Free and royalty-free sound library for your commercial or personal projects.
🛒 Cart | 👤 Account
Free Sound Effects - Download 3,500+ Royalty-Free Sounds
⚠️ BigSoundBank needs you to stay alive! Make a (small) donation ⚠️

3 557 Free A Sound Effects - Most Popular

Pencil, signature #1

Listen to this sound (#3236)
I sign with a pencil on a sheet of paper. UCS Category: OBJWrite. Length: 00:03.
more & Downloads

Torn paper #6

Listen to this sound (#3243)
I tear off a sheet of paper. UCS Category: PAPRRip. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Torn paper #8

Listen to this sound (#3245)
I tear off a sheet of paper. UCS Category: PAPRRip. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Burp #6

Listen to this sound (#3250)
A woman burping a little. UCS Category: HMNBurp. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Burp #8

Listen to this sound (#3252)
A woman burping a little. UCS Category: HMNBurp. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Sound propagation (1 m)

Listen to this sound (#3262)
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.
more & Downloads

Old calculator, + key #3

Listen to this sound (#3277)
Sound of a "+" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Old calculator, - key #1

Listen to this sound (#3278)
Sound of a "-" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Old calculator, - key #3

Listen to this sound (#3280)
Sound of a "-" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Old calculator, key #1

Listen to this sound (#3281)
Sound of key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Old calculator, ticket #4

Listen to this sound (#3288)
Sound of a ticket being torn from an old calculator with a built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:02.
more & Downloads

Dumbbell, carried #3

Listen to this sound (#3294)
Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being grabbed. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Dumbbell, placed #3

Listen to this sound (#3297)
Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being placed on a wooden floor. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Passage of a train #2

Listen to this sound (#3339)
A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:43.
more & Downloads

Passage of a train #3

Listen to this sound (#3340)
A passenger train passes from right to left. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:26.
more & Downloads

Passage of a train #4

Listen to this sound (#3342)
A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:49.
more & Downloads

Crossing at Levallois-Perret #1

Listen to this sound (#3344)
Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:52.
more & Downloads

Crossing at Levallois-Perret #2

Listen to this sound (#3345)
Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:37.
more & Downloads

Covered market #1

Listen to this sound (#3346)
Henri-Barbusse covered market hall in Levallois-Perret. Few people. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 01:47.
more & Downloads

Phone picked up #2

Listen to this sound (#3351)
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Phone booth hung up #4

Listen to this sound (#3371)
I hang up the receiver of the last telephone box still in operation in metropolitan France. It is in Murbach (68). UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Manifestation #6

Listen to this sound (#3382)
Demonstration in Paris. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:23.
more & Downloads

Heidelberg printing press #3

Listen to this sound (#3406)
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.
more & Downloads

Rope #1

Listen to this sound (#3420)
Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Rope #3

Listen to this sound (#3422)
Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:01.
more & Downloads

Chambord Castle, France #2

Listen to this sound (#3432)
Soundscape inside the Château de Chambord. Audience noise, not in the stairwells, etc. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 03:17.
more & Downloads

4 cars passing at 90 km/h

Listen to this sound (#3434)
4 cars passing at a speed of approximately 90 km/h, from left to right. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:16.
more & Downloads

Shoe Squeak #1

Listen to this sound (#3447)
My shoes squeak on the floor of a church. UCS Category: RUBRFric. Length: 00:02.
more & Downloads

Shoe Squeak #2

Listen to this sound (#3448)
My shoes squeak on the floor of a church. UCS Category: RUBRFric. Length: 00:03.
more & Downloads

Shoe Squeak #4

Listen to this sound (#3450)
My shoes squeak on the floor of a church. UCS Category: RUBRFric. Length: 00:03.
more & Downloads

Thermal floor saw #1

Listen to this sound (#3455)
This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 01:25.
more & Downloads

Thermal floor saw #4

Listen to this sound (#3458)
This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 01:31.
more & Downloads

Eurasian Blackcap #4

Listen to this sound (#3469)
Song of a Eurasian blackcap. The silent intervals between two successive song phrases are on the order of 5 to 20 seconds. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:06.
more & Downloads

Common Blackbird #4

Listen to this sound (#3477)
Song of a common blackbird. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:03.
more & Downloads

Common Blackbird #5

Listen to this sound (#3478)
Song of a common blackbird. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:04.
more & Downloads

Common Blackbird #8

Listen to this sound (#3481)
Song of a common blackbird. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:03.
more & Downloads

Calculator-printer #1

Listen to this sound (#3553)
The sound of a very old desktop calculator-printer. UCS Category: OBJOffc, MACHOffc. Length: 00:13.
more & Downloads

Calculator-printer #4

Listen to this sound (#3556)
The sound of a very old desktop calculator-printer. UCS Category: OBJOffc, MACHOffc. Length: 00:06.
more & Downloads

Electric coffee maker

Listen to this sound (#0060)
Electric coffee maker. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 01:16.
more & Downloads

35mm cinema projector #4

Listen to this sound (#0068)
Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) vacuum. Ventilation and lamp off: Getting Started, roullage and extinction (Sound: Behind projector). Can be synchronized with the sound n ° 0069. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:40.
more & Downloads

Download all results from this page

This action can be VERY long depending on your connection and the size of the files!

76/89