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Sword fight
0:07

• .wav
• 22 kHz | 
• 16 bit

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Firing squad 2
0:07

• .wav
• 11 kHz | 
• 16 bit

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Car exploding
0:03

• .wav
• 22 kHz | 
• 8 bit

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Free Audio Files

The container format to store audio data on a computer is referred to as an audio file. The various types of audio files used for storing audio data are called “audio formats”. WAV is the standard file format used in Windows applications that store audio data in uncompressed form. It consumes about 10MB to store a one-minute long music file. Most popular formats for downloading and storing music is the easily available MP3. Eliminating portions of an audio file that is essentially inaudible helps create such files. The compressed file is about one-tenth in size to that of the uncompressed. Then we have that humble MIDI format that allows electronic musical instruments and computers to communicate and harmonize with each other. Free audio files offered by various websites for download are available mainly in wav, mp3 and midi format.

Free audio files are a blessing for low budget or small-scale audio visual producers, music lovers and collectors. Earlier, high quality sound effect was domain of high budget productions. Now there are a plethora of websites offering a wide spectrum of sound effects, music clips, background music, production music and songs for free download and application in various segments of productions. When you are creating a documentary, short film, music video, advertisement, webcasts like Youtube or a song and require some unique or common sounds for it, search online to find and download it. These websites have overwhelming stock of free sound effect, music clips and loops that are ready to be downloaded in user friendly formats like wav, mp3 or midi.

WAV files are preferred to download very short but high quality sound, while the mp3 formats are for longer music. MIDI formats are mainly used to download some special sounds that need to edited or supplemented in a score, as for example a drum loop. AudioMicro is a reliable and authentic source of high quality free audio files. The awesome collection of audio content, user- friendly interface, embeddable tracks and advanced search features make it a popular download destination for both amateur as well as professional music enthusiasts.