Vintage sound effects from objects built before everything went quiet and digital. Typewriters clacking, rotary phones ringing, mechanical cameras clicking and old clocks ticking. A mid-century tram rattling through town. Air raid sirens winding up over the rooftops. Proper clunky buttons, too. Heavy and full of character.
Libraries
96
Publishers
42
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $449
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Zenit ET film camera sound effects covering shutter clicks, shutter cocking, mode switch clicks, lens cap opening and closing, and leather case movements recorded at 24-bit, 96 kHz.
A collection of sound effects from a vintage pedal-powered grindstone, featuring gritty scrapes, rhythmic squeaks, rattling, and resonant metal-on-stone movements at various speeds.
This library provides vintage radio sound effects, including long AM/FM browsing takes with equalizer adjustments and detailed foley of the receiver’s buttons, switches, and faders.
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.
Blending retro and modern anime sound effects, this collection features 888 files (296 original sounds) including swooshes, explosions, and chimes in high-quality WAV and MP3 formats.
Comprehensive martial arts sound effects library featuring layered hits, whooshes, and vocal elements, expertly recorded at 24Bit 192kHz with detailed metadata for combat sequences.
Over 350 high-quality sound effects, recorded with vintage synths, capture classic anime elements from magic spells to mecha blasters and explosive sonic blasts.
Classic arcade and gambling equipment sound effects, featuring authentic recordings of vintage cash registers, slot machines, and pinball machines, with coins, bells, and chimes.
Mid-century German tram recordings feature authentic sound effects captured inside and outside the vehicle, including passenger spaces, operations, and environmental echoes from surrounding rock faces.
Old machines sound good because they're built from springs and gears, and every action has a mechanism you can hear. A rotary dial whirrs back after each number. A camera shutter snaps with real weight. The antiques libraries cover a huge range of these objects, which makes them a gift for period dramas. Phone collections go further, with real Telephone rings from different decades and countries. Bigger vintage sounds include a tram and wartime sirens. And for a Retro feel in a modern interface, mechanical button clicks give an app a satisfying, tactile clunk.