John, you might want to try a website that I use quite often - Click Here . (Will open in new window) They have an extensive library of samples that can be previewed and then either purchased as individual tracks or as an album  OR (and being the canny Scot I know you are) these same samples can be downloaded free of charge (right click - save link as....) and then re-worked to suit ones needs...Extended, shortened, folded, turned outside in....whatever... by using Audition, Cakewalk or any other suitable Audio Engineering software.

Hope this is of use and please let me know if I can be of further service.

"If you think you are small and insignificant and cannot make a difference - try sleeping with a mosquito." - Dalai Lama (from a recently observed T-shirt)

I agree with Graeme - you could not find a better site than Sounddogs for sound effects. I've used their stuff heaps of times; and if you listen closely enough to TV shows you'll find they also use the same sound effects from the site.

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Look it up on YouTube.

Here's one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfFi-_Hb2A

It has a foreign announcer's voice, and then the crowd sing along with the Gerry & The Pacemakers version of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. But when it comes to the chorus, the recording cuts off and you just hear the crowd singing unaccompanied. Shouldn't be hard to edit.

This one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfgqi-UahE8&feature=related
actually has a well-aged Gerry Marsden leading the singing from the centre of the ground.

There are probably other samples to choose from. Use a program like WireTap to record it to an mp3 soundfile.

Cheers,
Craig

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We've used Goldwave, which is free shareware, for audio engineering. It's fantastically simple, be brave and muck about with it, you'll be amazed at what you can do. It is free (although you do get a licence). I created a dam burst for Labrug once by layering various SFX and fiddling about, was great fun!

Also, consider using Sound Cue System to actually run your sound from a laptop plugged into the theatre's sound system (or your long suffering parent's amp & speakers). It is also shareware, not free, but only about $20 and it also allows manipulation (fading in/out, joining cues, etc.) of sound rather than just playing back what you've already burnt to a CD.

AudioSparx.com has a good range of sound effects if the others haven't come up trumps yet. The site charges for effects/music but it's very reasonable.

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Goldwave isn't actually free. There is a free version but it's good to pay something to help those people who are trying to save us all from the corporate meanies. The full version costs about $50.00 Canadian. It then becomes yours for life including updates although you have to log on to get them they don't tell you about them.

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Ah, I was going to say what Tony said, but he got here first. It's not a free program, rather there is a 'trial' version which is free and has limitations, and a full version which requires payment. As he says, you pay once and you get lifetime upgrades. (I have had a copy of the program myself since 2003)

The use of the word 'shareware' is incorrect in this case. A shareware program is much like a Creative Commons photo on Flickr (or elsewhere for that matter), in that you can download it to your computer, use it for commercial uses, or upload it to a site for other people to download. You can not however, upload it to your site and ask people for money in order to download it. In this instance, the free version of Goldwave is called a 'trial', and is quite different from shareware in that you can't (I'm assuming this is correct) upload it and give it away on your on site.

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Take a look at this link if you are after a free audio cueing software program.

http://www.theatre.asn.au/tech_talk/free_audio_cue_player_software

www.meltheco.org.au

I must thankyou all most sincerely for the Tsunami of advice...all of it great... now! I'll just put my copy of 'Sunshine on Leith' back in it's sleeve, and venture with some trepidation into the sea of technology that is but at my fingertips..alas, the fingertips are ney the problem, the mind however, well that's another story..

sincerely...

I appreciate it all...and Alfred will do so too when he comes over on Saturday to mix the soundtrack. and translate the various foreign languages sed here...a good man is Alf, handsome, and technically savvy, fine qualities for a man, shame he looks such a dork in a kilt!

Away with yee Mon! Time to put they theatre cloak in the closet, and return to thy domestic chores...what's that dear? Dinner and then the ironing,certainly sweet one...I'm reviewing the situation..........la la la la..etc...