3 567 Free A Sound Effects - Most Popular
Delirious Laughter #4

A horrible delirious laugh. This sound has no effect, but reverberation would make it terrible. UCS Category: VOXLaff. Length: 00:04.
Ice cubes that melt

A few ice cubes that melt in a glass of water. Perfect for sounding a drooling animal. UCS Category: ICEMisc. Length: 00:18.
Video tape

Rewinding, then fast-forwarding (x2) of a MiniDV video cassette inside a camcorder. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:48.
Explosion #1

An explosion at around 150 meters. An agricultural gun designed to frighten birds. UCS Category: EXPLReal. Length: 00:01.
Mechanical entrance doorbell #2

Sound of a bell at the entrance to a Parisian apartment. UCS Category: BELLDoor. Length: 00:04.
Song of the common midwife toad #1

The "common midwife toad " (or "Alytes obstetricans") is found in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_midwife_toad - Photo: Grand-Pappà https://www.flickr.com/photos/beltranpappa/. UCS Category: ANMLAmph. Length: 00:55.
Splash, small #5

Small "splash" of a small stone thrown into a pond. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:03.
Steps on a wooden floor #4

Many steps, in shoes, on a wooden floor. A few rustling clothes. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:38.
Little neighing call #3

Horse who neighs very slightly to call his owner and have his bucket of flakes. UCS Category: ANMLHors. Length: 00:02.
Car door #1

4 closures and opening of a Peugeot 107 door. Sound outside the car. UCS Category: VEHDoor. Length: 00:15.
Electric jackhammer #9

Sound of a Redstone brand 1100W electric jackhammer. UCS Category: TOOLPowr. Length: 00:43.
Office cathedral of Chartres

Short excerpt from the Thursday evening service at Chartres Cathedral, with about 20 worshippers and very few visitors. The service is amplified throughout the cathedral. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 04:59.
Indoor riding arena

Ambience of an indoor riding arena (or an outdoor ring). Birds are very present. A few human footsteps and horse sounds. The weather is sunny (hence the birdsong). UCS Category: AMBMisc. Length: 01:18.
Fridge door

5 openings and closing of a refrigerator door. Noise of the engine. UCS Category: DOORAppl. Length: 00:45.
Aerospace communication beep #4

Beep that is emitted after a space conversation (Nasa, SpaceX, etc.). UCS Category: COMTran. Length: 00:01.
Recreation kindergarten #6

Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 02:02.
Watercourse #2

Recording of "La Donnette", at Hautes Planches in Bretoncelles (61 - France), on the occasion of the residency "Au Bord Du Larsen" (OBDL) in July 2024. For a sound installation reproducing a waterfall using 6 sounds on 7 speakers. Easy to loop. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 01:34.
Aerospace communication beep #3

Beep that is emitted after a space conversation (Nasa, SpaceX, etc.). UCS Category: COMTran. Length: 00:01.
Robot vacuum

Starting, vacuuming and shutting down an iRobot Roomba i7 vacuum cleaner. UCS Category: MACHAppl, ROBTMvmt. Length: 02:39.
Recent metro, interior

Recent Parisian metropolitan wagon. Recording from inside. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 02:14.
Cockatiel parakeet #11

Song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 01:03.
Snare drum #5

Sound of snare drum struck with a wooden drumstick. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
Barn Swallows in the City #1

City ambience, street side: barn swallows and blackbirds. Field recording captured in France, in the Centre region, in spring, on May 25th at 5:30 AM. A detail that matters for your project, since swallows aren't present, nor active in the same way, all year round. UCS Category: AMBBird. Length: 01:37.
Quenching, cooling #2

Cooling a hot object with water. This is a welder in a glass. UCS Category: FIRESizz. Length: 00:02.
Outside Talks #6

Around fifty people are chatting outside, in French. UCS Category: CRWDWalla. Length: 01:38.
Cracking ice #2

Crack of ice. Noisy with a block of ice that I crush. UCS Category: ICEBrk. Length: 00:01.
Car interior, 90 km/h

Sound recording in the passenger compartment of a car during a short journey on a road limited to 90 km/h. It is a Citroën C3 petrol. UCS Category: VEHInt. Length: 03:14.
Whistling in the mouth

3 sifflement simples, fait à la bouche par un humain. UCS Category: WHSTHmn. Length: 00:04.
Tuning a piano

Sound of the 2 note tuning of my upright piano. These are the "A" and the "D" (the lower fifth). You will first hear the 1st string of "A" (right), then with the 2nd (wrong) that I will tune, then the last will be tuned to finish. The "la" is therefore correct. Ditto for the "re". You will hear the sound of the tuning key for the 2 notes. Non-stop recording, without faking. UCS Category: MUSCInst. Length: 02:18.
Cartoon "block" #3

Cartoon footsteps, or fear. Sound of a wooden Agogô being struck. Percussion instrument of African origin from the idiophone family. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
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