3 555 Free Audio Sound Effects - Most Popular
Handbrake, activated #1

Handbrake being activated, from a Citroën C3. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:01.
Electronic drums #4

I tap on a pad of an electronic drum kit. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
Electronic drums #5

I tap the pad of an electronic drum kit 4 times. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:02.
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.
Dumbbell, placed #3

Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being placed on a wooden floor. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
Rotary dial #2

Dialing my own cell phone number on an old Socotel S63 rotary dial phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:18.
Crossing at Levallois-Perret #2

Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:37.
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 #1

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.
Phone booth hung up #2

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.
Rope #6

Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:01.
Water Blop #1

Sound of water when I immerse a hydrophone in water. UCS Category: WATRLap. Length: 00:01.
Chambord Castle, France #3

Soundscape inside the vaulted room on the second floor of the Château de Chambord. Audience noise, etc. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 02:53.
Shepard Rising Scale 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.
Microwave oven #1

Open, flat, closed, ignition, extinction, open, flat, closed (x1). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:45.
35mm cinema projector #9

Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) Fan, Getting Started projo and lamp, then roullage extinction projo and lamp (Sound: Before mechanism). Can synchronize its 0072. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:59.
Band saw

Startup, running, then shutdown (very slow) of a band saw. UCS Category: TOOLPowr. Length: 00:28.
Coffee grinder

Old hand-crank coffee grinder (5 crank turns). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:04.
Serpette scraped on a stone #2

Billhook scraping on a stone (x1). UCS Category: WEAPSwrd. Length: 00:01.
Aluminium foil #2

Someone wrapping something in a large sheet of aluminum foil. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:09.
Bird Song 2 (Toy)

Song of a Baltimore oriole. It’s a musical plush toy: when you press on its back, the bird’s song plays. UCS Category: TOYElec. Length: 00:04.
Bird Song 4 (Toy)

Song of a Tufted Titmouse. It is a musical plush: When you press on its back, its song is heard. UCS Category: TOYElec. Length: 00:05.
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