48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A collection of contact microphone recordings capturing internal door and lock mechanisms. These detailed sound effects include wood, metal, and plastic doors, plus separate key handling sounds.
Sound effects tag
Contact Microphone Sound Effects
Contact Microphone sound effects, recorded from inside the material rather than through the air. Stick a pickup on a gate or a print shop machine and you hear the material itself: groans, squeaks, tiny mechanisms and deep rumble the room never gives you. There's rain on foil and bowed waterphone too, plus vibrations from metal and wood. Raw and strange.
- Libraries
- 17
- Publishers
- 10
- Formats
- Mono, stereo
- Sample rates
- 44.1 to 192 kHz
- Licence
- Royalty-free for commercial work
- Price range
- $6 to $179
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All 17 libraries tagged Contact Microphone
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Authentic gate recordings feature both shotgun and contact microphone sound effects, capturing detailed creaks, groans, and mechanisms in 96kHz for cinematic and medieval applications.
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Through contact microphones on foil-covered plastic, this collection captures delicate, rhythmic sound effects with metallic resonance and unique percussive textures.
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Raw contact microphone recordings capture intricate metal vibrations and guitar sounds with unique sound effects, offering textural elements ideal for horror, sci-fi, and abstract sound design.
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Recorded with specialized equipment, this collection features 40 distinctive sound effects from a Waterphone, including metallic, percussive, and tonal impacts in high-quality 24-bit format.
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Through expertly recorded waterphone performances, this collection delivers haunting sound effects, atmospheric drones, and raw soundscapes ideal for creating mysterious cinematic moments.
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Contact microphones capture exterior vibrations and mechanical sound effects from metal, wood, and vehicles, providing raw, high-quality recordings for abstract audio design projects.
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Inside an industrial print shop, diverse machinery generates layered sound effects and subsonic frequencies, captured through ORTF and contact microphone recordings of four distinct printing systems.
44.1 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Stereo.
In this comprehensive recording collection, print shop machinery and ambient sounds combine professional ORTF techniques with contact microphone recordings to capture authentic industrial sound effects.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This extensive collection features 273 high-fidelity sound effects captured through hydrophones, including underwater movements, bubbles, impacts, and exotic instruments recorded at 96kHz/24-bit quality.
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Recorded across three sessions, this unique library captures haunting sound effects from an abandoned upright piano body, featuring both studio-controlled string excitation and outdoor field recordings.
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Authentic sound effects captured from a championship Lamborghini Murciélago V12, featuring engine dynamics, drive-bys, and detailed recordings from multiple track sessions at Salzburg Ring.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Meticulously recorded at 96 kHz/24-bit, these 59 glass door sliding sound effects utilize custom contact microphones, offering versatile layering options for sound designers.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Deep vibrations and metallic sound effects captured via contact microphones on Berlin's bridges create otherworldly ambiences, featuring vehicles and transit reverberating through steel structures.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Dynamic sound effects capture wooden mechanisms in motion, from gentle creaks to intense grinding, featuring windmill components and versatile atmospheric elements suitable for various scenarios.
$40.00
Add THE WINDMILL to cart96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Meticulous recordings capture industrial printing machines and ambient soundscapes, featuring sound effects recorded via ORTF and contact microphones, complete with subsonic elements and print shop atmospheres.
A contact mic ignores the air and listens to the surface it's touching, so it hears what a normal microphone misses: the inside of a lock turning, or the subsonic shudder of a printing machine. Some sets pair it with a regular microphone, the gates with a shotgun and the Print Shop with a stereo pair, so the surface and the air sit side by side. The Waterphone recordings lean right into the strange side, with eerie drones and metallic hits. On its own a contact mic gets abstract fast, which is why so much of this suits horror and sci-fi, and all of it is royalty-free.
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