Button Party is a web service that lets you create shareable buttons. These buttons correspond to various sounds, all linked to YouTube videos and are all created by users. You can easily create a button by choosing its color, naming it, adding a YouTube URL, typing in a URL for the button, and providing the site with your email address. When your button is complete it will show up on the site’s homepage amongst other buttons.

The audio for the linked YouTube video is played anytime a button is clicked. For each button you can visit its webpage URL and check out how many times it has been clicked.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create shareable sound-playing buttons.
• Sounds are linked to YouTube videos.
• Lets you control appearance of buttons.
• Similar tools: AudienceSounds and Instanscollection,

Check out Button Party @ www.buttonparty.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Once you like what you have created, you can export it as a WAV file and insert in any game. You can also save your sound effects as an SFX file and then load them again to resume editing. You can also use the mixer to layer around parameters in order to create a unique sound effect. The tool is a bit complex to use, but has amazing functionality once you get a hold of it.

Features:

• Generate game sound effects.
• Use tons of preset effects or create your own.
• Over a dozen parameters to customize sound.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: AudioExpert and as3sfxr.

Visit Bfxr @ www.bfxr.net

Twilio Client is a free to use web app that lets you call numbers in the US. All you have to do is type in the recipient’s phone number and click on the Call button. The Hangup button can be clicked to end the conversation.

In case you need an excuse to end the conversation quicker you can add special environment sound effects. Buttons for these can be found at the bottom and correspond to sounds at the airport, a baby crying, or being in the toilet.

Features:

• A user-friendly web app.
• Lets you call phone numbers in the US.
• Provides sound effects for different environments.
• Effects help end the conversation quicker.

Check out Twilio Client @ http://www.twilio.com/api/client (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

It installs as a Chrome extension and when the time comes, opens the mute menu with a simple right click. You then have the option to mute the current tab, all tabs that are unsafe and more. A couple of clicks is all you need later to restore the sound. The extension however does not work on flash games or videos, yet.

Features:

• Mute the Chrome tabs that are creating noise.
• Easy menu to choose what to mute.
• Restore sounds with a couple of clicks.

Get MuteTab @ www.mutetab.com [Via Gizmodo]

Relaxing Nature is a free to use website that lets you listen to peaceful sounds from nature. All you have to do is visit the site and the sounds start playing. You can choose the category of sounds from the links at the top of the webpage. The links correspond to Birds & Forests, Water & Waves, Rain, and Night. The sounds being played can be paused and resumed anytime you want.

Key Features:

•  A user-friendly web service.
•  Lets you listen to relaxing sounds from nature.
•  Plays sounds automatically.
•  Offers different natural sound scenarios.

Check out RelaxingNature @ www.relaxingnature.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Ambient Mixer is a free to use website that offers a wide variety of natural sound environments. Ranging from “Rainforest” to “Light thunderstorm” you will find many peaceful natural sound scenarios on the site. All you have to do is click on one, wait for the audio files to load up, and listen. Each sound scenario is also accompanied by a brief description for interested readers.

Furthermore, sound settings let you modify them and create your own unique mixes. Of the eight audio channels, you can control each one’s sound type and volume. The results can be saved and revisited anytime you want.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Offers soothing natural sounds.
• Covers many natural sound scenarios.
• Lets you create your own sound mixes and save them.
• Similar tools: Relax & Sleep, NatureSoundsFor.me, RainyMood, SoundSleeping, iSerenity, NapSounds, SimplyNoise and WhiteNoise (iPhone).

Check out Ambient Mixer @ www.ambient-mixer.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

To create your very own auto-tuned songs, go to the app and start recording whatever you want to say; in fact, you don’t even have to sing at all. After recording, the app will then generate a song based on which your voice is fitted in the selected tune style. You may also choose and listen to other tune style templates for the auto-tuned song you have recorded.

You can save your songs in your iPhone or share them with your friends via Facebook, Twitter, or email.

Songify is a free iOS app and it comes with three tune styles. You may purchase new tune styles and style packs for $0.99 each if you want to expand your tune style selection. Songify is a solid entertaining iPhone app that can provide fun and hilarious results.

Features:

• Create an auto-tuned song from your voice recording.
• Comes with three free tune styles.
• Share your songs via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
• Listen to auto-tuned songs by other users.
• Buy new tune styles and style packs.

Check out Songify @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/songify/id438735719?mt=8

Name My Tunes is a free to use website that lets you sing or hum a tune into your microphone. Other visitors to the site then listen to your recorded tune and help you recognize the song. When somebody suggests a song for your tune, you are sent a notification email.

You can also help others recognize their tunes. Simply select a music genre, era, and then listen to available tunes others have sung or hummed. Then name the song and help others out of their frustration.

Features:

• A simple to use website.
• Lets you recognize the tune in your head.
• Notifies via email.
• Lets you help recognize the tunes stuck in their head.
• Similar tools: Identifyus, TuneSpotting, Audiotag, Musipedia, MelodyCatcher and Midomy.

Check out Name My Tune @ www.namemytune.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

MyInstants is a free to use website that will let you search many funny audio messages. These messages include sound effects or English and non-English phrases spoken by characters. Each “Instant” appears as a virtually pushable button that you click to hear the sound; the sound’s title is written beneath the button.

The site lets you search these “Instants” via keywords, popularity, or randomly. You can click on the Instant’s title and be taken to its dedicated page; from here you can download the Instant as an mp3 file, get its embeddable code, or share it on a number of social networks.

Visitors can also sign up for an account on the site and create custom Instants.

Features:

• A user friendly website with an easy-to-follow layout.
• Provides various funny sound effects.
• Provides English and non-English phrases spoken funnily.
• Lets you download the sound as an mp3 file.
• Provides an embeddable code for the sound.
• Lets you share the sound on social networks.
• Lets you create your own sound effects.
• Similar tools: InstantsCollection and AudienceSounds.

Check out MyInstants @ www.myinstants.com/all

To start using, Soundcities, select from one of the cities listed in the homepage. Then click on the blue sound icons on the map to check their coordinates and hear the sounds. Browse sounds by city or by mood. You can also click a list of sounds on the right where you can also add a new sound.

Soundcities is a nifty online resource for anyone who want to find out the aural features of a city.

Features

• Free; sign up to add your sounds
• Listen to sounds by city and mood
• Databases uses Google Maps
• Sounds come studio recording as samples and field recording
• Click a map icon to hear sounds
• Similar tools: VideoMap, Wherables, and TheRapMap

Check out SoundCities @ www.soundcities.com