160 Free Old Sound Effects - Most Popular
Barn lock, locking
Noise from a barn door lock that is locked. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:03.
Train whistle, foley #2
I blow into a locomotive-style train whistle. I added a bit of reverb to make it sound more realistic. My whistle: https://thmn.to/thoprod/511358?offid=1&affid=792. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:05.
Discreet Socotel ringers
4 rings of a Socotel S63 equipped with a discreet system, likely designed for indoor environments such as a hotel room or an office: spaces where a loud ringer would be disruptive. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:21.
Mechanical alarm clock, long ring #1
Mechanical ringing of an old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:13.
Rotary dial #1
Dialing my own cell phone number on an old Socotel S63 rotary dial phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:20.
Coffee grinder #3
Noise of an old coffee grinder with a crank. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:10.
Typewriter #2
I write slowly on the typewriter. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 01:24.
Grandfather clock, hour #2
Bell of a grandfather clock, sounding the hour stack. UCS Category: CLOCKChim. Length: 00:27.
Old camera trigger
Flash Fex with electric bulb. We hear the sound of the shutter and the slight crack of the bulb as well as photos. UCS Category: COMCam. Length: 00:03.
Heidelberg printing press #5
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press, empty, without paper. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:31.
Old doorbell #11
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:06.
Phone booth pick up #1
I pick up the receiver of the last telephone box still in operation in metropolitan France. It is in Murbach (68). UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
16mm Camera #3
16mm camera H16 Reflex of Manufacturer Bolex Paillard (1956). https://www.bolexcollector.com/cameras/h16reflex.html. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:21.
Squeaky wheelbarrow #1
The squeaking of an empty rolling wheelbarrow. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:44.
Typewriter #7
I write slowly on the typewriter. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 00:43.
8mm projector, #1
Projection of a film with a Magnon Duomatic DX87. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:34.
Barn lock, unlocking
Noise from a barn door lock that is unlocked. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:04.
Mechanical alarm clock, ringtone #9
Mechanical ringing of a old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:07.
Hiss of steam train #7
Whistle of a steam train. Recording in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:02.
Phone picked up #1
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Typewriter #5
I write slowly on the typewriter. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 01:28.
Grandfather clock, hour #1
Bell of a grandfather clock, sounding the hour stack. UCS Category: CLOCKChim. Length: 00:23.
Grandfather clock, half hour
Bell of a grandfather clock, sounding half an hour. UCS Category: CLOCKChim. Length: 00:13.
Heidelberg printing press #4
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:16.
Mechanical alarm clock, ringtone #10
Mechanical ringing of a old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:10.
Heidelberg printing press #1
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:25.
Phone hung up #3
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:02.
Train whistle, foley #6
I blow into a locomotive-style train whistle. I added a bit of reverb to make it sound more realistic. My whistle: https://thmn.to/thoprod/511358?offid=1&affid=792. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:04.
Train whistle, foley #3
I blow into a locomotive-style train whistle. I added a bit of reverb to make it sound more realistic. My whistle: https://thmn.to/thoprod/511358?offid=1&affid=792. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:04.
Floppy disk (3.5"), output
Output of a 3.5" floppy disk from an external drive. UCS Category: CMPTDriv. Length: 00:02.
Starting crank
Crank starting of a 1903 De Dion-Bouton Type Q. UCS Category: MOTRAntq. Length: 00:13.
Heidelberg printing press #2
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:09.
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