Sound effects tag

Impact Sound Effects

Impact sound effects, the bread and butter of the job. Sword on shield, fist on jaw, a bullet smacking into metal, a door slammed so hard the frame shakes. Big and small. Some are cinematic and built to rattle a trailer audience, while others are honest recordings of a material hitting something, which is exactly what you want when generic just won't do.

Libraries
790
Publishers
175
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3.50 to $4,997
FiltersAll 790 libraries tagged ImpactFilter by the spec, not just the subjectRecorded or designed, sample rate, bit depth, channel format, embedded metadata and file count. Narrow it down before you download anything.
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 790 libraries tagged Impact.
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All 790 libraries tagged Impact

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: Stereo.
Low-frequency impact sound effects spanning 250 files of booms, huge and sub impacts, reverse hits and thunder impacts, delivered at 96kHz 24-bit for action scenes, fights and special effects.
250 files · 800 MB
-33%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Metal impact sound effects recorded inside a ship's Bosun Store, capturing hammer, chain, shovel, and soft ball strikes in AB stereo, binaural, mono, and contact microphone perspectives.
521 files · 2.14 GB · Metadata
Was $30.00, now $20.00
Add Leviathan Impacts to cart
-63%
44.1 to 48 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cinematic trailer sound effects featuring over 100 designed risers, impacts, explosions, glitches, whooshes, tension builds, drones, stingers, and transitions for film trailers, game promos, and multimedia projects.
115 files · 127 MB · Metadata
-24%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Ambisonic B.
Spatial impact sound effects featuring 800 designed hits delivered in ambisonic and binaural formats, including boom hits, trailer hits, sci-fi weapon blasts, plasma shots, underwater impacts, magic spells, and rock and wood impacts at 96kHz/24-bit.
800 files · 3.46 GB

Finding impacts that don't sound like they came free with your editing software is the real work, and anyone who has spent ages auditioning hits knows the feeling. The difference is in the detail. It's the specific clank of steel on concrete rather than generic metal noise, or the crunch of a fight landing just right. These libraries cover the range, from bullet strikes on different surfaces and melee Hit sets to slams and heavy Debris. Cinematic impacts often come paired with a Whoosh, so the hit lands right on the cut. Trailers and fight scenes lean on them hardest, and games get through them at an alarming rate, all royalty-free.

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