Hum sound effects for anything switched on and left running. Transformers buzzing at a power station, old tellies and tape machines warming up, robots idling on whining servos and the low drone of an underground lab. Quiet rooms hum too. And so do people, if cartoon characters count.
Libraries
228
Publishers
105
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3 to $497
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This comprehensive library features various refrigerator hums, electrical buzzes, and rhythmic sound effects, offering deep rumbles and unique textures across 26 high-quality files, including 10 in 96kHz format.
Multiple refrigerator models provide authentic sound effects, from subtle hums to noticeable vibrations, professionally recorded and tagged with USC metadata for seamless project integration.
Featuring electromagnetic field recordings and analog malfunctions, this collection delivers 225 sound effects, including glitches, broken circuits, and digital distortions recorded at 48kHz/24bit quality.
From gentle transformer hums to powerful electric station ambience, this collection blends authentic recordings with worldized sound effects, capturing both natural and synthesized electrical atmospheres.
Industrial machinery hums merge with distinctive strip light pings in this collection of meticulously captured mechanical sound effects recorded over multiple years.
Dark ambience sound effects spanning 41 short futuristic atmospheres, drones, hums, and textures for building tension, mood, and space, delivered as 96 kHz / 24-bit stereo WAV files.
96 to 192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Electromagnetic field sound effects captured with Soma Ether and LOM Elektrouši transducers, covering high-voltage buzz, pylon corona discharge, digital glitches, radio static, arcs, and pulsing harmonic drones across 105 files.
Fridge and freezer sound effects across 170 UCS-compliant files covering door suctions, latches, bottle and jar rattles, plastic drawers, ice trays, and compressor hums, recorded at 96kHz with a Sennheiser MKH60.
Cassette deck sound effects captured from a real tape recorder across 160 files at 96kHz/24bit, covering play, stop, pause and power buttons, tape insert, eject, rewind, playback loops, hums, and cassette case handling.
Domestic room tone sound effects recorded in a single Southern California High Desert home, with two-minute tones per room plus doors, plumbing, appliances, and light switches across 328 UCS-compliant files.
Exhibition hall sound effects recorded in Indonesia at 192kHz, capturing room tone, ventilation hum, distant traffic, doors, lift bells, footsteps, and lobby activity across multiple hall and basement spaces.
Electromagnetic field sound effects recorded at 96kHz from active shipboard electrical systems including power transformers, distribution panels, battery chargers, and elevator motors, capturing buzzes, hums, arcs, whines, and glitches with dynamic tonal variations.
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.
A hum is a steady tone with a little texture riding on it, and that texture tells you what's making it. Mains electricity gives a low, clean hum with a Buzz on top. Old electronics add crackle and a faint whine. In a scene, a hum makes a lab feel busy or a spaceship feel alive. The electrical recordings here sit well alongside Static and Interference for anything that's starting to fail. Leave a hum running under dialogue and it blends right in. Take it away and the room goes dead.