Sound effects tag

Handle Sound Effects

Handle sound effects for the bit of the door you actually touch. Old handles turning with a stiff clunk, modern levers snapping back on a spring. Drawer pulls rattling as they're yanked. Then handling in the wider sense, cards and clothes picked up and put down. Small, close sounds that make a scene feel lived in.

Libraries
78
Publishers
46
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
48 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7.30 to $499
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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 78 libraries tagged Handle.
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All 78 libraries tagged Handle

96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A comprehensive collection of door sound effects covering diverse materials, mechanisms, and eras, including latches, handles, knocks, creaks, and slams recorded at multiple intensities and mic positions.
1,608 files · 2.46 GB · Metadata
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48 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A collection of 75 libraries containing 25,000+ royalty-free sound effects, including cinematic themes, ambiences, foley, vehicles, destruction, and mechanical categories.
20,278 files · 139.9 GB · Metadata
Was $2,495.00, now $499.00
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A door is never just a slam. Before it opens there's the handle and the Latch letting go, and those small sounds tell the audience whether the door is old or new, locked or loose. The libraries here cover household doors in quantity, cupboards and windows included, plus heavier industrial levers and the doors of an old mansion where every handle has some history in it. In games, a handle is what the player hears when they interact, so a satisfying one makes opening yet another door less of a chore.

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