Drama Library



Sound Effects Collection

The Drama Library purchases a variety of sound effects which assist pre-show and theatrical productions. Our collection includes sound effects on CD as well as cassette and reel-to-reel tape. These sound effects are used for productions by the School of Drama as well as by other departments on campus and various Seattle and Puget Sound theatre companies.

Indexing of Sound Effects

Indexing of sound effects by the Drama Library staff includes information in the following areas:

Index of Sound Effects: Search online for sound effects currently held in the Drama Library

Library Use Only Sound Effects on CD

The Library owns a large portion of sound effects available from Sound Ideas, which offers a buy-out option allowing the library user copyright free duplication of a sound for production purposes. We currently own the following items from the Sound Ideas Series:

Sound Ideas Series

Title Title Title
Series 1000 General Sound Effects Library
Series 2000 General Sound Effects Library
Series 3,000 Ambience I
Series 4000 Hollywood
Series 5000 Wheels
Series 5000 Wheels 2nd Gear
The General Series 6000
The General Series 6000 Extension I
The General Series 6000 Extension II
Series 7,000 Ambience II
Series 8000 Sci Fi
Series 9000 Open & Close
Series 10,000 Ambience III
Series 11000 Sports
Series 12000 Anchors Away
Audience Reactions II
BBC Sound Effects Library 1-40
BBC Sound Effects Library 41-60
ClickShop from Digiffects
De Wolfe Sound Effects Library
Designer Sound Library
Digiffects Sound Effects Library
Disney Ideas
Dynamic Range
Ear Candy 1 - 4
Emergency Series
Foley Footsteps
FX Collection from Digiffects
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
Hanna-Barbera SoundFX Library & Hanna-Barbera Lost Treasures
Historic Presidential Speeches
The International Sound Effects Library
Just Birds & Animals
Larger Than Life
The Library
Lucasfilm SFX Library
Megadisc from Digiffects
Nightingale Voice Box 1 & 2
Power Pack from Digiffects
PowerSurge 1
PowerSurge 2
Renaissance SFX Library - Dolby Surround
Rocky & B [v.RB] The sound effects of Rocky and Bullwinkle and friends
The Sound Effects of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends
Speed SFX Library
Turner Entertainment Co. SFX Library
Universal Studios SFX Library
Warner Bros. Sound Effects Library
Wild World of Animals
The Works


Many of the above Sound Ideas series were purchased through gifts from Paul Allen or the Friends of the Library.

In addition to the Sound Ideas sound effects, which are library use only, the Drama Library has a limited number of CD sound effects which circulate.

Sound Effects which circulate for one week

Sound effects, which do not offer a buy-out policy, circulate for one week. These sound effects are available in a variety of formats including CDs, cassette, and reel-to-reel tape.

Sound Effects on Cassette

Sound effects on cassette circulate for one week. Cassette tapes include individual produced tapes with a single interest, e.g., Halloween sounds to tapes produced as part of a series and focus on specific sounds, e.g., nature sounds, birds, or ambience sounds.

The library's holdings of cassette sound effects includes the following series:

  • Bainbridge
  • Living Sound Effects
  • Solitudes
  • Total
  • Silver Bells
  • Spectacular Sound Effects
  • Nature's Mystic Moods
  • Environments



Last modified: Monday September 24, 2007 (weaver)