Stinger sound effects, the short, sharp hit that lands right on a moment. A horror jump scare with a shriek of metal, or the comedy sting after a sitcom punchline. Games use them for level ups and game overs. Most are over almost before they start, and that's exactly the point.
Libraries
119
Publishers
43
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$0 to $395
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Podcast sound effects featuring over 500 production elements, including censor bleeps, interface notifications, crowd reactions, musical logos, digital glitches, stingers, and designed whoosh transitions for multimedia editing.
Versatile collection featuring 23 stinger sound effects, each available in standard format, cathedral-like reverb, and vintage radio-style versions suitable for diverse atmospheric needs.
This comprehensive horror collection features 70 haunting sound effects, from subtle vocal elements to intense stingers, incorporating seamless loops and atmospheric string textures for cinematic scares.
Blending real acoustic recordings with processed elements, this expansive collection delivers 281 dynamic sound effects, including whooshes, bass impacts, rocket passes, and atmospheric stingers.
Expertly crafted from acoustic recordings, this comprehensive library features 225 dynamic sound effects, including whooshes, bass impacts, rocket passes, and atmospheric stingers.
Big Band gameplay sound effects across 465 files (155 original sounds), featuring brass and jazz drum stingers for pickups, reveals, unlocks, progress hits, counter rollups, anticipation risers, bursts, and UI notifications.
Game UI sound effects spanning 2000+ clicks, beeps, notifications, alerts, popups, transitions and whooshes, plus mechanical dials, levers, coin rewards, holographic data and cartoon pops.
Cinematic trailer sound effects across 100 original themes of 30 seconds to one minute, each combining booms, hits, impacts, transitions, pings, risers, rhythmic elements and a final climax.
Free horror drone sound effects spanning braams, hits, stingers, sweeps, piano clusters, ebow feedback, metal scrapes, and bee swarm textures, key-labelled and delivered in 24-bit at 48kHz and 96kHz.
Horror sound effects spanning over 750 WAV files of braams, impacts, hits, drones, risers, textures and signature elements, plus 430 BPM- and key-labelled tempo-synced loops with stems.
A stinger is punctuation. It tells the audience how to feel about what just happened, in an instant. Horror stingers are built for the jump, a hard hit and a shriek, often after a long Riser or a Drone that's been building the tension. Land it a few frames late and the scare falls flat. Cinematic trailers drop them between shots. Game stingers do a different job, rewarding the player with something bright for a win and something deflated for a loss. TV comedy uses them for punchlines and scene changes.
