CC Search aka Openverse

It looks like there has been some design work for the Openverse interface, yellow colors, etc, but the big news is a beta search for CC licensed audio.

open verse search interface with filter set to audio

So I have to see what they have by searching on “dog”

35 audio results for dog

I see a mixture of music tracks (don’t you want to listen to Batman Loves My Dog?) as well as sound effects like Sheep, Dogs, Horse, and Light Rain.

Results provide a player, download, license details, tags, and one one of the best things-- cut and paste text for attribution. Here take a listen to Dogs Drinking Water

dog drinking water search result

Search filters include by specific license, category (music, sound effects, or podcast), duration (short, medium, long), file type (mp3, ogg, flac, but I note I saw wav results too) and source ( FreeSound, Jamendo, or Wikimedia Commons). This is beta so I would bet more sources will be added – among my favorites for audio is the Free Music Archive and ccMixter)

But I am excited to see audio media tossed into the search, and that you can be sure more will be added.

Openverse sounds like a good place to find open licensed audio…