Sound effects tag

1940s Sound Effects

1940s sound effects for a home of the period. An old telephone gets picked up and the dial spins round for the next call. On the mantelpiece a clock from the decade ticks and chimes. Quiet, domestic detail. A general transport collection sits alongside, its cars and traffic not tied to any decade.

Libraries
3
Publishers
3
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S
Sample rates
96 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$14 to $50

All 3 libraries tagged 1940s

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, M/S.
Twelve vintage timepieces contribute their mechanical sound effects, from delicate pocket watches to towering grandfather clocks, featuring intricate ticking mechanisms, chimes, and resonant bell tones.
933 files · 14.3 GB · Metadata

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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Extensive collection featuring 2,300 carefully recorded sound effects of clocks, from tiny pocket watches to grand mechanical systems, including chimes, ticks, and gear movements.
440 files · 7.25 GB · Metadata
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192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
This comprehensive collection captures authentic vintage telephone sound effects, featuring Western Electric dispatch equipment with detailed handle movements, bell rings, and varied receiver interactions.
244 files · 4.7 GB · Metadata
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48 to 192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround.
A comprehensive collection of sound effects featuring natural and urban ambiences, specific objects like weapons and vehicles, and designed elements from sci-fi interfaces to mechanical sounds.
7,546 files · 220 GB · Metadata
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192 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Vintage candlestick rotary phone sound effects featuring pick-ups, hang-ups, slams, slow, fast, and forced dial turns, hook presses, and handling recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser and Sanken microphones.
194 files · 8.8 GB · Metadata
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection features authentic sound effects from a vintage candlestick telephone, including detailed dialing and ringing sounds captured from genuine antique equipment.
61 files · 92.6 MB · Metadata
Was $17.50, now $7.00
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
This library contains analogue rotary telephone sound effects, including switches, clicks, drops, and receiver movements recorded with multiple microphones and in various states of assembly.
65 files · 580 MB · Metadata
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Meticulously crafted sound effects featuring loopable clock ticks from antique timepieces, Victorian machinery, and organic sources, recorded in high-definition 24-bit quality for versatile audio manipulation.
25 files · 855 MB · Metadata
Was $26.00, now $10.40
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A rotary dial puts a scene firmly in the past, and the telephone recordings give you the whole call: the Bell Ring, the handset lifted and put down, and the dial spun round. The same clock collection holds a Wall Clock and an Alarm Clock from other decades. Its recordings go deep into the mechanism, from the escapement ticking to the hammers and chimes, so a single mantel clock can carry a silent room.

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