Sound effects tag

Alarm Sound Effects

Alarm sound effects for when something has gone wrong, or is about to. Sci-fi klaxons on a spaceship bridge and retro computers bleeping in panic. Game alerts for incoming enemies. Some are harsh and urgent, built to make a player sweat, while others are cheerful little bleeps in an old handheld console style.

Libraries
147
Publishers
77
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$4.99 to $449
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Recorded or designed
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Channel format
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Embedded metadata
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All 147 libraries tagged Alarm

96 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Capturing tense atmospheres, this collection features meticulously recorded sound effects of vintage sirens, air raids, and civil alarms from multiple perspectives, all delivered with embedded metadata.
33 files · 1.06 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Moog Subsequent 37 sound effects spanning laser guns, UI clicks and plucks, sub oscillations, telemetry beeps, droid sequences, and energy fields across 274 master files at 96kHz/24-bit.
274 files · 1.56 GB · Metadata
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48 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
The Mini tier of 344 Audio's range in a single purchase, covering the same ground as their Complete collection in shorter libraries. Horror, sci-fi, foley, world and UK ambiences, doors, casino, cartoon and football.
3,371 files · 46.0 GB · Metadata
Was $1,089.00, now $217.00
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48 to 96 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Sci-fi ambience sound effects featuring 189 stereo WAV files including alien planet atmospheres, deep space drones, spaceship interiors, futuristic alarms, spacecraft pass-bys, and cosmic void soundscapes.
189 files · 6.10 GB · Metadata
44.1 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Spaceship sound effects including engine starts, thrusters, hyper jumps, gun turrets, space guns, alarms, hangar doors, landing gear, and nitro boosts for game audio and sci-fi projects.
107 files · 166.3 MB
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This mini science-fiction collection provides sound effects for ambiences, UI, weapons, voices, and power sources, intended for designing futuristic worlds and off-world environmental soundscapes.
235 files · 1.47 GB · Metadata

A good alarm is annoying on purpose. It sits in the frequencies the ear can't ignore and repeats until someone deals with it, which is why real alarms are hard to mix under dialogue. Designed ones get round that with a cleaner sound that still feels urgent. In games an alert has to be readable straight away, so a Beep for low health can't sound like the warning for incoming fire. On a Spaceship, alarms do the storytelling, telling the audience the hull is breached before anyone says it. Retro computer alarms suit period sci-fi.

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