Sound effects tag

Energy Sound Effects

Energy sound effects for anything that hums with power it shouldn't have. Plasma charging up before a shot, force fields buzzing as something slams into them. Spells gathering in a hand, then let loose. Some of it crackles like electricity. Some of it just swells and throbs. It's sci-fi and fantasy ground, for weapons and wizards that need to feel dangerous before they do anything.

Libraries
88
Publishers
38
Formats
Mono, stereo, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$9 to $150
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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.

All 88 libraries tagged Energy.
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All 88 libraries tagged Energy

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This library contains 2300+ sci-fi sound effects featuring nine energy sword types with ignites, clashes, and drones, plus additional whooshes, risers, and downlifters.
2,331 files · 2.11 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Futuristic impact sound effects spanning 105 designed hits from subtle accents to heavier cinematic impacts, delivered in 96kHz 24-bit stereo for sci-fi productions, games, trailers, and motion graphics.
105 files · 193 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Moog Subsequent 37 sound effects spanning laser guns, UI clicks and plucks, sub oscillations, telemetry beeps, droid sequences, and energy fields across 274 master files at 96kHz/24-bit.
274 files · 1.56 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, Ambisonic B.
Abstract sci-fi sound effects delivered in ambisonic, binaural, stereo, and mono formats at 96 kHz / 24-bit, including abstraction beds, energy movements, low bass, glitch UI, ping transitions, and textural morphs.
200 files · 3.14 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Antimatter sci-fi sound effects featuring inverted elemental textures, unstable positronic electricity, xenofire bursts, and viscous gloomwater impacts, delivering 103 96kHz/24bit files and 316 variations for contemporary sound design.
103 files · 1.67 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Designed acoustic guitar sound effects featuring 70 evolving drones, cinematic impacts, processed risers, and creepy stingers suitable for sci-fi, horror, and trailer productions, delivered in 24-bit 96kHz format.
70 files · 2.03 GB · Metadata
-45%
48 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Futuristic weapon sound effects featuring 82 designed laser guns, plasma cannons, neutron cannons, lightsaber swings, EMP shockwaves, forcefield impacts, and proton bomb explosions for sci-fi combat.
82 files · 41.2 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Plasma shot sound effects featuring 256 futuristic weapon recordings, including modular blaster shots, sizzling projectile fly-bys, stylized tails, ricochets, and mechanical foley for sci-fi gun handling and reloads.
32 files · 250 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cinematic whoosh sound effects featuring 209 designed sweeps, risers, impacts, and fast pass-by transitions, delivered in 24-bit/96kHz audio for films, trailers, motion graphics, and game interfaces.
209 files · 412.2 MB · Metadata
-25%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Drone sound effects featuring 20 designed underscore textures including dark bells, pipes, voice drones, energy hums, and tension tones delivered in 96kHz 24-bit stereo.
20 files · 1.75 GB · Metadata
Was $20.00, now $15.00
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Battery sound effects featuring 590 files of handling foley, charger insertions, surface drops, and rolls, alongside unique electromagnetic charging hums captured using specialized coil pickups.
590 files · 459.8 MB · Metadata

Energy sounds are nearly always designed rather than recorded, because there's no microphone you can point at a force field. Sound designers build them from electrical hum and real machinery, pitched up for a charge and down for the release. The libraries here come at it from both sides. The sci-fi sets cover Plasma cannons and shockwaves, with plenty of crackle borrowed from Electricity. The magic sets cover casts and transformations, and some come as whooshes paired with matching impacts, which saves a lot of lining up. Short ones sell a power-up. Long, swelling ones sell a charged attack, the kind a game boss telegraphs for a few seconds so the player can get out of the way. Trailers love them for the moment before something goes off.

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