Sound effects tag

EMF Sound Effects

EMF sound effects, the hidden noise of electromagnetic fields, picked up with special sensor microphones. Everyday electronics are a rich seam: phones and laptops, consoles and hard drives, down to a juicer and a pencil sharpener. Out in the open there's high voltage buzz and corona discharge off pylons. Odd and otherworldly, and nothing like the sound the device makes in the room.

Libraries
11
Publishers
11
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
48 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$10 to $35
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Electrical interference sound effects created by converting data files into audio, featuring buzzes, EMF/EMI noise, broadband interference, short and long static, and glitches across 93 UCS-compliant 96kHz/24-bit files.
93 files · 743.3 MB · Metadata
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
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A comprehensive collection of electromagnetic field sound effects featuring over 130 minutes of otherworldly recordings from various electrical devices, captured using the rare LOM Elektrosluch 3+ sensor microphone.
105 files · 8.89 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Electronic interference and machine sounds, captured through induction coils, feature droning and buzzing sound effects with dynamic movements from everyday devices like phones and laptops.
121 files · 399 MB · Metadata

Every powered device gives off an electromagnetic field, and a coil pickup turns it into sound, so a Laptop or a phone has a hidden voice that never reaches the air. The recordings here run from clean device captures to malfunction, with broken circuits and digital glitches for anything going wrong. Outdoors, the pylon work adds arcs and pulsing drones, and radio Static sits alongside. Raw files help here. Some sets are left unprocessed, ready to shape however the scene needs. It all suits sci-fi interfaces and haunted electronics, and it layers well under a UI sound to give a screen some life.

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