Sound effects tag

Thud Sound Effects

Thud sound effects for anything heavy meeting something solid. A punch landing. A body hitting the floor. Fight foley is a big part of it, with kicks and body falls, and the rest comes from rock and boulder impacts, snow being hit and crushed, footsteps with weight in them and doors slammed shut.

Libraries
42
Publishers
27
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$0 to $497
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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.

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All 42 libraries tagged Thud

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
School chair sound effects covering scrapes, drags, sits, stands, leaning back, pick ups, put downs, throws and rumbles performed on linoleum, wood and carpet, recorded dry with a Sennheiser MKH 60 at 96kHz/24-bit.
748 files · 384 MB · Metadata
48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
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.
90 files · 380 MB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Natural snow recordings deliver crisp sound effects of impacts, hits, and crushing movements, offering 80 high-definition samples for winter-themed audio projects.
80 files · 170 MB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Medieval combat sound effects featuring shield impacts, spear fights, and sword clashes, recorded using professional microphones to capture authentic weapon interactions and battle sequences in high-quality 24-bit audio.
62 files · 1.23 GB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional tufting machine recordings feature mechanical sound effects, including rhythmic thuds, buzzing, and whirring captured in pristine stereo and mono at high sample rates.
182 files · 405 MB · Metadata

A good thud is mostly low end and very little tail. Layer a dull Strike under a crack and it reads as a hard blow, and on its own it's closer to a fall. Fight libraries cover punches and bodies dropping, and some sit next to cloth movement and whooshes so a whole Melee exchange can come from the same library. Rock and snow impacts give a heavier, earthier hit. Horror and cinematic libraries add designed hits for when the thud needs to be bigger than life. In a scene, a thud tells you weight: a boulder landing, or a body that isn't getting up.

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