Sound effects tag

Warning Sound Effects

Warning sound effects for when something is about to go wrong. Digital alarms for a reactor in trouble, and a spaceship crew calling out an emergency over the radio. Low-health beeps for games, and the cheerful error tones of a phone app. Then the creature version, a growl that says back off. All of them are designed to make someone look up.

Libraries
60
Publishers
34
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$10 to $149.99
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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 60 libraries tagged Warning

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48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Robot voice sound effects featuring 123 AI dialogue lines, countdowns, system alerts, game prompts, and combat responses for humanoid robots, android characters, and sci-fi interfaces.
123 files · 45.3 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Tesla Model 3 sound effects featuring interior and exterior recordings of acceleration, pass-bys, horns, doors, and room tones, captured in mono, stereo, and multichannel configurations at 24-bit/96kHz.
83 files · 1.06 GB · Metadata
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96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Police officer sound effects featuring 319 male voice lines including dry dialogue, walkie-talkie radio, and megaphone variations covering patrol, arrest commands, dispatch communication, and NPC interactions.
319 files · 254 MB · Metadata
Was $50.00, now $20.00
Add Police Dialogue Pack to cart
192 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Mono.
This library of beep sound effects includes 30 long and 50 short variations, recorded from various devices and organized in the UCS format.
80 files · 169 MB · Metadata
44.1 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Mono.
This collection of voice sound effects features twelve characters, including merchants, villagers, and guards, voiced by six actors and delivered as organized WAV files.
570 files · 245.68 MB
44.1 to 96 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional sound effects collection featuring 160 creature vocalizations, movement sounds, and attacks for octopus, snake, and mollusk characters, available in three creature sizes and multiple audio formats.
160 files · 323 MB

A warning has to cut through without being unbearable, because players and audiences hear it a lot. Pitch and repetition do the work, and a high, pulsing tone gets noticed even under a busy mix. The interface libraries here go from a soft Alert ping to full alarms, sometimes in families with a matching Confirmation, so good news and bad news sound related. Sci-fi sets add retro Computer alarms and crew chatter calling out the emergency, which sells a failing ship faster than any visual. Games use warnings for low health and incoming danger. Films save them for the moment the countdown starts.

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