnut, your a foo! so if everyone only picks some of the shit...say half to download... then when someone wants the whole thing.. guess what... SOL! so how about you download the whole thing, stop your bitching and whining... get a better internet connection or fawk off!
Thanks SarahD, this is awesome..

lan720 (2009-12-02)

thaaaaaaaaaaanks

HyperNova (2009-12-25)

thank you

 one_last_round (2010-01-04)

thanks :) pretty cool download

smitty89 (2010-03-04)

thanks for this upload, its good to have, i just have one question
im using finalcut pro and soundtrack pro and none of these fx seem to be compatible ive tried playing about with the file types but still nothing
at the moment i have a brilliant collection of sound effects (thanks to you) but no bloody way of using them, they just play on a loop in my itunes, mocking me :)
any help would be appreciated folks

smitty89 (2010-03-04)

scratch the previous comment
if you wanna convert .flac to .wav or .aiff download MacFLAC at

just drag and drop into the program and hit convert
there is one for windows as well

Sdraer (2010-03-14)

Thanks HEAPS for this SarahD. Really useful to us amateur media types. Home video etc.
Thanks to all seeders. I will seed for at least 2 weeks.

omaudio (2010-03-22)

Thanks very much for this- I have uploaded 26GB- what is good etiquette for seeding- upload twice the size or what?

 Robin__Meng (2010-04-20)

Thanks ! I take a while to download but its worth it. But why did you make RAR-parts ?

tickletackle (2010-05-13)

it says files are broken or it keeps asking me that it is part of a multi faceted archive. i am using rar expander on mac. is this just a human fail on my part? should i use a better program?

thechrismarvel (2010-06-17)

plz seed someone!!!!thank u!

jston (2010-06-25)

Please seed! Its going to take 12 weeks otherwise =( PLEEEASE! =) thanks to the 14 seeders already aswell

jston (2010-06-25)

SEEED plz! (i dont think my last plea went through =P)

jston (2010-06-26)

Please keep seeding people. I am still struggling to get to 10% PLEEEASE SEED =)

jangmuso (2010-08-09)

It's hard to seed when it's packed in RAR files. People will extract it and then delete the RARs.
It's common sense and also the reason why some trackers don't even allow RAR files.
I'd kindly ask the uploader (or whoever) to reupload this as FLAC.

jojo67000 (2010-08-15)

Thx for the Upload, but please realize that :
- Rar can't compress audio Files
- Rar files are quickly deleted by Seeders
- Rar doesn't tolerate separated files to be downlded and upld.
So Rar in this case is TOTALLY inapropriate.

Friend33 (2010-10-01)

Hi All, could people tell which RAR's contain CDs 20 and 21? I need only weather series. Thank you!

dsisco (2010-10-12)

Didn't work for me: the RAR files expanded into many empty folders.

BrokenEmpires (2010-12-28)

this is nice. definetly worth seeding

XxM24Ty (2011-03-09)

Thank You!! I am a solo instrumentalist who often dabbles in Sound Scape songs. I make many of my own home made direct to hard drive recordings of everything from city life to nature and country life. This CD is on this starving artist can not afford, in fact I currently have no job and heathl problems with no insurance. Dabbling in music and doing Sound Scape style, which I guess The Beetles were the first, it makes my life. I just can not afford to pay for this library when I am $10,000 in the hole due to two 4 hour stays in the local hospital. The blame the uninsured, but we get charged the most, everyone blames us for the cost, but all the breaks go to the price insurance companies pay hospitals and so so.
Thanks for this upload as it will be a nice addition to my collection.!!

mrvain32 (2011-04-11)

Thanks a lot man....Really awesome collection and so neatly done. Great work. Keep it up.

newbrownshoe (2011-04-23)

Thanks Sarah...can see you've put a lot of time into this. It helps lots of people.

enigs (2011-08-22)

Thank you Sarah.
Some people shouldn't be allowed to use the internet.

hobittual (2012-01-14)

I bet SarahD is very pretty has a wonderful rack and is really sexy.

bigdrago (2012-07-06)

Isn't this better?

electropop_guy (2012-07-20)

@Friend33: "Hi All, could people tell which RAR's contain CDs 20 and 21? I need only weather series. Thank you! "
The great thing about RAR torrents is that you can't download single files.
Did I say "great"? I meant "dumb". One of the *many* dumb things about using RAR files for torrents is that you have to download the whole thing even if you only want a couple of files.