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Free Sound Effects

42 sound effects for video editing — whooshes, impacts, risers, clicks and notification dings, glitches, rain and wind loops, camera shutter, heartbeat, braam — made by us, free to use anywhere. Preview, download WAV or MP3, or drop one straight into a video.

These are the sounds an edit needs most — the whoosh on a fast cut, an impact under a title, a riser into the drop, a click for a UI mockup, rain and wind under a scene — 42 of them, all synthesized by us, so there is no sample license and no attribution. Preview any sound here, download it as 48 kHz WAV or 192 kbps MP3, or click Add to video to layer it onto a video online.

48 kHz stereo · peak −1 dBFS · made by us, free for any use, no attribution.

  • Soft Whoosh
    A gentle air pass for easing a title or a cut into place. · 0.70 s
  • Fast Whoosh
    A quick bright swipe for snappy cuts and fast text pops. · 0.30 s
  • Deep Whoosh
    A heavy low pass with a sub undertone for weighty reveals. · 1.0 s
  • Swoosh Left to Right
    A swipe that travels from the left speaker to the right. · 0.60 s
  • Reverse Whoosh
    A rising suck of air that stops dead — put the cut on the stop. · 0.80 s
  • Boom Impact
    A deep trailer boom with a long low tail. · 1.6 s
  • Punch
    A short mid-range hit for emphasising a word or a cut. · 0.20 s
  • Cinematic Hit
    A boom with a metallic ring and a big reverb tail. · 2.5 s
  • Sub Drop
    A sine that falls off the bottom of the range for drops and reveals. · 2.0 s
  • Thud
    A dull low knock for something landing just out of frame. · 0.40 s
  • Short Noise Riser
    A short noise sweep that builds straight into your cut. · 1.5 s
  • Long Noise Riser
    A four-second build that drops to silence right before the hit. · 4.0 s
  • Tonal Riser
    A chord climbing an octave with a tremolo that tightens as it goes. · 3.0 s
  • Reverse Cymbal
    A backwards cymbal swell for lifting into a chorus or a reveal. · 2.0 s
  • Soft Click
    A quiet tick for taps, toggles and subtitle beats. · 0.10 s
  • Sharp Click
    A brighter, harder click that cuts through a busy mix. · 0.00 s
  • Pop
    A round pop for text and stickers appearing on screen. · 0.10 s
  • Notification Ding
    A clean two-tone bell for alerts and message pop-ups. · 0.90 s
  • Double Notification
    Two quick chirps for a message arriving. · 0.50 s
  • Success Chime
    Three rising bell notes for a task finishing cleanly. · 1.2 s
  • Error Buzz
    A dry low buzz that reads as wrong without being harsh. · 0.40 s
  • Coin
    An arcade coin pickup for points, streaks and rewards. · 0.30 s
  • Laser
    A fast descending zap for sci-fi shots and quick wipes. · 0.30 s
  • Short Glitch
    A quick burst of digital breakup for a hard cut. · 0.30 s
  • Long Glitch
    A second of stutter and dropout for a signal falling apart. · 1.0 s
  • Static Burst
    Gated static for lost signal and channel-change moments. · 0.60 s
  • Data Transfer
    Rapid beeps for data moving, scanning or loading on screen. · 1.2 s
  • Tape Stop
    A chord dragging down to a standstill, like power cut to a tape. · 1.5 s
  • Rain Looploop
    Steady rainfall on a ten-second loop. · 10 s
  • Wind Looploop
    Open wind with slow gusts on a ten-second loop. · 10 s
  • White Noise Looploop
    Flat white noise for masking and focus beds. · 10 s
  • Pink Noise Looploop
    Softer pink noise, easier on the ears than white. · 10 s
  • Brown Noise Looploop
    Deep brown noise with the top end rolled away. · 10 s
  • Vinyl Crackle Looploop
    Record surface noise for warming up a clean track. · 10 s
  • Room Tone Looploop
    Quiet indoor air with a trace of mains hum, for filling gaps. · 10 s
  • Camera Shutter
    A two-part mechanical shutter for photo moments and freeze frames. · 0.20 s
  • Keyboard Typing
    Two seconds of natural typing for over-the-shoulder shots. · 2.0 s
  • Heartbeat
    Two slow heartbeats for tension and slow-motion beats. · 2.4 s
  • Clock Tick
    Four seconds-hand ticks for countdowns and waiting shots. · 2.0 s
  • Phone Vibrate
    Two buzz pulses of a phone vibrating on a hard surface. · 1.0 s
  • Braam
    The trailer brass hit, detuned and drenched in reverb. · 3.0 s
  • Drum Roll
    An accelerating roll that lands on a crash. · 2.0 s

How to Use Free Sound Effects

  1. Pick a category or search by name
  2. Press play to preview
  3. Download the WAV or MP3 — or click Add to video to layer it onto a video

Features

  • 42 effects in seven groups: whoosh, impact, riser, UI, digital, ambience loops, foley and stingers
  • 48 kHz stereo WAV (16-bit) and 192 kbps MP3 downloads, peak-normalized to −1 dBFS
  • Seamless 10-second ambience loops: rain, wind, white, pink and brown noise, vinyl crackle, room tone
  • Add any effect to a video online, positioned at the second you choose
  • Free to use anywhere, including monetized videos — no attribution

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these sound effects really free?
Yes. Every sound was synthesized from scratch by us — no recorded samples, no third-party library — so there is nothing to license. Use them in personal or commercial work, including monetized YouTube and TikTok videos, with no attribution.
Will YouTube's Content ID flag them?
No — they are not in any commercial sound library or rights database, because they were generated here.
WAV or MP3?
WAV is lossless and what editors prefer; MP3 is a tenth of the size and fine for social clips. Both are 48 kHz stereo, the video standard, so they drop into any timeline without resampling.
How do I put a sound effect on my video at a specific moment?
Click Add to video: the sound opens in the audio mixer, where you drag it to the second you want and set its volume, then download the video with the effect layered over the original sound.