358 Free Ambience Sound Effects - Most Popular
Metro: Stopping and starting #1
An old metropolitan from Paris arrives, stops, then leaves. Recording from the station platform. UCS Category: TRNSbwy. Length: 01:06.
Dock Gare du Nord, Paris
Soundscape. Dock Gare du Nord (Paris). Passengers off the train. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 02:14.
Applause about 25-50 people #5
Applause from about 25 to 50 people at a little show outdoors. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:09.
Country town #2
Atmosphere of a country town. River, birds, road, train. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 01:52.
Train car
Atmosphere in a train car. Stop at a station. Then departure. In France. UCS Category: TRNInt. Length: 04:10.
Restaurant #2
Soundscape in a restaurant during brunch. About 40 people. UCS Category: AMBRest. Length: 02:38.
Mass: Amen
A big collective "Amen", during a Sunday mass at the Basilica of Notre-Dame of Montligeon (61), in France. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 00:05.
Tractor #1
Two passes of a tractor plowing a field. First pass in one direction, a U-turn, then a second pass in the opposite direction. UCS Category: VEHFarm. Length: 01:15.
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.
Cathedral: Voice and Organ
In the cathedral of Chartres (France). A person singing and someone playing the organ. Noise strollers and children. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 01:20.
Metro station entrance
In front of the porticos of a very busy Parisian metro station. UCS Category: TRNSbwy. Length: 02:37.
Bus stop in Japan
A bus stop in Utsunomiya, Japan. Engines, ads, doors, avenue. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 02:41.
Crossroads in Japan
Atmosphere at a crossroads in Utsunomiya, Japan. Cars, traffic lights, bicycles .. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:04.
Crossing at Levallois-Perret #1
Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:52.
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.
Sun and heat #2
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.
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: 08:17.
Applause concert bar #3
A small audience applauds after a piece played by a small band in a bar. Thanks to the music group "Les Accroch'Coeur". UCS Category: CRWDCheer. Length: 00:03.
Barn Swallows in the City #2
City ambience, street side: barn swallows and blackbirds. Field recording captured in France, in the Centre region, in spring, on May 25th at 5:45 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: 02:02.
Gare du Nord, Paris
Atmosphere in the Gare du Nord. It's 8:00, I expect from England by Eurostar. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 03:58.
Car interior, 80 km/h
Sound recording in the passenger compartment of a car during a short journey on a road limited to 80 km/h. It is a Citroën C3 petrol. UCS Category: VEHInt. Length: 01:17.
Boat - Lower deck in front
Lower deck in front of a boat. This is the ferry between Royan and the Pointe de Grave. Near Bordeaux, France. UCS Category: BOATShip. Length: 01:45.
Manifestation #3
Atmosphere on the sidelines of a demonstration. In French. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:02.
Barn with cows #1
About 50 cows in a semi-outdoor cow shed. The cows have been separated from their calves. UCS Category: AMBFarm. Length: 03:55.
Recreation kindergarten #3
Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 04:30.
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.
Downtown of Maintenon, France
Soundscape on the parking of downtown Maintenon, Eure et Loir (28), France. Cars, wind, a cafe is open. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 06:47.
Forest, France #1
Soundscape in the forest of Senonches, Eure et Loir (28), France. Birds, wind, rumors. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 05:43.
Manifestation #5
Atmosphere on the sidelines of a demonstration. In French. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 00:40.
City garden atmosphere
Sound atmosphere in a city garden, in Dreux. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 01:13.
Hall of the Capuchins
Atmosphere in the Hall des Capucins (Brest, in France). Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 04:44.
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: 01:38.
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