3 534 Free A Sound Effects - Most Popular
Broken twigs #1

Several twigs broken by hand. A record in the forest. UCS Category: WOODBrk. Length: 00:04.
Fermentation airlock #3

Bubbling sound of a small beer fermentation airlock. Thanks to Pierre-Jean (PJ Skyman) for welcoming me into his laboratory. UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 01:07.
Crows #1

Cries of crows in a sub urban wood. Rumor of a road. UCS Category: BIRDCrow. Length: 00:32.
Dogs barking and crying #1

A dog barks and another cries a little. UCS Category: ANMLDog. Length: 00:14.
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.
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: 00:04.
Doorbell #4

Wired chime. A electromagnets and two metal blades. A long press on the button. UCS Category: BELLDoor. Length: 00:16.
Cutlery, on table

A fork and a knife put and removed several times on table. UCS Category: FOODTware. Length: 00:29.
Rain on concrete

Big drops of rain on a small slab of concrete. UCS Category: RAINConc. Length: 01:21.
National alert signal, test

Civil siren of the "national alert signal", during tests on the first Wednesday of the month: 1 cycle of 5 periods (61 seconds).
This is a realistic montage made using this imperfect sound, so feel free to do the same to make your siren sound like what you have in mind: https://bigsoundbank.com/national-alert-signal-remalard-61-s3257.html. UCS Category: ALRMSirn. Length: 01:47.
Beeps of digital code

Beeps an immobilizer security code of a car. UCS Category: BEEP. Length: 00:01.
Long-eared owl #2

Song of the Long-eared owl (Asio otus ) to 10 or 15 meters. To learn more, go to Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-eared_owl. UCS Category: BIRDPrey. Length: 01:16.
Applause from 40 People #7

A small audience of about 40 people applauded. I let a little background noise circulate before and after, for better integration. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:15.
Fire, Foley

Sound of fire that I created using a broom, a cloth, bubble wrap, and an umbrella. Easy to loop. UCS Category: FIREBurn. Length: 00:36.
Footstep in the Snow #2

Human footsteps in the snow. Easy to loop. Made with a sound effect technique: https://lasonotheque.org/dossiers/techniques-bruitage-f112.html#2. UCS Category: FOLYFeet, FEETHmn, SNOWMisc. Length: 00:56.
Boiling water

Water boils at little broth. Miking on a hot plate (no noise from gas). UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 00:13.
Small waves and beach #1

Noise of small waves arriving on the beach. Sound taken at 2 or 3 meters. UCS Category: WATRWave, AMBSea. Length: 04:10.
Pistol, cocking #3

Manual cocking of a semi-automatic pistol by retracting the breech. UCS Category: GUNMech. Length: 00:01.
Tablespoon stainless falls

Noise of a fall (x10) a large stainless steel spoon on the floor of a kitchen. UCS Category: FOODTware. Length: 00:17.
Wooden barn door

Opening and closing a heavy wooden barn door. UCS Category: DOORWood. Length: 00:36.
Countdown, in french

Countdown, by female vocal synthesis, from 20 to 0, in French. UCS Category: ROBTVox, VOXFem. Length: 00:21.
Sewing machine, slow speed

Slow use of a modern sewing machine, a Brother XL-2610. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:26.
Metro, Paris #1

Rolling. Ralentissement. Doors open, exit and entry of persons, signal, closing doors. Acceleration, rolling, rallentissement and opening doors. Discussing French and other languages. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 02:11.
Atmosphere: "Muchas Bandas" #2

Sound of a group of "Bandas" (fanfare) in the streets of Argelès-Gazost, during a big musical party "Muchas Bandas", followed by another musical group.. noise of the crowd, joyful cacophony! Recorded in August 2018. UCS Category: AMBCele, CRWDCele. Length: 01:26.
Reverse, Le Cri du Lynx®

"Le Cri du Lynx®" is the new noise emitted by receding trucks, construction machinery, combine harvesters or other vehicles: https://www.cridulynx.fr/. This sound is easy to loop. UCS Category: BEEPVeh. Length: 00:11.
Big rope

Squeaking of a large swing rope recorded with a contact microphone. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:46.
Gavel, 1 blow

A wooden hammer and his pile. The judges use it. UCS Category: WOODImpt. Length: 00:01.
Heidelberg Printing Press #6

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: 00:40.
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