# Freesound MCP Server

> Search freesound.org's 600k+ CC-licensed sounds by natural language for SFX pulls.

- **Category:** Sound Design & SFX
- **Vendor:** Community (johnkimdw) (community)
- **Pricing:** free
- **Verified:** 2026-06-11

## What it does

Community MCP server for the Freesound.org API: agents search real recorded sound effects, ambiences, and loops with natural-language queries and get back duration, tags, license info, and preview URLs. For a film pipeline this covers the classic library-pull workflow ('thunder for a storm scene, under 30s') with proper license metadata, complementing generative SFX tools.

## Connect

- Local: `uv run freesound-mcp (after cloning the repo and `uv sync`)`

**Auth:** api_key (env `FREESOUND_API_KEY`) — https://freesound.org/api/apply/

## Capabilities

`sfx-search` · `audio-metadata` · `license-info` · `preview-urls`

## Sample tools

`search_sounds`

## Field notes

MIT, small, search-only (no in-tool download); install from source or Docker. Alternatives: MuShan-bit/freesound-mcp (adds download by sound ID) and timjrobinson/FreesoundMCPServer (Node.js). Check individual sound licenses (some CC-BY/NC) before use in a film.

## Links

- Site: https://freesound.org
- Repo: https://github.com/johnkimdw/freesound-mcp-server

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Structured data: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/freesound.json · Directory: https://mcp.film