In a sounds-like search, you provide a sound that is an example of what you
are looking for, and FindSounds
searches for sounds that are similar to your example.
The example may be any audio file appearing in a list of sounds. Click on
next to the sound and
FindSounds
will retrieve up to 1000 audio files that sound most like the example, with
the best matches appearing first. You will see a score next to each sound
(for example,
85%) that indicates
how similar the sound is to the example.
Searching for sounds that are similar to an example is
a new way to explore sound collections, in which
audio files are searched based on how they sound, not based on how they are
labelled. Many sounds are difficult or impossible to describe in words.
In fact, about 40% of the sounds indexed by
FindSounds.com
lack a descriptive label and cannot be retrieved by a text search.
Only a sounds-like search can find them.
Estimates of the similarity of sounds are computed based on characteristics
of the digital audio recordings using sound-matching technology. These estimates
are not influenced by text labels.
However, you can limit the display of similar sounds to show only those with
a particular label. After a sounds-like search on
FindSounds.com,
you will see the option
below; enter the desired label in the text box and click on the Go button.