Tone sound effects for sounds that hold steady and hang in the air. Struck bowls ringing out into a long, pure hum. Dark drones and tension tones that sit under horror. Room tone from a grand old library, all hush and distant footsteps. Interface tones for apps and alerts, too. A broad tag.
Libraries
95
Publishers
53
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3 to $149
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Meticulously crafted sound effects featuring loopable Shepard tones deliver continuous rising and falling pitches, perfect for sci-fi vehicles and tension-building in media projects.
Metallic sound effects blend dark drones and industrial textures with eerie wails, deep bass tones, and nautical elements, delivered in high-resolution 96kHz/24bit format with metadata tagging.
Inside a Canadian maritime lighthouse, unique sound effects capture the mechanical rumbles and rattles of rotating motors across multiple tower levels.
This collection features diverse room tones captured in Nashville, incorporating indoor spaces with varying AC sounds, ambient sound effects, and exterior recordings of traffic and weather.
These authentic Swedish police radio sound effects capture real trunked system tones and signals, providing genuine communication elements for broadcasting and production needs.
Layered atmospheric sound effects blend horror, suspense, and dramatic elements, creating intense moments through a comprehensive collection of dark and unsettling audio textures.
Low frequency rumble sound effects isolated from passing traffic in the 0-500Hz range, featuring quakes, tremors, rises, hovers, swells, and pitch bends recorded at 192kHz with Sennheiser and Sanken microphones.
Blaster pistol sound effects alongside energy rifles, electro pistols, classic and zapper laser pistols and plasma impulse shotguns, covering single shots, bursts, reloads and mechanisms across multiple pitch variants and mixes at 96kHz/24-bit.
Drone sound effects featuring 20 designed underscore textures including dark bells, pipes, voice drones, energy hums, and tension tones delivered in 96kHz 24-bit stereo.
This library provides 299 sounds for app and UI development, containing sound effects for alerts, notifications, and buttons, plus 20 loading screen music tracks.
A collection of Saron sound effects with individually recorded notes, featuring a strong attack, clear pitch, and short decay for rhythmic and melodic pattern creation.
A complete collection of individually recorded Kenong and Kethuk notes. These authentic gamelan percussion sound effects feature both deep, resonant tones and tight, percussive attacks.
A collection of Bonang sound effects featuring individually recorded notes that capture the instrument's full tonal range, bright attack, rich overtones, and authentic natural decay.
This collection of sound effects presents individually recorded notes from a Gender instrument, capturing its smooth sustain and complex harmonics for music and atmospheric sound design.
An authentic collection of gamelan gong sound effects, featuring every note recorded individually to preserve the instrument’s full tonal range, natural resonance, and detailed harmonic character.
Tone means different things depending on who's asking. To a dialogue editor it's room tone, the quiet sound of a space that glues edits together, and the library recordings here are a fine example. To a horror designer it's a drone that never lets up. Both are covered. The struck bowls are something else again, real metal and crystal that ring on for ages, ideal for Meditation scenes or anything mystical. Add a little Resonance and they fill a temple. Apps get short interface tones and alerts.
![Four large, cracked black speaker cones arranged in a square on a dark background. The word “[MEGAHORN]” is centered below the speakers, and “HORRORSOUND” appears above them in small font.](https://cdn.sonniss.com/storage/2026/08/horrorsound.org-MEGAHORN-300x300.jpg)
