Sound effects tag

Nail Sound Effects

Nail sound effects, mostly the kind you hit with a hammer. Nails driven into wood, hammered home on a workbench, dropped and scattered across the floor of a workshop. Small and sharp. Then the creepier side: nails dragged and scratched across concrete, wood, tile and fabric, which is where plenty of horror textures start life.

Libraries
11
Publishers
8
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
48 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7 to $149
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, 100kHz.
A collection of 1053 shaking and rattling sound effects featuring 14 prop types on multiple surfaces. Recordings are provided as multi-channel, 192kHz files in various lengths.
1,053 files · 26.73 GB · Metadata
-50%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A collection of organic scratch and scrape sound effects created by recording nails, metal, and coins on surfaces like concrete, wood, plastic, fabric, and tile.
300 files · 158.8 MB · Metadata
Was $20.00, now $10.00
Add Sinister Textures 5 to cart
-60%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection features intricate sound effects from vintage metal objects, including hotel bells, locks, and coins, recorded in 24-bit 96kHz with meticulous UCS metadata tagging.
149 files · 162 MB · Metadata
-72%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This bundle combines six volumes of royalty-free horror textures and sinister sound effects, 1,342 files in all. The collection is UCS-compliant with metadata, intended for film, television, and video game projects.
1,342 files · 11.98 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection features 337 vertical piano sound effects at 24-bit/96kHz quality, specifically crafted for creating atmospheric horror music and sound design moments.
337 files · Metadata
-60%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection features realistic DIY sound effects, spanning hand tools, power equipment, and construction implements, recorded at multiple distances with natural acoustics and authentic usage patterns.
145 files · 783 MB · Metadata
Was $45.00, now $18.00
Add Nuts and Bolts to cart
-20%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
High-quality sound effects capture traditional hand tools in action, featuring hammers, wrenches, shovels, and hardware interacting with wood, metal, and pavement across 29 recordings.
29 files · 176 MB · Metadata
Was $40.00, now $32.00
Add Tools to cart
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A comprehensive collection featuring 49 distinct sound effects, from buzzing chainsaws and hammering wood to falling nails and industrial sanders, covering essential construction and workshop tools.
49 files · 328 MB · Metadata
-20%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Various junk objects create vibrant sound effects, including distinctive refrigerator slams, baseboard heater rattles, cardboard impacts, and metallic wrench interactions.
13 files · 28.8 MB · Metadata
Was $10.00, now $8.00
Add Gift of Junk Vol. 1 to cart

Hammering a nail is a little sequence. A few light taps to set it, then harder blows as it sinks, and each hit sounds a bit different as the wood takes it. The workshop libraries capture that along with the rest of the toolbox, from Screw and Screwdriver work to saws and sanders. The scratchy recordings are a different animal, made for horror, where a slow scrape does more than any jump scare. DIY scenes, carpentry videos and survival games use the rest.

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