Tape sound effects of both kinds, the sticky sort and the sort that holds a recording. Duct and parcel tape ripped off the roll and wrapped round things. Lots of tearing. Then magnetic tape: cassette decks and VCRs going through their mechanics, with tape noise and tracking errors from old VHS. One suits packing a parcel, the other a period piece.
Libraries
46
Publishers
33
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$4 to $444
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Cassette deck sound effects captured from a real tape recorder across 160 files at 96kHz/24bit, covering play, stop, pause and power buttons, tape insert, eject, rewind, playback loops, hums, and cassette case handling.
Meticulously crafted audio collection featuring nostalgic tape-based sound effects, including 35 loops and one-shots, processed with vintage warble and distortion for authentic lo-fi and retrowave production.
This concise collection delivers essential tape measure sound effects, featuring various extending, retracting, and locking mechanisms recorded with professional clarity.
This comprehensive collection captures intricate sound effects of multiple tape varieties, featuring detailed recordings of pulling, ripping, peeling, tearing, wrapping, and crumpling actions in high quality.
Nostalgic sound effects capture the authentic hums, whirs, and mechanical noises of vintage tape recorders, transporting listeners to the analog era of cassette players.
Lo-fi horror sound effects built from analog degradation, tape decay, voltage distortion, glitch bursts, stingers, rising tensions, and signal interference textures delivered at 96kHz/24-bit.
Handwriting and stationery sound effects featuring 153 close-up recordings of pen strokes, pencil scribbles, chalk on blackboard, marker writing, signatures, pen clicks, paper shuffling, and office tools like staplers and hole punches.
Micro mechanical sound effects featuring delicate interface ticks, soft servos, button clicks, and subtle foley textures, provided as clean and effected 96kHz recordings for film and commercial use.
This library of glitch sound effects includes digital UI transitions, complex constructions, analog tape artifacts, and system errors for post-production and motion design.
1325 individual sound effects of foley for cameras, disks, tapes, vinyl, and radio recordings. Cleaned, volume-matched, and ready for middleware integration.
Each kind of sticky tape is recorded in plenty of ways, pulled off the roll, peeled, torn, wrapped and crumpled up, which covers a parcel being taped shut or a busy office. The magnetic side is a different job. Here it's the machines: a Tape Recorder, cassette decks and VCRs working through their buttons and mechanics, plus tape noise and the tracking errors of old VHS. A Cassette deck starting up is a small sound, but it puts a scene in its decade straight away. They suit period dramas and found footage, and any scene where someone hits play on an old machine.
![Distorted red and black VHS screen displaying glitch effects with the words “Play,” “HORRORSOUND,” “[DECONSTRUCT],” “LO-FI HORROR,” and “VHS” shown in text, reflecting a retro horror style.](https://cdn.sonniss.com/storage/2026/08/horrorsound.org-Deconstruct-300x300.jpg)
