Resonance sound effects for things that keep ringing after they're struck. Metal bowls left to hum, and a shipping container booming under a hit. Contact mics pressed onto everyday metal pick up screeches and moans the air never carries. Some of it is calm. A lot of it is pure tension, built for horror and sci-fi.
Libraries
175
Publishers
80
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$6 to $395
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Resonant metal sound effects captured with Korg CM-300 and AKG C411 PP contact microphones at 192 kHz, spanning barbed wire rubs, fence shakes, rope creaks under tension, and door hinges.
A high-fidelity collection of metallic sound effects sourced from a suspended steel cable, featuring resonant impacts, harmonic oscillations, overtones, and detailed frequency sweeps.
Inside an abandoned WWII bunker, a deteriorating steel door generates haunting, musical sound effects through various interactions, producing harmonics and tones shaped by decades of coastal rust.
Inside a seashell's natural resonator, ambient sound effects become uniquely filtered, capturing distorted streetscapes, nature, and traditional Inca-style musical notes.
Ethereal metallic sound effects, created using dry ice on resonant metals, offer versatile options for robots, creatures, and machinery, while delivering unique tones for horror and UI design.
Recording dry ice interacting with various metal objects resulted in unique sound effects, captured in a Swedish workshop setting, yielding ethereal resonant tones and atmospheric textures.
Metal sheets and dry ice interactions produce versatile sound effects, captured in both mono and stereo formats with high sample rates, enabling extensive pitch and ambient manipulation.
Deep, resonating metal sheets meet dry ice to create versatile sound effects, offering both mono and stereo recordings suitable for ambient drones and intense transformations.
Diverse metal sheets and dry ice create ethereal sound effects, captured in high-quality mono and stereo formats, perfect for ambient drones and transformative processing.
Friction mallet sound effects featuring 1628 guttural buzz drags, groans, squeals, impacts, bounces and pitch bends on a plastic container, recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser MKH8050, MKH30 and Sanken CO-100K.
Clear Sounds 40XLC amplified telephone sound effects featuring button presses, pick ups, hang up slams, cord insertions and switch adjustments recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser MKH8050 and Sanken CO-100K microphones.
Geofon sound effects capturing structural vibrations from suspension bridges, antenna pylons, geothermal steam pipes, elevators, escalators and an anthill, with 91 files recorded at 192 kHz/32-bit using a LOM Geofòn.
Adriatic coastal storm wind sound effects recorded in Montenegro, with 14 exterior gale-force gust passes and 23 interior perspectives of window rattles, whistling draughts, and structural resonance at 192 kHz.
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.
Resonance is what happens after the hit, as the material vibrates at its own pitch until it dies away. Sound designers love it because a single strike can be slowed down and layered into a long swell. A Contact Microphone gets right inside the object, so a railing or a pan lid turns into a groaning, alien Texture. Metal impacts with a long tail make good trailer hits. A struck bowl left ringing gives a calm, spacious bed instead. For dread, the drones and moans do most of the work, and Tension carries on from there. Horror and sci-fi lean on them hardest.