3 566 Free Sound Sound Effects - Most Popular
Horse chewing hay
A horse that chews hay in his box. Light background noise of hay he pushes with his nose. UCS Category: FOODEat. Length: 00:09.
Tire squeal
17 screeching tire. Turn in a parking or little slippage. UCS Category: VEHSkid. Length: 00:30.
Hi-hat close #7
Sound of an close hi-hat struck with a wooden drumstick. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
Parisian ring road #2
Noise from the Paris ring road. Sound recording from above, on a bridge. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 04:02.
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: 04:58.
Snare drum #6
Sound of snare drum struck with a wooden drumstick. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
Hisses, loud very loud
4 hissing to call, strong, very long and made by a human. UCS Category: WHSTHmn. Length: 00:07.
Cymbale Ride 20" #5
Sound of a 51cm (20") cymbal, struck with a wooden drumstick. This is a Mini Cup Ride cymbal by Avedis Zildjian. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:20.
Whiteboard marker
Sound of a whiteboard marker with that which is written. UCS Category: OBJWrite. Length: 00:32.
Manual chain hoist, downhill
Noise from a winch or manual chain hoist descending. UCS Category: CHAINMvmt. Length: 00:20.
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.
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: 03:13.
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: 00:24.
Hi-hat #4
Sound of an open and close hi-hat struck with a wooden drumstick. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
The Cubase SX Grungelizer
Electrical noises, crackles, etc. A racket similar to what you hear when listening to an old record on a worn-out player. This rather unconvincing sound is generated by Cubase’s “Grungelizer”. Settings: Crackle at 1/2 in 78 RPM mode, Noise at 1/16, Distort at 2/4, EQ at 1/8, AC at 1/8, and Timeline at 1/2. UCS Category: COMStatic. Length: 00:10.
Cicada, foley #2
Song of a cicada. Sound effect made with a maraca. Easy to loop. UCS Category: ANMLInsc. Length: 00:17.
Two dice on wooden table
Two dice are thrown on a wooden table. UCS Category: GAMEBoard. Length: 00:27.
Futuristic vehicle crossing #1
Passage of a futuristic vehicle. Jet engine sounds. UCS Category: SCIShip. Length: 00:06.
Glass ball, bounce #1
A glass ball bouncing off a tiled floor. UCS Category: GLASImpt. Length: 00:06.
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.
2 small dogs bark and growl #2
Behind a fence, two small dogs bark and grunt at 5 meters from the microphone. Rumor of the city. UCS Category: ANMLDog. Length: 01:25.
Outdoor Market #4
Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People are speaking French, and I'm staring at a greengrocer. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 04:09.
Drum roll 2 S
A snare drum roll. Made with HALion Sonic SE, on Cubase. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:03.
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.
Bubble wrap: Breakouts
Breakouts of a bubble of bubble wrap (x7). This is a paper of large bubbles of 2.5 cm in diameter. UCS Category: OBJPack. Length: 00:07.
Radio, frequency sweep #10
Manual frequency scan of a radio tuner. UCS Category: COMRadio. Length: 00:09.
Old doorbell #12
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:07.
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