Sound effects tag

Industrial Sound Effects

Industrial sound effects from places where things get made and mended. Factory floors full of textile and printing machines. A ship repair hall with an overhead crane rolling along its track. Hissing hydraulics, and a freight lift grinding down into an underground lab. Plus switches and levers for the control panel. Loud, and never quite still.

Libraries
154
Publishers
71
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3 to $699
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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 154 libraries tagged Industrial.
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All 154 libraries tagged Industrial

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection features authentic industrial sound effects captured from textile, marble, printing, and packaging machinery, encompassing 104 high-quality recordings of operational processes and mechanical ambiences.
104 files · 2.9 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Authentic industrial robot recordings capture mechanical sound effects, including servo movements, hydraulic operations, and tool handling across multiple speeds and perspectives through six robotic axes.
142 files · 3.27 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, M/S.
Authentic industrial sound effects captured in a vast manufacturing hall, featuring machinery operations, metal impacts, and room tones with natural echo from multiple recording positions.
41 files · 1.8 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive library features 421 dark industrial sound effects, from metallic impacts and distorted hits to unsettling transitions and seamlessly looping atmospheric soundscapes.
421 files · 2.17 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This unsettling collection features 108 distorted industrial sound effects and 102 field recordings, delivering dark, evolving impacts and whooshes with rumbling, ear-piercing qualities.
210 files · 690 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Professional industrial ambience sound effects featuring 115 unique recordings of air conditioners, ventilation systems, machine rooms, underwater drones, and atmospheric environments captured in pristine 96/24 quality.
161 files · 1.76 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Industrial sound effects capture bustling ports, cargo terminals, and mechanical ambiance, featuring container movements, HVAC systems, and engine sounds within deserted-to-active environments.
29 files · 3.14 GB · Metadata

Industrial ambience is mostly layers. A big hall gives you a low Hum and a long tail, and everything inside it, a hammer blow or a hiss of air, bounces round for ages. Recordings from real working sites catch that space, which is very hard to fake in a studio. A Factory scene in a film might run a single long background with spot sounds on top, while games want loops plus separate hits they can trigger. The steampunk sets push the same ideas into fantasy, with brass gears and steam engines that never existed. Close machine recordings are there for building your own.

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