Sound effects tag

Slap Sound Effects

Slap sound effects, from a sharp open hand across the face to the cartoon kind that echoes round the room. It stings. In film a slap is usually built in foley, often hands on bare skin or a wet leather jacket, sweetened with a whoosh of cloth on the swing. Here you get the clean crack, plus heavier hits for when it turns into a proper fight.

Libraries
38
Publishers
28
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7 to $300
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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 38 libraries tagged Slap.
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All 38 libraries tagged Slap

44.1 to 48 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This collection contains 430 hand-to-hand combat sound effects, featuring a variety of punches, body hits, smashes, and impacts without weapons or armor.
430 files · 64.1 MB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Comprehensive martial arts sound effects library featuring layered hits, whooshes, and vocal elements, expertly recorded at 24Bit 192kHz with detailed metadata for combat sequences.
32 files · 169 MB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Extensive collection of high-quality combat sound effects, featuring layered impacts, punches, bodyfalls, and bone breaks recorded at 192kHz with meticulous UCS metadata.
35 files · 179 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Detailed skin contact sound effects captured with precision microphones, featuring organic gestures like scratches, taps, and caresses, expertly edited in high-resolution 24-bit 96kHz format.
31 files · 458 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional collection featuring sound effects recorded from PPE masks, including authentic breathing, elastic snaps, and fabric manipulations, offering versatile textures for film and media projects.
93 files · 262.4 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Comprehensive collection featuring 1920+ game sound effects, including character voices, mechanical actions, and crafting sounds, optimized for memory efficiency and delivered in high-quality 96k 24bit WAV format.
1,928 files · 2.09 GB · Metadata
44.1 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Detailed sound effects library capturing authentic textile movements and cloth interactions, recorded with precision equipment to document delicate fabric manipulations for realistic Foley applications.
340 files · 722 MB · Metadata

The trick with a slap is the high crack on contact. Bright and sharp. Too much low end and it reads as a Punch, too little and it sounds like applause. The fight libraries sit both sides of that line, with open hand hits next to punches and blocks, and cloth whooshes for the swing before it lands. A Body Fall finishes the job when a slap goes too far. For comedy, the slapstick sets give you bigger, rounder slaps that read from the back row.

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