Telephone sound effects from the rotary dial to the smartphone. Old phones get the most attention, rotary and push button models ringing and being dialled next to other vintage kit. Plenty of ringing. Modern landlines and mobiles are here too, with vibration as well. Then there's the handset itself, picked up and set down.
Libraries
30
Publishers
19
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $499
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Vintage Australian telephone sound effects spanning three decades, featuring authentic rotary and touch-tone models with both US and Australian ring patterns, delivered in high-resolution formats.
This comprehensive collection features authentic sound effects from a vintage candlestick telephone, including detailed dialing and ringing sounds captured from genuine antique equipment.
This library contains 200 telephone sound effects from 75 landline and mobile models, including ringing, dialling, vibration, and various mechanical and electrical sounds.
This nostalgic sound effects collection features recordings from nine vintage telephones, including rotary dial-up and push-button models from the 1980s and 1990s era.
This library contains analogue rotary telephone sound effects, including switches, clicks, drops, and receiver movements recorded with multiple microphones and in various states of assembly.
Meticulously captured vintage telephone sound effects from the 1940s feature authentic dial spins, handset movements, and classic bell rings with historical character.
Vintage candlestick rotary phone sound effects featuring pick-ups, hang-ups, slams, slow, fast, and forced dial turns, hook presses, and handling recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser and Sanken microphones.
Telephone handset sound effects featuring 692 sounds of pick ups, set downs, slams, dialing 0-9, hook snaps, cable handling, and button presses recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser MKH8050 and MKH30.
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.
48 to 192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
CD-ROM drive sound effects captured with contact microphones on the chassis in takes up to ten minutes, alongside rotary telephone, Walkman, Datassette, camera shutters, telemetry bursts and server room ambience.
Sitcom sound effects including canned laughter, audience applause, ba-dum-tss punchlines, comedy jingles, household foley, character reactions, and scene transition cues for TV comedy production.
Radio imaging sound effects featuring 180 production elements, including alternative rock stingers, micro scores, news intros, glitches, and lasers designed for station identification, splitters, and liners.
This mini library provides sound effects of antique objects, including mechanical typewriters, rotary telephones, vintage bottles, old clocks, books, luggage, and assorted cutlery.
A collection of 86 libraries containing 25,000+ royalty-free sound effects, including cinematic themes, ambiences, foley, vehicles, destruction, and mechanical categories.
A collection of over 15,000 24-bit/96kHz sound effects with metadata, featuring categories like transportation, backgrounds, sci-fi, construction, footsteps, and a large miscellaneous collection.
A collection of 1,490 sound effects for business, money, and retail, featuring office equipment, cash transactions, telephones, computers, and general paper sounds.
This library contains 100 signal error sound effects, including 40 source recording errors and 60 designed unpleasant noises, organized within the Universal Category System.
This collection contains over 700 high-resolution vintage sound effects, featuring mechanical typewriters, rotary telephones, clocks, and luggage, capturing the distinct textures of historical objects recorded in a studio.
A phone call on screen is a handful of small sounds in a row: the ring, the pick up, the Dial or keypad, and the handset going back down. The phone libraries cover those across landline and mobile models, with ringing, dialling, vibration and the small mechanical and electrical noises in between. Ring patterns differ by country. Some ring in pairs and some in single long bursts, and the vintage sets carry both. Older phones sit next to Typewriter keys and tape machines, which suits a period office or a living room from decades back. Hum and glitch sets can rough up a call that needs to break up.