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THE ROBLOX SOUNDS SOURCES SPREADSHEETsecrets column 0.0
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A list of the sources of various ROBLOX sounds and music and their, and recursive, sources.
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SHEETS
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Sheet NameSheet Description
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InformationInformation about the workbook
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TimelineTimeline of relevant events
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EquipmentA list of equipment and resources owned by parties relevant as a derivative or source
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Classic ROBLOX Sounds SourcesSources of sounds in ROBLOX's clients
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Other ROBLOX Sounds SourcesSources of other sounds uploaded by the Roblox account
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ROBLOX Users Sounds SourcesSources of (notable) sounds made by others, especially adminsthe J
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External ROBLOX Sound SourcesSources of sounds featured in notable ROBLOX media not featured in ROBLOX
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Sound Sources SourcesSources of the sources of other sounds
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Irrelevant Sounds SourcesSources of sounds which indirectly relate to ROBLOX or its sounds
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ROBLOX Music SourcesSources of music associated with ROBLOX
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Music Sources SourcesSources of aspects of the ROBLOX music
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Irrelevant Music SourcesSources of or of aspects of music not typically directly related to ROBLOX
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COLOUR CODE
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Source is found (i.e. direct confirmation such as announcement or metadata).
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Source is probably found (i.e. no direct confirmation such as announcement or metadata).
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Source may be found (i.e. found possible source but it's at least unsure).
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Broad source is found (same criteria as #1) but specific source needs to be.
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Broad source is probably found (same criteria as #2) but specfic source needs to be.
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Broad source may be found (same criteria as #3) but specfic source needs to be.
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Source is not found, but is known to be the same source as that of another sound.
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Source is not found.
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(No colour simply means the derivative has not been checked yet, but is listed anyway for convenience, particularly in music source finding.)
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TERMINOLOGY
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Source [noun]Piece of media or idea which has been used to create something else.
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Source [transitive verb]Use (a piece of media or idea) to create (something).
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Derivative [noun]Piece of media that is sourced from something else.
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Derivative Source [noun]Source that is itself sourced from something else.
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Ultimate source [noun]Source which is somewhere part of a particular source chain or tree.
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Original source [noun]Source which itself is not sourced.
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Broad source [noun]General group (such as sound library) which contains a source and other sounds/music.
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Sibling [noun]Sound whose source also bore another sound.
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Cousin [noun]Sound whose source also bore a sound at the start of a source chain which would involve another sound.
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Orphaned [adjective]In a state whether a (sound's) source is unfound.
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Source Chain [noun]Series of sounds whose source(s) is(/are) the next sound (or some upcoming sounds) in the series.
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Source Tree [noun]Collection of source chains with a same source.
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NOTES (FAIRLY IMPORTANT)
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~Important~
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Light green does not mean it is unreliable; it just means it has not been officially confirmed. Conversely, new finds can still change a light green sound's/song's source.
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Dates, when in a */*/* format, are always in the format MONTH/DAY/YEAR.
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When text goes over the length of a box, using/expanding the equation textbox at the top can make the text readable.
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~Naming~
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Derivatives are named by their original names; sources are named by their names at the time they were likely sourced (if known).
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Square brackets around a name indicate an improvised name of something with either a currently unknown or no name unless otherwise specified in the Notes.
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ROBLOX' is always capitalised except in cases when it's their main account's username, which is officially 'Roblox', and when it's lowercase in group names.
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In naming sounds from Sound Ideas, the name is to be the names in the sound library catalogue. Work on transitioning from previous systems is being undertaken.
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People are listed by public (particularly ROBLOX, YouTube or Freesound) username; Discord names require permission. Groups (e.g. Old Roblox Client Search, ROBLOX Remastered Soundtrack, SourceBlox) can also be listed.
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A1FSE is an abbreviation of A1 Free Sound Effects as ORCS is of Old Roblox Client Search, RRS is of Roblox Remastered Soundtrack, and 6000SE is of 6000 Sound Effects.
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~Crediting~
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Where specific information on finders is notable, it will be found at the end of Notes.
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The 'Finders' column lists people/groups known to have independently found the source, or the first down a chain of people. Mutiple listed in a comma separated list means multiple people independently found the source. None listed, if the source is found, means the finder is unknown or debatable or the source is widely known/easily findable.
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Thus, given the logic in the previous note, finding a source from someone else's finds, including finding it by the contents of another's comment identifying its use, should not be listed as separate to the rest of the chain and is thus not listed. Finding a specific source from someone else's broad source find can be considered a separate find.
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Multiple people listed in an 'and' separated list are people who worked together to find a sound. This includes broad source and specific source finds, and location finds in a similiar source if it directly leads to the specific source being found. See Notes for a clarification on who had what role in the find.
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The finders in the Finders column are listed in alphabetical order, NOT by importance. See Notes for clarification of importance.
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~Columns~
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For all columns in all places (except the 'Name' column), assume a tacit "(if applicable)" appended to the column's name.
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The 'Downloader' column in 'Other ROBLOX Sounds Sources' displays which offsite user downloaded the sound, or which ROBLOX user published the sound onto the ROBLOX account (as said in the audio's description or elsewhere officially). It's blank if none or both are provided; 'Notes' gains an explanation if both are provided.
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In 'ROBLOX Music Sources', games, media or events in the 'Use' column tagged with "(intended)" are such for which a song was first officially intended to be used.
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In 'Music Sound Sources' and 'Irrelevant Music Sources', 'Song Form' and 'Source Form' state the form in which the song/source natively existed, while 'Song Element Form' and 'Source Element Form' state the form in which the specific detail as outlined in the respective '[...] Details' column, if differing from the prior form, natively existed.
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~Sheets~
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'Timeline' lists events related to ROBLOX's music, sounds and sources. Underlined events relate to the creation or release of relevant sounds/music.
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In 'Sound Sources Sources', listings of unidentified Roblox sound sources are located at the bottom spaced from above.
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Particularly in 'Sound Sources Sources', 'Music Sources Sources', 'Irrelevant Sounds Sources' and 'Irrelevant Music Sources', source chains are grouped together, with closest to the source of ROBLOX's sound/music at the top of each group.
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ROBLOX Music Sources' lists not only songs commonly associated with ROBLOX, but also some game-specific music (including AXS music).
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In a similar spirit to the immediately above note, ROBLOX sounds which are considered ROBLOX songs or are used as game OST, particularly when not a classic ROBLOX sound, can go in 'ROBLOX Music Sources' as well as their respective sound sheet, and can have its source sources listed in 'Music Sources Sources'.
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~Grouping~
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Sounds in 'Sound Sources Sources' and 'Irrelevant Sounds Sources' are grouped by the latest derivative of each group of sounds or music listed on the sheet.
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In 'Other ROBLOX Sounds Sources', 'ROBLOX Users Sounds Sources' and 'External Sound Sources', borders are used to separate derivatives with multiple sources from others.
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In 'ROBLOX Music Sources', borders are used to group songs by rough/general OST, uploader or use.
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In 'Music Sources Sources' and 'Irrelevant Music Sources' thick borders separate OST groups and thin borders separate source chains for ROBLOX music.
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TO DO (NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER)
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Find the rest of the Classic Sounds Sources (for the 2005/2006 sounds, possibly one extinct or offline sound library?).
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List all of the ROBLOX gear sounds (partially completed - 'ROBLOX Users Sounds Sources' is fully listed in that regard and 'Other ROBLOX Sounds Sources' is fully listed to 4/2010).
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(In particular, finish listing Ben sounds, whose sources are mostly found.)
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Find sources for all of the ROBLOX gear sounds (partially complete).
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Obtain each of the instruments in 'Music Sources Sources' to get more accurate music findings.
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Find sources for the sound sources (partially complete).
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Complete timeline.
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Get more accurate time ranges for sounds which were cut short.
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Note all of each of the sounds' websites where one exists, particularly for Freesound sounds (partially completed - 'Other ROBLOX Sound Sources' is done for filled entries).
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Complete sounds with uncompleted cut times and missing data in 'Other ROBLOX Sound Sources' (where they are asterisked) and in 'Classic ROBLOX Sound Sources'.
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Finish going through OSTs for 'ROBLOX Music Sources'.
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Add some game-specific or game series-specific OSTs (particularly ROBLOX Kart's new OST - others are non-critical, as Lanausse's sheet has them) into 'ROBLOX Music Sources'.
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List all the music's sources and instruments in 'Music Sources Sources' (sources known to us are completed).
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Archive all linked YouTube videos (partially completed - listed source links for DoctorRoblox's OST in 'ROBLOX Music Sources' have been archived locally).
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Move generated list of audios and their information onto sheet (done at the moment, but audio list sources should be scraped to catch Roblox sounds not in the sound folder).
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Fix names and dates from generated list in 'ROBLOX Users Sounds Sources' (partially completed).
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Fix dates to all be based in one timezone (GMT or UTC) (partially implemented - new audio derivative dates are being standardised to UTC).
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Buy the AudioSparx audio for 'uuhhh' to examine the file(?).
actual funni number
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Add spectrogram comparisons to sounds(?).
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Separate lowered bitrate from lowered quality in the Changes columns(?).