New free sound effects
We didn’t have a great deal of time to record today, so we grabbed our trust Zoom H5, raided the cupboards and got to work recording today’s sound effects. Popcorn…. one of the staples of my kids...
View ArticleCreating sound effects from things around the kitchen
Yesterday I posted up some sounds recorded quickly around the home, just so we try to keep to our promise to upload new sounds everyday (well, that’s the aim). We’ve just uploaded the last of those....
View ArticleFree eating, metal impacts and car sound effects…
I hate hearing the sound of someone eating. Noisy eaters? hmmm. Well for the listening pleasure of our listeners and hopefully a useful addition to our library, we recorded ourselves eating dinner...
View ArticleGiants and Metal Sound effects…
Leading up to my loft is a folding wooden ladder, attached with two high tension springs. When the loft hatch is down, these springs are fully loaded and make a great sound when hit or scraped. I...
View ArticleNew free sound effects added include Puzzles, Mega Blocks and more
We’re all big kids, right? Give me the chance to play with some of the retro toys from my youth and I’ll take it! So that’s exactly what I did one afternoon last week and I set up my microphone and...
View ArticleOur new forum and sound effect requests feature goes live
We are very pleased to announce the release of our new Forum, which provides a feature rich environment for you to ask question and give answers on any topics relating to the use of our website, our...
View ArticleSword impacts, metal hits and more…
it’s been a busy morning here at zapsplat.com, and we brought in with us today a set of steel roofing brace strips to play with. The reason? They sound just like sword impacts when hit together. So,...
View ArticleCans, plastic and more metal… New sound effects just uploaded
After one of our members submitted a request for a variation of drinking can sound effects, we couldn’t help but oblige. They asked for some different ‘can being put down’ sounds and a close up of...
View ArticleRecording rain sound effects and more…
Living in the UK, rain is one thing we are not short of. Today is no exception so grabbing a few recordings of rain sound effects out the back window was the first thing we did. Often I find setting up...
View ArticleWelcome to our new contributor, London Music Mixing
We’d like to give a warm welcome to our latest free sound effects contributor London Music Mixing. Owner, Matteo di Cugno worked in live music for over 10 years, eventually realising he’s also like to...
View ArticleRecording retro game sounds and town centre ambiences
I’ve always loved the old 8-bit sound effects I grew up with on the old Atari and later Nintendo and Sega games consoles. Just hearing them brings back the pleasure I had as a child hidden away in my...
View ArticleZapsplat.com reaches 11,000 free sound effects to download.
Back when we started zapsplat.com back in 2015, we did so with a few thousand free sound effects with the aim to record many more and work with some talented sound designers to contribute and bring...
View ArticleNew sound effects just arrived for our store
It’s with great pleasure, we can announce the first batch of over 50,000 sound effects has arrived on drive here, ready to be uploaded for our new store. A few months ago we told you we’ll be launching...
View ArticleWelcome to our latest free sound effects contributor: Blastwave FX
The renowned sound effects library Blastwave FX has just contributed 200 HD free sound effects to zapsplat.com and all are available to download now in both mp3 and .wav. Sounds contributed span a wide...
View ArticleDesigning Sound Exchange
Back in June 2016, designingsound.org opened their Exchange, a great questions and answers forum for sound designers to exchange info and get answers to the questions they ask. A quick browse shows all...
View ArticleChiptone sound effects generator
A few weeks ago we told you about how we had used BFXR to create some retro 8-bit style game sound effects. The tool is a fantastic way to quickly generate useful tones that are not only ideal for...
View ArticleNew free sound effects: broken glass, cartoon fx, science fiction and more…
It’s been a busy few weeks here at zapsplat.com and we’ve been working on a fair few requests for new sound effects. As such, today we’ve released 44 new sounds which include: Science fiction robots We...
View ArticleWelcome to our new free sound effects contributor, Foley Walkers
It’s with great pleasure we welcome our latest free sound effects contributor, Foley Walkers. Based in Kyiv, Ukraine, Foley Walkers is a team of professional Foley artists creating sound effects for...
View Article80 new sound effects added
We’ve just added 80 new free sound effects that many of you will probably know as staple sounds from the festive period. If like us, your family spends much of Christmas squashed around a table,...
View ArticleBrand new free sound effects just uploaded
We’ve just added 42 new free sound effects that we’ve been asked for by you, our members. This latest instalment includes: Cabinet doors and drawers opening and closing, games, toys, electrical buzzing...
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