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Free WAV Sound File Resources
One of our favorite types of sound files on the Web is the humble WAV file. It's really quite amazing what a variety of WAV files there are available out there. Odds are, you can name your favorite moment from a TV show or film and somewhere on the Web, it's available as a WAV file that you can download and enjoy again and again.
WAV files are easy to download and manage, too, because they're so compact (usually only a few kilobytes in size).

Movie Sounds Central
This fun site offers hundreds of high quality movie WAV sound files, including many memorable snippets of dialogue from the silver screen. The site is easy to navigate and is refreshingly free of popups and ad clutter.

MovieWavs.com
This popular, regularly updated site offers thousands of sound clips from cinema and TV in WAV and MP3 format. The site includes a search engine to help you locate the sound clips you're looking for.

My Fave Wavs
This well-organized site offers a fun collection of free WAV sound files. WAV categories here include cartoons, E-mail, golf, cinema, commercials, TV and more. New sound files are added here daily.

EmailGifsandSounds.com
This unique site specializes in E-mail themed images and sounds. Here, you'll find over 500 eye-catching animated GIF images and over 200 E-mail notification WAV sounds (in both English and Dutch).

WavSource.com
Are you looking for free WAV files? This popular site serves up over 3,600 sound files and includes a search engine. WAV categories here include cinema, TV, sound effects, computer system events, politics, humor and more.

ReelWavs.com
Relive your favorite moments from the cinema at this site, which offers a fun collection of free WAV sound files from hundreds of movies. Sound files here include clips from classic films, as well as the latest Hollywood blockbusters.

Theme Music
At this site, you can download over 100 free theme tunes from dozens of vintage and new TV programs, from both the U.S. and the U.K. Sounds files here are available in several formats, including MP3, AU and WAV files.

Sound Explorer
Are you trying to locate a particular WAV file quickly? This speedy dictionary-style search engine is the place to go; it indexes over half a million WAV files. Sound Explorer will show you all of the different versions of WAV files and can quickly locate rare songs.

Wavhounds.com
An excellent resource for finding sound files, Wavhounds.com queries eight major search engines simultaneously. It's a handy way to find WAV files, as well as other types of sound files, including MIDIs, MP3s, etc.

A1 Free Sound Effects
This fun resource serves up over 700 free WAV sound effects that include everything from breaking glass to creaking doors to sirens to crackling thunder. The site also accepts requests, if there's a particular sound effect you're looking for.

Clay's Sound Emporium
There's lot of WAV files here from various TV shows and movies. Categories include: "The Simpsons," "The Atomic Cafe," oddities, "Pulp Fiction," "The Wizard of Oz," funny stuff, and more. And if you're fed up with the lame sound that your E-mail program emits to tell you that you've got new mail, you'll appreciate the "Mail Call" section here that features lots of cool sounds specifically for that purpose. There's also a section on "How to Make Your Own WAVs."

Prank Calls Unlimited
This site offers a collection of free, prank phone calls. You'll also find a wild collection of free sound effects and other gags.

FreeAcidLoops.net
(Note: this site is occasionally inaccessible). Looking for free ACID music loops? This site offers a nice roundup of free WAV samples and loops, suitable for use with ACID (Sonic Foundry's music creation tool). FreeAcidLoops.net also offers other free resources for electronic and techno musicians.

Har's WAV World
This site offers a nice roundup of free WAV files that are specifically selected to be appropriate for Windows event sounds. That is, when you start up your computer, shut it down, empty your recycle bin, encounter an error, or get new E-mail, you can customize the sounds you hear with these nifty WAVs. They certainly sound better than Windows' lame default sounds!

The Daily WAV
An impressive site that has been serving up quality WAV files every day since December, 1997. Plenty of sound files from cinema, TV and even commercials for your downloading pleasure. Past selections are archived alphabetically. A quality, well-done site that's among the most popular of its kind.