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Amusements
Animal sounds
Nature sounds
Guns, weapons and war
Cars, Aircraft & Trains
Objects & items
Sound Design
Appliances & gadgets
Musical instruments
Human sounds
Crowd sounds
Spoken phrases, vocals
Comedy & cartoon sounds
Explosions, fire, impacts
Horror sounds
Industry & machinery
Space & Scifi sounds
Household, everyday sfx
Sports sounds
Other, misc. sound fx
Loops and samples for music producers
 
 
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Amusements

  • Poker chips & playing cards

    Sounds of poker chips being stacked, rattled and counted, as well as playing cards being dealt, shuffled, collected, flipped and played.

  • Slot machine sounds

    Sounds of slot machines wheels spinning, handle pulls, and lots of digital musical tones from slot machines.

  • Dice sounds

    Sounds of dice being shaken and cast. Good for use as Yahtzee sounds or any other dice game sounds.

  • Casino Ambiences & Crowds

    Sounds recorded within small and large casinos, often a cacophony of video games, slot machines, people chatter, general amusement hall noises etc.

  • Roulette & wheel of fortune

    Sounds of roulette wheels and wheel of fortune installations.

  • Coin sounds

    Sounds of coins being handled, rattled, shaken, stacked, counted, inserted into various coin slots and more.

  • Pinball sounds

    Sounds of pinball machines. Mechanical clanks and dunks, ball rolling, pinball bumpers and more.

  • Fireworks sounds

    Sounds of firework displays. Sparklers, crackles and bangs, various fire works sounds.

  • Other Amusements & Games

    Amusement sounds and game sounds that would not fit into any of the other subcategories.

Animal sounds

  • Dog sounds

    Barks, yaps and whines from our canine friends. Various barking sounds.

  • Cat sounds

    Cat sounds, meow sounds. Domestic cats meowing and purring sounds.

  • Sheep and Goats

    Sheep baah sounds, Sheep bleating, goats bleating, goat baah sounds and other related sound effects

  • Monkey sounds

    Sounds of monkeys, apes and other primates.

  • Wild animals sounds

    Sounds of lions, tigers, panthers and other wild animals.

  • Horse sounds

    Whinneys, prusts and munching horses, as well as horse trotting footsteps etc.

  • Pig sounds

    Pig snorting, pig squealing, pig grunting and other pig/swine noises

  • Bird sounds

    From garden birds to turkeys and from mockingbirds to exotic New Zealand birds, right down to the trusty Chicken, it\'s all here

  • Bat sounds

    Sounds of bats flapping and squeaking.

  • Wolf sounds

    Eerie howls from near and far.

  • Insect sounds

    Flies, bumblebees, crickets and more

  • Sea Animals

    Includes both sea mammals and sea creatures such as crabs, fish etc.

  • Reptiles and Amphibians

    Includes both amphibians, reptiles and lizards

  • Elephant sounds

    Sounds of elephants trumpeting, eating, walking etc.

  • Deer sounds

    Sounds of deer bleating, eating, walking and more.

  • Hippopotamus sounds

    Sounds of hippo / hippopotamus animals.

  • Rhinoceros sounds

    Sounds of rhino / rhino sounds.

  • Surround Animal Sounds

    Animal sounds and animal ambiences recorded and delivered in 5.1 Surround.

  • Other, misc. animal sounds

    Animal sounds we couldn't place elsewhere

Nature sounds

Guns, weapons and war

Cars, Aircraft & Trains

Objects & items

  • Stone

    Rocks and stones falling, sliding, scraping, grinding, rattling and crashing etc. Bricks and cynders also go in this category.

  • Wood, Wooden objects/impacts

    Wood crashes, wood slides, wood scrapes and grinds, wooden impacts and hits, etc. Rustling leaves and leaves/leaf sounds also go in this category.

  • Chain sounds

    Rattling chains, chains on winches, chain & pulley sounds. Ghostly ball & chains, metal chains being dragged on wooden floor and more.

  • Clothes and shoes sounds

    Sounds of clothes, shoes, belts, fabric,etc.

  • Plastic, paper and cardboard

    Sounds of plastic objects, cardboard boxes, and paper.

  • Food & Drink

    Sounds of vegetables, fruits, meat, etc. as well as drinks.

  • Metallic objects, clanks & scrapes

    Metal cans, tins, garbage cans, sheet metal, metal fences, scraping, rattling and more.

  • Aerosol, spray cans and steam

    Hairspray cans, deodorant spray, spray paint cans and other sprays, as well as steam release pfffff! Sounds

  • Snow and ice sounds

    Sounds of ice crushing, ice particles falling, ice scraping etc. For even more snow and ice sounds, be sure to also check the Sports / Skiing and snowboarding category.

  • Switches and clicks

    Light switches, larger switches and levers, clicks and clanks.

  • Glass, dishes, bottles

    Sounds of glass clinking, glass shattering, plates breaking, dishes being dropped. Also bottle sounds, bottles clinking together and bottle smash sounds etc.

  • Clay, pottery, tiles, pots & pans

    Tiles breaking, pottery crashing, clay breaking, crashing and clunking with pots & pans, kitchen catastrophies and more.

  • Other, misc objects and items

    Other object sounds that we didn't put into any of the other subcategories.

Sound Design

  • Buttons, clicks, ticks and dinks

    These sounds are useful or menu systems, interactive web sites and other multimedia presentations. Mouse clicks, mouse-over sounds, ticks, clicks, muted dinks and little sounds from the screen.

  • Noise, Static, Glitches, Buzz

    These are sounds of electric and electronic mayhem and chaos. TV static, radio fuzz, white noise, scrapey overloads, electric buzz and humm, electronic malfunction, bad radio reception, and so on.

  • Audio Logos / Idents

    Sound effects for using with on-screen company logos, splash screens, Channel Idents, short visual presentations, short animations etc.

  • Drones

    Monotenous, tonal and atonal sounds that are useful as backgrounds, underscores for scifi, horror and more.

  • Musical tones

    Short pieces of music, somewhere between what would have to be called a very short musical composition and a sound effect. These are highly useful as Windows sounds, desktop sounds, "you've got mail" type notifications and other notification sounds.

  • Servo panels

    Little motors whirr and buzz. Great stuff for creating technology based presentations, moving panels on-screen and more.

  • Whooshes, fly-in's, fly-by's

    Swishes, whooshes, swooshes and sounds that appear to fly-in, fly-out or fly-by. Sound effects for Motion Graphics.

  • Sci-fi, hi-tech production elements

    Flanged hits, spacey buttons and scifi related sounds that you can use to build your own scifi soundcape or use for menu systems, interactive websites etc.

  • Magic sounds, wizardry

    Magic spell sounds, magical potions, twinkly magic dust, spellcasting, elemental summons and other magic sounds. Great for use in games, cartoons, films and other media.

  • Deep tones

    Sounds for dark sound design, these tones have a deep, subtle, serious sound. For more sinister sound design tones, please see also Horror Sounds: Scary tones.

  • Other, misc sound design elements

    Other, miscellaneous Sound Design elements that didn't fit into any of the other subcategories.

Appliances & gadgets

Musical instruments

Human sounds

Crowd sounds

  • City crowds, town crowds

    Recorded on-location in the world's cities and towns, these recordings often combine the sounds of traffic and people moving about.

  • Market crowds

    Busy crowd sounds from markets and shopping areas.

  • Churches, church crowds

    Includes monasteries and abbeys

  • Stations, station crowds

    Including bus stations, train stations and subway stations

  • Crowd Cheers, Cheering

    Sounds of people cheering, clapping, shouting etc.

  • Demonstrations & Parades

    Demonstrations, protest marches, parades, city marches, angry crowds or supportive crowds, shouting, chanting etc. Angry mobs and riot sounds.

  • Museum, art gallery, lobby

    Recorded at museums, art galleries, other exhibitions, and hotel lobbies etc. People walking and chatting.

  • Sports crowds, arenas

    Recorded at sports venues and sports arenas, these crowd sounds often include chanting, clapping/applauses and excited yells.

  • Shops, malls, cafes, etc.

    Recorded in shopping malls, cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs, supermarkets, town markets and retail outlets, people going about their business shopping and enjoying themselves.

  • Airport crowds

    Recorded at airports, these are sounds of people moving between gates and terminals, standing about waiting for boarding, etc.

  • Children crowds

    Playgrounds, children playing in parks and in sports fields, kindergarden crowds, etc.

  • TV studio audience sounds

    Recorded in a TV studio, these sounds include \"canned laughter\", applause, groans and more.

  • Surround Crowd Sounds

    Crowd sounds recorded and delivered in 5.1 Surround.

  • Other, misc crowds

    Various crowd sounds that didn't fit into any of the other crowd subcategories.

Spoken phrases, vocals

Comedy & cartoon sounds

  • Funny zips, bangs, squishes etc

    This is our 'main' comedy/cartoon sounds category. Here you'll find all sorts of Squip! Splat! Twip! Sqwuop! Szzzwoop! and Fzzzzkrrtwang! Sounds

  • Comedy musical instruments

    Funny and embarrassing sounds from a variety of instruments, for use in comedy and slapstick.

  • Comedy Cartoon Voices

    Cartoon voices, funny yelps, yyeeaaooozz! and other comedy voices for use in animation, slapstick, comedy, games and more.

  • Fart sounds

    We couldn't resist. We had to make a whole page about farting sounds.

  • Other, misc comedy/cartoon sounds

    This is our category for funny comedy sounds that wouldn't fit into any of the other categories.

Explosions, fire, impacts

  • Crashes & Collisions

    Sounds of car crashes, pile-ups, accidents, major impact breakages, kitchen catastrophes and more.

  • Explosion sounds

    From small, sharp grenade explosions to underwater booms and atomic blasts, it's all here.

  • Fires burning

    Forest fires, house fires, campfires, gas fires and more.

  • Fireball whooshes

    Short bursts of fire, fire catapults, fireballs and torch fire whooshes.

  • Other, misc impact sounds

    Impacts, bangs, hits and bursts that wouldn't fit into any of the above categories.

Horror sounds

Industry & machinery

Space & Scifi sounds

Household, everyday sfx

  • Room Tones

    Room Tones are simply 'ambient sounds of places'. They are usually very subtle, low volume, almost unnoticeable, the sound that exists in a room when there are no specific sounds of actions in that room.

  • Kitchen sounds

    Sounds of cutlery, plates and glasses, ice cubes, fridges and more.

  • Bathroom sounds

    Sounds of showers, toilets, water taps and more.

  • Doors and windows

    Doors and windows being opened and closed, locked and unlocked, etc. Also, drawers, blinds, curtains and other door-window related objects and sounds.

  • Office & Classroom

    Sounds of staplers, paper handling, book pages, pencil sharpeners, writing and typing, and othe sounds you might hear in an office, or at your school desk.

  • Other, misc everyday sounds

    Various other everyday sounds or household sounds that we couldn't fit into any of the above categories.

Sports sounds

  • Swimming sounds

  • Skiing and snowboarding

    Sounds of alpine skiing, skis and snowboards sliding on snow, etc.

  • Baseball sounds

    Sounds of baseball balls, bats, gloves, helmets, etc. In this category you will also find sounds of Wiffleball and Softball.

  • Skate sounds

    Sounds of roller skates, inline skates, skateboards and ice skating.

  • Bodybuilding sounds

    Sounds of dumbells, barbells, weight machines and general bodybuilding equipment.

  • Hockey sounds

    Sounds of ice hockey, field hockey, roller hockey and other forms of the sport.

  • Basketball sounds

    Sounds of basketball balls, balls falling in the basket, gym floor squeaks, etc.

  • Football and soccer

    Sounds of football and soccer games, and all the variations of it. Also for rugby sounds.

  • Bowling sounds

    Sounds of bowling balls rolling, ambiences from bowling alleys, bowling pins being knocked down, etc.

  • Tennis and table tennis

    Sounds of tennis balls, tennis rackets and tennis courts, plus table tennis, ping pong.

  • Golf sounds

    Golf ball hits, golf club swings and balls falling into holes etc.

  • Billiards, pool, snooker sounds

    Sounds of snooker cues, snooker balls, billiards, pool.

  • Other, misc sports sounds

    Various sports sounds that we don't have a separate category for.

Other, misc. sound fx

Loops and samples for music producers

  • Pop/Rock Drum loops

    Loops of pop/rock drums and percussion. Sample loops suitable for DJ\'s and music producers.

  • Pop/Rock Instrument loops

    Guitar loops, piano loops and other loops and licks suitable for use in pop & rock music. Sample loops suitable for DJ's and music producers.

  • Techno/Electro Drum Loops

    Drum loops and percussion loops for techno and electronica music. Loops and samples for DJ's.

  • Techno/Electro instrument loops

    Sampled techno loops, electro loops and samples, suitable for DJ\'s and music producers.

  • Dance/Funk Drum Loops

    Dance and funk DJ/Producer drum loops, for using in music production.

  • Dance/Funk Instrument Loops

    Dance and funk music production loops for DJs, music producers, suitable for use with music production software.

  • Dance / Funk Vocal Loops

    Vocal loops in dance music and funk music styles, suitable for use in music production software and samplers.

  • Hip Hop / Urban Drum Loops

    Drumloops for music producers to use in production of Hip Hop and Urban music.

  • Hip Hop / Urban Instrument Loops

    Music loops / instrument loops for music producers to use in production of Hip Hop and Urban music.

  • Jazz Drum Loops

    Loops of jazz drums, brush drum loops. Sample loops suitable for DJs and music producers.

  • Jazz Instrument Loops

    Loops of jazz piano, jazz bass, jazzy trumpets and jazz flutes, etc. Sample loops suitable for DJs and music producers.

  • Orchestral instrument loops

    Loops of symphonic instruments including strings, brass and orchestral bass. Sample loops suitable for DJ's and music producers.

  • Orchestral drums/perc loops

    Loops of orchestral percussion, marching snares, gongs and more. Sample loops suitable for DJ\'s and music producers.

  • Choir loops and voice loops

    Loops of choirs, vocal pads and solo voices. Sample loops suitable for DJ's and music producers.

  • World/Ethnic Percussion loops

    Loops of ethnic percussion and drums. Sample loops suitable for DJ\'s and music producers.

  • World/Ethnic Instrument loops

    Sampled ethnic loops, world instrument loops and samples, suitable for DJ\'s and music producers.

 
 
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