On-Jin (音人)

📖 What is On-Jin (音人)?

A long-running Japanese free sound effect library. Its catalogue is split into machinery, human, ambience, daily life, animal, vehicle, battle, sports, miscellaneous and music categories, all distributed as mp3. Individuals, circles, schools and volunteer groups may use the files without contacting the site, commercial or not, and credit is optional. Only companies and for-profit businesses need to ask permission first, and reselling or redistributing the files themselves is prohibited.

💡 When to Use It

Use it when you want free sound effects to drop into reactions and scene changes. The categories are granular, from everyday sounds and ambience to battle-style stingers, so you can gather the flourishes for a game stream and the small effects for a chatting stream in one place. Personal and circle use needs no notification and credit is optional, which makes it handy for building a folder of go-to SFX you reach for every stream.

📋 Basic Info

🚀 How to Use

1. Step 1: Browse the sound effect pages on On-Jin (on-jin.com) and pick a category such as machinery, human, ambience or battle.
2. Step 2: Preview the clips in the list and download the mp3 you want.
3. Step 3: Read the terms (on-jin.com/kiyaku.php) and check the split: personal, circle, school and volunteer use needs no contact, while use by a company or for-profit business requires asking first.
4. Step 4: Load the downloaded mp3 into an OBS media source or your video editor and assign a hotkey so you can fire it during a stream.
5. Step 5: Because reselling or redistributing the files themselves is prohibited, avoid bundling the raw audio into asset packs or files you hand out.

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