List of visual novel development resources/Audio
Audio, Music and Voice
| Creator | Link | Price/ License |
Music | SFX | Voice | Guide | Tool | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgerum | Soundcloud | Free | Yes | Belgerum's CC partial VA samples. | ||||
| Tim Reichert | LSF | Free/CC BY-NC 4.0 and CC BY 4.0 | Yes | Yes | Visual Novel Audio Pack. | |||
| Tim Reichert | LSF | Free/CC BY-NC 4.0 | Yes | Yes | Visual Novel Audio Pack Vol. 2. | |||
| Tim Reichert | Patreon | Free/CC (various) | Yes | Yes | Various audio packs by Tim Reichert. | |||
| Tim Reichert | [hhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/17512858 Patreon] | Free | Yes | Guide to communicating effectively with composers. | ||||
| Jeff Penny | Tumblr | Free | Yes | Yes | Things to Consider When Negotiating Rate With a Freelance Game Composer | |||
| Kevin MacLeod | Incompetech | Free | Yes | Kevin MacLeod's library of CC music. | ||||
| Eric Matyas | soundimage.org | Free (custom license) | Yes | Yes | Thousands of free music tracks, sounds and images for your projects | |||
| Kerstyn Unger | Itch | Free | Yes | Custom voice lines of 15 voices with 100+ lines each. | ||||
| n/a | Videvo | Free/Paid | Yes | Yes | High quality stock videos, music, and sound effects. | |||
| n/a | Voice Acting Club | Free | Yes | Guideline for voice acting rates for indie games. | ||||
| Sam Haynes | Bandcamp | Paid | Yes | Sam Haynes' royalty free horror/Halloween music. | ||||
| ProZD | Youtube | Free | Yes | ProZD's "How Do You Get Into Voice Acting", a video with his perspective on how to enter the industry. | ||||
| Tom Lehrer | Tom Lehrer Songs | Free | Yes | Tom Lehrer, an American musician and satirist, donated all of his music and lyrics into the public domain. | ||||
| n/a | Kachofugetsu | Free | Yes | Royalty free music library. Site is in Japanese. | ||||
| n/a | Soniss | Free | Yes | 50+ GB of royalty free sound effects. | ||||
| Anders | Soundcloud | Free | Yes | Royalty free metal, progressive, and alternative music. | ||||
| Minoh Workshop | Itch | Free | Yes | Itch devlog "The (Budget-Friendly) Journey to Get Good Music for an Indie Game and Our Experience with iLicenseMusic" by the Minotaur Hotel dev team about the pros/cons of various music licenses and services. | ||||
| n/a | Sound Effect Lab | Free | Yes | Sound Effect Lab's library of SFX. Site is in Japanese. | ||||
| Jeff Penny | Tumblr | Free | Yes | Guide to audio files | ||||
| Jeff Penny | Tumblr | Free | Yes | Guide to audio effects | ||||
| n/a | Bensound | Free | Yes | Royalty free music | ||||
| Arthur Mostovoy | Medium | Free | Yes | Guide to optimize high quality audio for Unity. | ||||
| Jack Anderson | midi.city | Free | Yes | Online synthesizer with 100+ instruments. | ||||
| Patricia Taxxon | Bandcamp | Free | Yes | Patricia Taxxon's free to use music. | ||||
| Sideways | YouTube | Free | Yes | Video essay on how a a leitmotif can tell a story. | ||||
| Jake Butineau | YouTube | Free | Yes | Video essay on how glitched music conveys horror. | ||||
| Spotify Code | Spotify Code | Free | Yes | Create codes that people can scan to instantly hear your VN's OST if it's on Spotify. | ||||
| Lee Rosevere | Bandcamp | Free/Paid | Yes | Lee Rosevere's library of music (CC license varies per album). | ||||
| MAHO! Cody | YouTube | Free | Yes | Yes | Working with Voice Actors as an Indie Dev (3-part video series) | |||
| WitPOP | itch.io | Free | Yes | Audio Assets Packs |