Free Sound Effects
Choose from a huge variety of sound effects created and recorded by our community of independent sound engineers and hobbyists. Download free sound effects for any of your projects, videos, podcasts, movies, commercials.
All audio clips in this section are sorted into categories and thematic collections for easy searching and listening to sounds online.
If you are a developer of computer or mobile games, applications or programs, create films, videos or podcasts, you need high-quality sound effects. And you will find them here! Directory.Audio is a large, community-created database of high-quality sound effects to work with on any project. Use the search for unusual sounds, try our ready-made selections of sound effects by tags. Need click, button, ring, or other interface sounds? We have it all!
Try a combination of text search and custom filters by audio duration, file type, sample rate, and license type to get the results you want.
You can also contribute and add to the Directory.Audio library sounds and audio clips recorded or created by you to share them with other users of the site.
Sound Effects Categories
Sound Collections by Tags
- Notification sounds
- Scary Sounds
- Spooky Sounds
- Photo Camera Sounds
- Fear Atmosphere
- Swords and Sabers Sounds
- Game Sounds
- Tension and Anxiety
- Menu Button Sounds
- Swoosh Sounds
- Bird Sounds
- Sneaker Sounds
- Gun Sounds
- Walk Sounds
- Billiard Sounds
- Click Sounds
- Dog Sounds
- Gunshot Sounds
- Metal Sounds
- Explosion Sounds
- Sounds of Christmas
- Thunder Sounds
- Screaming Sounds
- Farm, Village, Countryside Sounds
- Machete Sounds
- Popup Sounds
- Car Sounds
- Cash Register & Cha Ching
- Handgun Sounds
- Trains and Railroad
- Panic Sounds
- Laser Gun & Blasters
- Alien Sounds
- Sawing Sounds
- River Sounds
- Applause and Claps
- Space Sounds
- Rain Sounds
- Monster Sounds
- Boat Sounds
- Jump Sounds
- Failure Sounds
- Buzzer Sounds
- Fart Sounds
- Coin Sounds
- Clock and Watch
- Ocean and Sea
- Whining dogs
- Rifle Sounds
- Owl Sounds
- Wooden Sounds
- Breathing Sounds
- Helicopter Sounds
- Test Tones Sounds
- Babies Sounds
- Reception Desk Bells
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