gmanyo Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 This is going back aways, but does anyone remember Soundsnap? I don't think I've ever been as angry with a website as I was at Soundsnap when they switched to pay. It was such a fucking great site until then. It was pretty much my favorite site in like 10th grade or whenever, and when I found out that they were switching to pay my heart sank and I was angry for months. I also think it was actually a bad monetary move; they said that they weren't getting enough ad revenue, but I think their popularity was rising. Before they went pay, I saw links to them everywhere. Then they went pay and I haven't seen one since. Does anyone else have opinions on this? Was I the only one who felt this way? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 haha ironically no link in your post. :D no I never heard of it before now. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ryancolecreate's signature Hide all signatures ------ dailyambient.com ------ New Ambient Music Every Day. New ambient album "Sun and Clouds" now out. Use the discount code watmmer for 50% off the $4 album.Check it out. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1791880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 http://www.soundsnap.com/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 On 4/4/2012 at 6:56 PM, gmanyo said: This is going back aways, but does anyone remember Soundsnap? I don't think I've ever been as angry with a website as I was at Soundsnap when they switched to pay. It was such a fucking great site until then. It was pretty much my favorite site in like 10th grade or whenever, and when I found out that they were switching to pay my heart sank and I was angry for months. I also think it was actually a bad monetary move; they said that they weren't getting enough ad revenue, but I think their popularity was rising. Before they went pay, I saw links to them everywhere. Then they went pay and I haven't seen one since. Does anyone else have opinions on this? Was I the only one who felt this way? So you're angry at a website because the owners of it are trying to make a living out of it. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 On 4/5/2012 at 10:26 AM, Squee said: On 4/4/2012 at 6:56 PM, gmanyo said: This is going back aways, but does anyone remember Soundsnap? I don't think I've ever been as angry with a website as I was at Soundsnap when they switched to pay. It was such a fucking great site until then. It was pretty much my favorite site in like 10th grade or whenever, and when I found out that they were switching to pay my heart sank and I was angry for months. I also think it was actually a bad monetary move; they said that they weren't getting enough ad revenue, but I think their popularity was rising. Before they went pay, I saw links to them everywhere. Then they went pay and I haven't seen one since. Does anyone else have opinions on this? Was I the only one who felt this way? So you're angry at a website because the owners of it are trying to make a living out of it. Not really. I felt like the original intention of the site was to make an easy place where everyone could get sound effects and stuff, a site made for the indy sound/film guy. Making it for-pay sort of ruined that, and then they started increasing the prices until it wasn't really even a site for indie producers, just another sound effects/loops site just like the rest of them. You see, the system was based on user uploads; I actually had a few sounds on there. I thought it was one of the best ideas ever, and they did it way better than freesound.org (though maybe freesouond has gotten better lately, I haven't checked). They were making money off of ad revenue. They said it wasn't enough, but while I guess I don't know the statistics, the site seemed to be increasing in popularity all the time, so that might've changed soon. Here's the google trends data for "soundsnap". I'll give you one guess as to when they went pay. If they kept increasing in popularity at the rate they were going before turning pay they'd probably be one of the biggest names in independent cinema. I think it was a pretty bad move. It's had a significant decline in popularity since then, and it gets lower by the day. It was more popular in the indie film crowd. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 i still use it from time to time if i want some rain samples or a gunshot or some other gay cliches Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 On 4/5/2012 at 12:31 PM, LUDD said: i still use it from time to time if i want some rain samples or a gunshot or some other gay cliches lol Don't you have a bunch of sounds on that site? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide gmanyo's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 can't remember don't think so i joined right at the start after Mike Dred recommended it Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1792364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 they're doing great in Portugal! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ryancolecreate's signature Hide all signatures ------ dailyambient.com ------ New Ambient Music Every Day. New ambient album "Sun and Clouds" now out. Use the discount code watmmer for 50% off the $4 album.Check it out. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1793115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Promo Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Anyone who can make money on the web gets my thumbs up. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/72940-anyone-remember-soundsnap/#findComment-1793129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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