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Free Sound Effects

Last update: 23 April 2025

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!

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The hum of a domestic air cleaner

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00:01:02 48000Hz 2.36Mb Creative Commons 0 License

The Danger is coming

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The electrical wiring is shorting out

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Fluorescent light turned on

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Electric background

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Anomaly

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A train passing by slowly

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Aliens on the ship

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Huge transofrmator

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Electric flashes

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Phone transducer

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An alien signal

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Short bursts of electricity

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Scary substation

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Futuristic aliens device

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High voltage

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Electromagnetic field

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Electromagnetic noise

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Halloween Horror Ambience

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Horror Ghost

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Female horror ghost

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A girl's desperate scream

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Fast male breath

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Classic Danger Alarm

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