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24 alternatives to Octave

A free library of UI sounds for your apps

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Octave launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Dev Tones▲165

   Professional royalty-free sounds for your app

   2014 · rcptones.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   UI Sounds▲253

   Learn sound design for user interfaces by example 🎵

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Appsounds▲222

   UI Sound packs for apps, games, and any product

   2016 · appsounds.pro · its alternatives →

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   Icons 8 UI Sounds▲341

   Lifetime supply of sounds for a UX designer

   2017 · icons8.com · its alternatives →

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   Glyphish Sounds▲213

   UI sounds professionally recorded and mastered for apps.

   2017 · glyphish.com · its alternatives →

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   Soundkit▲151

   Professional sound effects library designed for UI projects

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Radial Sound Wave by SoundViz▲88

   A fresh new take on sound wave art

   2016 · soundviz.com · its alternatives →

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   Sounds UI Good▲286

   100+ UI sounds for mobile and web apps

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Origami▲109

   A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer

   2013 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Sonics▲117

    Get packs of free UI sounds and sound effects to your inbox

    2015 · sonics.io · its alternatives →

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    Loud Links▲113

    A simple tiny Javascript library to add interaction sounds

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    An algorithmic audio landscape▲193

    This is an web audio experiment I've been wanting to do for a long time. Basically an ambient music composition, but all the sound elements are laid out in space, and that musical space can be explored freely. It's definitely inspired by in-world music that sometimes appears in games. I basically took that concept, keeping the music aspect, and dropping the entire "game" aspect. I also turned it into a more "traditional" non-interactive album, but since I started with code, why not program the whole thing? Had a blast making the entire album from code, the complete source for the album is…

    2024 · ambient.garden · its alternatives →

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    Converse Sample Library▲122

    Over 11,000 audio samples free for artists

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Capo▲85

    A new way to analyze and learn to play music

    2014 · supermegaultragroovy.com · its alternatives →

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    VOX (iOS)▲84

    All your music in one player

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    FreeSound▲161

    Huge database of free audio snippets, samples, + recordings

    2014 · freesound.org · its alternatives →

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    Waveformer▲112

    Visualizing your audio in vector waveforms

    2015 · misha.studio · its alternatives →

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    UI Parade▲137

    User interface design tools and design inspiration

    2014 · uiparade.com · its alternatives →

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    Sundial▲133

    Timehop for music

    2016 · usesundial.com · its alternatives →

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    Yu▲127

    A Mac app for soothing background sounds

    2015 · yu.hackplan.com · its alternatives →

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    Sounds For UI▲100

    High quality UI sounds

    2018 · nnnicolae.com · its alternatives →

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    Singular▲64

    Mapping the World's Sounds

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Artist Hunt▲108

    An intuitive way to discover music

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Fugue Machine▲78

    Compose like Bach (with the help this app)

    2015 · alexandernaut.com · its alternatives →

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