3 552 Free Sample Sound Effects - Most Popular
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 #5
Sound of keys and ticket printing on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:17.
Old calculator, + key #3
Sound of a "+" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
Socotel low ringtone #2
4 weak rings from an old Socotel S63 type phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:26.
Repetitive squeaking #1
Numerous repetitive squeaks from a plastic bottle. The squeaks are getting faster. UCS Category: PLASFric. Length: 00:20.
Zipper #12
Zipper sound, short enough to sound like a trouser zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:01.
Zipper #13
Buttoning of pants, then sound of short zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:03.
Couinement jouet #4
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Couinement jouet #5
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Passage of a train #2
A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:43.
Phone picked up #2
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Phone picked up #3
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Phone booth hung up #3
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.
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.
Passage of a train #5
Small passenger train with 4 TER-type wagons. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:31.
Rope #2
Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 01:12.
Rope #3
Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 03:30.
Rope #6
Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:01.
Water Blop #3
Sound of water when I immerse a hydrophone in water. UCS Category: WATRLap. Length: 00:02.
35mm cinema projector #4
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.
Rewind 35mm film #2
Rewinding 35mm film: Acceleration and rolling (Sound: Left side of the dispenser (empty coil)). Can synchronize its 0074. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:51.
Gas water heater
Sound of a gas water heater (boiler). The unit starts and the fan kicks in when hot water is drawn, piezo clicking, flame ignition, flame shutoff, fan shutoff, then the unit cooling down (the whole sequence twice). UCS Category: FIREGas. Length: 01:11.
Rattle moderately fast
Sound of a ratchet noisemaker being turned fairly slowly. Speeding up. UCS Category: MUSCMisc. Length: 00:13.
Rattle slow
Sound of a ratchet noisemaker being turned slowly. Slight acceleration. UCS Category: MUSCMisc. Length: 00:13.
Old squeaky stroller #2
Doll stroller, old style metal grating. Pushed rapidly. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:08.
Comb teeth #1
A finger heavily running across the teeth of a comb. UCS Category: PLASMvmt. Length: 00:01.
Aluminum frying pan edge 26cm
Sample of cookware: rim of a 26 cm aluminum frying pan, very heavy, deep, and very thick, struck with a wooden drumstick. The .wav file is ready for sampling. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:02.
Plush Goeland
Sound produced by a seagull plush toy when you press on its back. A small battery-powered music box turns on and plays the bird’s call. UCS Category: MUSCToy. Length: 00:05.
Sounds of a sink
A clogged sink making gurgling “glug-glug” sounds as the water finally drains away. UCS Category: WATRDran. Length: 00:08.
Slipper tape on plasterboard wall
Someone tapping and rubbing an indoor drywall (plasterboard) wall with their slippers. Used for a short film where it was meant to sound like a hanging person. UCS Category: . Length: 00:13.
Brita jug flow
Flow of water into a pitcher Brita filtration. UCS Category: WATRDrip. Length: 00:26.
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