Good place for finding Aca's and vocal snippets?

[joelbct]

I don't really need whole songs because I don't do vocal-heavy stuff, just things to chop up- classic dance/electronic vocals, speeches, lectures, or other weird stuff to sample, etc... I used to get a lot of stuff off P2P, but quality is often lousy anyway...

Any tips?

[Odd Harmonics]

Theres a site called acapellas4u which has a large selection but you have to register and then get only 5 downloads a month

If you want a particular acapella it never hurts to search for it on google, in the past ive had luck finding stuff this way as there are hundreds of forums and blogs dedicated to acapella sharing

[filin]

Originally Posted by joelbct

speeches, lectures,

I found a great 12" of winston churchill speeches a while back: It's got the whole "fight them on the beaches" stuff and everything. I also found a 7" of the velvet underground in an interview, some cool stuff on there. And you can find timothy leary and aleister crowley type speech/lecture things on vinyl as well.


My point being: Vinyl sampling isn't just about the funk breaks.

[Lofifreq]

Originally Posted by filin

I found a great 12" of winston churchill speeches a while back: It's got the whole "fight them on the beaches" stuff and everything. I also found a 7" of the velvet underground in an interview, some cool stuff on there. And you can find timothy leary and aleister crowley type speech/lecture things on vinyl as well.


My point being: Vinyl sampling isn't just about the funk breaks.

See your a smart guy...

I have crazy dusty fingers too

[joelbct]

Originally Posted by filin

I found a great 12" of winston churchill speeches a while back: It's got the whole "fight them on the beaches" stuff and everything. I also found a 7" of the velvet underground in an interview, some cool stuff on there. And you can find timothy leary and aleister crowley type speech/lecture things on vinyl as well.


My point being: Vinyl sampling isn't just about the funk breaks.

that's awesome... ah my only dilemna now is time management... dayjob; dj-ing, music collecting and cataloging, burning CDs; production... i need to find a way to survive w/o the dayjob...

[Dr.Wu]

there is a shitload of weird vocal samples to be found here
EarthStation1.com - The Internet's #1 Audio - Visual Archive - The History of the Media Age in MP3 Wav Audio, Photos & Video Images

downloads are free.
you will find all sorts of politicans, radio broadcasts from the early 40s etc.
Great stuff really.
check out the manic radio preachers....

[timbreman]

Originally Posted by filin

I found a great 12" of winston churchill speeches a while back: It's got the whole "fight them on the beaches" stuff and everything. I also found a 7" of the velvet underground in an interview, some cool stuff on there. And you can find timothy leary and aleister crowley type speech/lecture things on vinyl as well.

I think I heard that Churchill speech in an old Iron Maiden song....Aces High I think?
I also have some Timothy Leary samples that are cool but afraid to use them....arent these things copyrighted?

[Drill_K]

I've found Quite a few good voice samples on freesound :: home page ,
it's free to join, I've found alot of useful samples of all sorts, though you may have to do a bit of digging to find what you want

[joelbct]

Thanks Dr. Wu.

I also discovered there are a few hundred pages of acapella's in the DJ Tools Genre section of Beatport. But yah, my guess is they wouldn't be 'royalty free'... but I'm not looking to do a full-on vocal mix any time soon anyway, its more just atmospheric clips/snippets/lines...

timbreman, a Churchill speech would i think be public domain. Laws vary by country, I know for books copyrights last at max 70 years after the life of the author... I'll have to ask a lawyer friend abt old audio recordings, that is a good question on whether public speeches from 30-40+ years ago are copyrighted or not... probably the more obscure, the better.

I'm sure there are books/websites with more info on the subject, I'll have to look into it...

[timbreman]

Originally Posted by joelbct

timbreman, a Churchill speech would i think be public domain. Laws vary by country, I know for books copyrights last at max 70 years after the life of the author... I'll have to ask a lawyer friend abt old audio recordings, that is a good question on whether public speeches from 30-40+ years ago are copyrighted or not... probably the more obscure, the better.

I'm sure there are books/websites with more info on the subject, I'll have to look into it...

Well I found this useful link and seems to be no mention of copyright anywhere on the page.

Presidential Speech Archive - Miller Center of Public Affairs