Cymbal sound effects built for sound design, and a lot of them are bowed. Bowed and broken cymbals turn into horror stingers, dark drones and disturbing metal textures, and the same bowing gives twinkles and shimmers for magic. Struck ones are here too. Resonant hits and long vibrations from metal and glass suit a sci-fi reveal as much as a jump scare.
Professional studio recordings combine with raw cymbal performances to create unsettling sound effects, featuring bowed cymbals, distorted gongs, horror stingers, and dark ambient drones across 420 files.
Raw and designed gong recordings blend with haunting sound effects, offering creepy stingers, harsh resonances, and heavy rumbles captured through sophisticated microphone techniques at 192kHz/24bit quality.
This collection features 197 high-quality bowed metal sound effects, meticulously crafted from natural and broken cymbals, delivering disturbing, dynamic elements perfect for horror and sci-fi soundscapes.
This cymbal collection features 102 unsettling sound effects, including deep rumbles, shimmery highs, and unusual tones created by bowing cut and bent sections of a damaged crash cymbal.
Pristinely recorded cymbal vibrations and sound effects captured at 96k/32bit, featuring bowed techniques on broken Paiste cymbals, plus four unique 5.1 surround sequences.
Turkish and German cymbals deliver authentic hits, bowed textures, and organic shimmer sound effects, captured in both live and dead acoustic spaces for versatile applications.
This collection includes 620 zany animation sound effects, covering boings, bonks, whooshes, and comical human sounds. Files are provided as 24-bit/96kHz BWF with metadata.
Derived from musical instrument recordings, this collection features 863 cinematic sound effects including processed drones, risers, hits, pads, and stingers designed for tonal texture and atmospheric depth.
This extensive collection features 291 high-fidelity sound effects capturing metallic, glass, and ceramic tones, offering pristine recordings of resonant hits, rattles, and sustained vibrations at 192kHz.
Diverse metal sound effects featuring strikes, impacts, and hits across 22 props, recorded at 192 kHz with multiple variations per file for enhanced sound design flexibility.
Pristine organic sound effects captured using high-end microphones, featuring magical twinkles, shimmers, and textured whooshes created from mobiles and bowed cymbals.
Diverse collection of unconventional sound effects, featuring musical toys, noisemakers, and quirky instruments - from bells and whistles to crankers and shakers - suitable for cartoons and arrangements.
Blending real acoustic recordings with processed elements, this expansive collection delivers 281 dynamic sound effects, including whooshes, bass impacts, rocket passes, and atmospheric stingers.
A comprehensive collection of 378 audio files featuring diverse percussion sound effects, from traditional drums to unique harmonics, with variations in hit strength, impact location, and performance techniques.
Drag a bow along the edge of a cymbal and the metal keeps vibrating for as long as the bow moves. That's the heart of many of these libraries. The bowed recordings stay raw in some sets and become a Stinger or a dark drone in others, with broken cymbals and the odd distorted Gong pushing it further, which suits horror and sci-fi tension. Cymbals and hanging mobiles give the gentler magic twinkles. The struck hits come at different strengths and in different spots on the metal, so a single impact can be soft or hard.