Sound effects tag

Dial Sound Effects

Dial sound effects for both kinds of dial. The phone kind first: rotary phones and push-button ones, dialling and ringing, landlines and mobiles. Then the knob kind, turned on a car dashboard and on old radios and cassette players, with switches and levers alongside. Small sounds. A lot of them come from vintage kit.

Libraries
26
Publishers
15
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
48 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $90
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Channel format
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Embedded metadata
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All 26 libraries tagged Dial

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Inside this nostalgic collection, vintage rotary phone sound effects were captured through three distinct microphones, yielding nearly 3,000 authentic table-mounted telephone recordings.
168 files · 2.87 GB · Metadata
Formats: Stereo.
A comprehensive collection featuring 1,998 rotary phone sound effects, including dialing variations, handset movements, button clicks, and rattles, captured through three distinct microphone setups.
96 files · 1.3 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Vintage rotary phone sound effects captured in detail, featuring dialing sequences, cable movements, handset actions, and button interactions at multiple speeds and variations.
78 files · 1.33 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Carefully recorded interior sound effects from a Kia Picanto, featuring buttons, switches, and knobs in high-quality 24-bit/96kHz format with detailed metadata tagging.
120 files · 64.4 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Meticulously recorded sound effects capture authentic antique timepieces, featuring grandfather clocks, pendulums, and vintage mechanisms - all preserved in high-quality 24-bit audio format.
20 files · 631 MB · Metadata
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
96 to 192 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Mono.
This library contains 200 telephone sound effects from 75 landline and mobile models, including ringing, dialling, vibration, and various mechanical and electrical sounds.
162 files · 562 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Modern optometry equipment and procedures come alive through detailed sound effects, featuring eye scanners, lens adjusters, and diagnostic machinery commonly found in vision testing facilities.
86 files · 464.5 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This nostalgic sound effects collection features recordings from nine vintage telephones, including rotary dial-up and push-button models from the 1980s and 1990s era.
310 files · 138 MB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Meticulously captured using premium Sennheiser microphones, this comprehensive library delivers 346 authentic camera sound effects, including shutters, dials, and mechanical operations.
346 files · 357 MB · Metadata

On a Rotary Phone the dial is a little machine of its own. You pull it round and let go, and a spring brings it back at a steady speed, sending a run of pulses down the line that adds up to the number dialled. The vintage telephone recordings here cover that dialling along with push-button models, ringing and the rest of the mechanism, while newer handsets add vibration and electrical noise. The other dials are controls. Car interior foley covers buttons, switches, dials and knobs, and the control libraries work them both hard and soft, so a gentle turn and a firm click can sit together. They suit period drama and spy scenes, or any close-up of a hand on a knob.

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