359 Free Ambient Sound Effects - Most Popular
Small pedestrian street
Small pedestrian street in the city of Chartres. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 01:13.
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.
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.
Recreation kindergarten #2
Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 04:30.
Motherhood: Corridor
Atmosphere in a corridor of a hospital maternity ward. UCS Category: AMBHosp. Length: 02:29.
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.
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: 02:12.
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.
Noisy office industry
Ambience of a noisy lab at a metalworking company. Next to a technical room, you can hear a diaphragm pump clicking and an industrial water demineralizer running. Workshop noise (aluminum sanding) in the background. UCS Category: AMBInd. Length: 00:58.
Recent metro, interior
Recent Parisian metropolitan wagon. Recording from inside. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 02:14.
Dock Gare du Nord, Paris
Soundscape. Dock Gare du Nord (Paris). Passengers off the train. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 02:15.
Manifestation #3
Atmosphere on the sidelines of a demonstration. In French. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:02.
Forest, France #1
Soundscape in the forest of Senonches, Eure et Loir (28), France. Birds, wind, rumors. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 05:44.
Forest, France #2
Ambiance sound from the "Chêne Fauteuil", a remarkable large oak, in the forest of Senonches, Eure et Loir (28), France. Birds, wind, rumors. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 04:34.
Covered market #4
Henri-Barbusse covered market hall in Levallois-Perret. Few people. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 02:54.
Lawn tractors #3
Small mower tractor. Ignition then movement without mowing. UCS Category: VEHFarm. Length: 01:04.
London bus
Soundscape. First floor of a double-decker bus Londoner. UCS Category: VEHBus. Length: 04:22.
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.
Urban undergrowth
Urban undergrowth. Rumor of a road. Birds, etc. UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 01:17.
Crossroads in Japan
Atmosphere at a crossroads in Utsunomiya, Japan. Cars, traffic lights, bicycles .. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:04.
Barn with cows #3
About 50 cows in a semi-outdoor cow shed. The cows have been separated from their calves. UCS Category: AMBFarm. Length: 01:17.
Train car
Atmosphere in a train car. Stop at a station. Then departure. In France. UCS Category: TRNInt. Length: 04:11.
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.
Sun and heat #4
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.
Applause concert bar #9
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: 00:10.
Hall of the Capuchins
Atmosphere in the Hall des Capucins (Brest, in France). Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 04:44.
Crossing at Levallois-Perret #1
Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:52.
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.
Manifestation #9
Demonstration in Paris. It involves singing with a marching band. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:54.
Parisian ring road, tunnel
Noise of the Parisian ring road when the traffic is dense and difficult. Sound from the window of my car, rolling. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:55.
Parisian ring road, cockpit
Noise of the Parisian ring road when the traffic is dense and difficult. Sound from the cockpit of my car, rolling. UCS Category: VEHInt, AMBUrbn. Length: 01:21.
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.
Outdoor Market #2
Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People speak French and I wander between the stalls. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 02:50.
Lecocq Garden in Clermont-Ferrand
Ambience of Lecoq Garden in Clermont-Ferrand. City background noise, pigeons, conversations, guitar playing, fire trucks, etc. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 02:21.
Country town #1
Atmosphere of a country town. Rooster, bird, road in the distance. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 02:25.
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