Sound effects tag

Crackle Sound Effects

Crackle sound effects, the fire kind and the electric kind. Logs popping in a fireplace and a campfire settling down for the night. High voltage snapping and fizzing across a gap. Then the designed side, crackling magic and fiery whooshes for fantasy spells. Warm or dangerous. Depends which end you pick.

Libraries
121
Publishers
66
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$9.99 to $450
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Recorded or designed
RecordedDesigned

Recorded means captured in the field or a studio. Designed means built from other material.

Channel format
MonoStereoM/SSurroundAmbisonic

Mono for 3D positional audio. Ambisonic and surround for immersive mixes.

Embedded metadata
Tagged for Soundminer or UCSUntagged

Soundminer and UCS fields written into the files.

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All 121 libraries tagged Crackle

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48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Relaxing ambience sound effects featuring 147 stereo files of crackling campfires and fireplaces, rain on windows, distant thunder, gentle ocean waves, river flow, birdsong, and quiet interior room tones.
147 files · 3.86 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Glass cracking sound effects recorded at 96 kHz / 24-bit in a professional Foley studio, covering slow tension builds, window cracks with impact, pressure squeaks, floe crackles, and loose shards.
121 files · 131.6 MB · Metadata
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Electromagnetic field sound effects recorded at 96kHz from active shipboard electrical systems including power transformers, distribution panels, battery chargers, and elevator motors, capturing buzzes, hums, arcs, whines, and glitches with dynamic tonal variations.
284 files · 7.65 GB · Metadata
Was $30.00, now $20.00
Add Current Soundscape to cart
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Electromagnetic interference sound effects recorded at 96kHz from active shipboard equipment including boiler panels, engine control room indicators and purifiers, capturing pulses, buzzes, glitches, whines and digital noise.
293 files · 8.85 GB · Metadata
Was $35.00, now $25.00
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-50%
44.1 to 48 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Vintage analog sound effects featuring over 350 recordings of retro radios, televisions, cameras, typewriters, cassette decks, vinyl crackle, telephones, walkie-talkies, VHS static, and 8mm projectors for period-piece sound design.
356 files · 386 MB · Metadata

Fire crackle is mostly small pops and hisses as moisture boils out of the wood, so damp logs and dry kindling sound quite different. The fire recordings go from gentle flickers to a roaring blaze, indoors and out, and some loop so a hearth can burn under a whole scene. Add a Sizzle when there's food on the stove. Electrical crackle is harsher. A Spark snaps across a gap and transformers buzz at a power station, which suits a mad scientist's lab or a machine about to blow. The elemental magic sets mix both worlds into designed spells for games, with fire and lightning doing most of the work.

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