3 530 Free Sons Sound Effects - Most Popular
Cockatiel parakeet #16

Song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 00:01.
Cockatiel parakeet #17

Song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 00:01.
Cockatiel parakeet #18

Song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 00:01.
Cockatiel parakeet #19

Song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 00:01.
Mass: Organ and singing #2

Chants and organ during a Sunday mass at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montligeon (61), in France. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 01:02.
Typewriter, bell #2

Sound of a typewriter bell. It rings when you reach the end of the line. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 00:02.
Socotel ringtone #2

A Socotel rotary telephone ringtone set to silent. Easy to loop. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:35.
Plastic cover #7

Lid of a large plastic trash can being slammed. UCS Category: PLASImpt. Length: 00:01.
Casserole #1

Coralie demonstrates with her portable sound device. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:04.
Casserole #4

Coralie demonstrates with her portable sound device. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:10.
Casserole #5

Coralie demonstrates with her portable sound device. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:09.
Car passing 50km/h #2

A car passes through the city at around 50 km/h. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:17.
Truck, passage 50km/h #1

Passage of a super-heavy truck (tractor and trailer) at a speed of about 50 km/h. UCS Category: VEHFrght. Length: 00:31.
Nespresso coffee maker #4

A Krups brand Nespresso coffee capsule machine. She makes a good Congo coffee, can you smell it?. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:15.
Sound propagation (1 m)

This is a sound file to calculate the speed of sound propagation in air. Two microphones 1 meter apart and a movie clapperboard to generate a sharp sound. Follow this tutorial to perform the experiment: https://lasonotheque.org/education-sonore-f4.html#propagation. UCS Category: TEST. Length: 00:01.
Old calculator, calculation and ticket #3

Sound of keys and ticket printing on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:09.
Zipper #11

Zipper sound, short enough to sound like a trouser zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:01.
Passage of a train #2

A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:43.
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 #2

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: 00:09.
Heidelberg printing press #3

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: 00:26.
Rope #2

Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:02.
Chambord Castle, France #1

Soundscape inside the Château de Chambord. Audience noise, not in the stairwells, etc. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 02:59.
Shepard Tone x1 #1

A single cycle of the 12-semitone ascending Shepard scale at 60 BPM, starting on C. Sustained notes (one half note per measure). Easy to loop. More information on my Shepard scale generator. UCS Category: DSGNTonl, DSGNRise. Length: 00:12.
Shepard Tone x1 #2

A single cycle of the 12-semitone ascending Shepard scale at 60 BPM, starting on C. One quarter note, two rests, and one quarter note per measure. Easy to loop. More information on my Shepard scale generator. UCS Category: DSGNTonl, DSGNRise. Length: 00:12.
35mm cinema projector #6

Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) without fan or lamp: Getting Started, then roullage extinction (Sound: Behind projector). Can be synchronized with the sound 0071. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:41.
Flea #2

Sound ambience of a flea market (in Sonchamp, France). Conversations, people passing by, and announcements made over a loudspeaker. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 00:48.
Wood stove "devil"

“Devil” wood-burning stove humming, small wood crackles, minor heat-related metal noises, and air intake (draft). UCS Category: FIREBurn. Length: 01:27.
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