353 Free Ambient Sound Effects - Most Popular
Metro: Stopping and Leaving
An old metro from Paris arrives, stops, I get in, then leaves. Check-in from the platform, then from inside a train car. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 01:51.
Birds waking #2
Campaign atmosphere at 6:45 am April 6, 2016 in France. UCS Category: AMBBird. Length: 01:12.
Wind and tree squeaks
Wind in a very big tree. Grinding of one of its branches. UCS Category: WINDVege. Length: 02:33.
Crows #1
Cries of crows in a sub urban wood. Rumor of a road. UCS Category: BIRDCrow. Length: 00:32.
Forest and stream #2
Small brook, blackbird, fly, birds, 2 different sounds of the brook (on the left, a deeper "meander" and on the right another shallower one, so I put myself in the middle!). Forest of Signy-l'Abbaye (Ardennes). UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 03:50.
Village, city center #1
Town center of a small country village, Manou, in Perche, France. Half April. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 04:03.
Halloween Soundscape #2
To diffuse in your house before opening to the children :) An "industrial" or "fantastic" halloween atmosphere created only with sounds from LaSonotheque: Ventilation, zombies, steel, chains, squeaks. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBDsgn. Length: 08:16.
Sea of the beach of Dellec #4
Soundscape on the rocks of Dellec beach, near Brest in France. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBSea. Length: 05:48.
Recreation kindergarten #5
Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 02:29.
Mountain, evening #2
Ambience recorded in the mountains, at the beginning of the night in August. Cow, wind, river, bells, insects. UCS Category: AMBAlpn. Length: 01:42.
Pontoon, marina
Atmosphere on the pontoon of floating pleasure of the "bassin à flot" of Deauville. Sounds of rippling. UCS Category: AMBNaut. Length: 02:24.
Sun and heat #3
Omnipresent sun or overwhelming heat, this is a sound effect that is widely used in films. I made this sound in the studio, failing to find it in nature. Maybe it's an insect? If you know more about the source of this noise, tell me. According to another anonymous visitor: The Arizona Apache Cicada is the loudest. UCS Category: ANMLInsc. Length: 00:45.
Outdoor Market #3
Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People speak French and I wander between the stalls. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 02:21.
Forest #2
At the entrance to a forest near Manou, in Perche, France. Mid April. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 06:52.
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.
Under a highway bridge
Field recording under a bridge beneath a highway. Light traffic. UCS Category: AMBTraf. Length: 00:55.
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.
Restaurant
Soundscape in a pizzeria. It is a "Pizza del Arte" in France. UCS Category: AMBRest. Length: 01:30.
Cherry blossom and Goats
Soundscape of a cherry blossom visited by bees, and bells of a small flock of goats. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 03:44.
Frogs #1
Many frogs sing near a pond in the city center. Sound recording at 2 meters. Sound of a waterfall in the background. UCS Category: AMBSwmp. Length: 01:30.
Wind from inside #2
Storm Ciara is raging outside. I take the sound from inside a room. Noise of the PVC rolling shutter. UCS Category: WINDInt. Length: 02:50.
Campaign at night #2
Road in the distance, insects, no wind, bat passage from time to time. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 00:46.
Forest #5
Cévennes (in France) forest atmosphere in may 2024. The nightingale and a human play a chainsaw in the distance. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 01:37.
Metro: Stopping and starting #2
An old metropolitan from Paris arrives, stops, then leaves. Recording from the station platform. UCS Category: TRNSbwy. Length: 01:09.
Countryside #3
Country soundscape: rumor, field crickets and song of birds. Sound recording on May 7, 2020 around 2:30 p.m. in France, in full confinement linked to COVID-19. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 01:45.
Metallurgical factory
Sounds of a factory workshop making surface treatment on aluminum. UCS Category: AMBInd. Length: 08:44.
Motherhood: Corridor
Atmosphere in a corridor of a hospital maternity ward. UCS Category: AMBHosp. Length: 02:29.
Restaurant #2
Soundscape in a restaurant during brunch. About 40 people. UCS Category: AMBRest. Length: 02:38.
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.
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.
Small waves and beach #2
Noise of small waves arriving on the beach. Sound taken at 10 meters. UCS Category: AMBSea. Length: 06:14.
Night after rain
Soundscape. Night after the rain. In winter. Rumor and road. UCS Category: AMBTraf. Length: 01:07.
Halloween Soundscape #1
To diffuse in your house before opening to children :) An atmosphere created only with sounds from LaSonotheque: Wind, owls, owls, ghosts, chains, laughter and fighting cats. UCS Category: AMBDsgn. Length: 16:54.
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