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Free sound effects, trains, mechanical, city & people

This is the free sound effects 'central' page; it contains a broad selection of traffic, city & people sounds and sound effects

These sounds are man made - as distinct from the nature sounds pages; please don't presume though that all the 'mechanical' sounds will be loud and aggressive; a lot are, but there are subtle ones to be found as well

Most of my sound recordings are environmental - sounds in place; it is very easy to extract individual sounds from these ..

The 'free sound effects' are divided into four sections - these do overlap somewhat; they have been 'categorized' after being found and recorded ..

Here is a broad selection of sounds from the various categories; find the tracks you like best and click the 'hear similar' tag
Just click the 'play' button to hear a 30" sample; 'right-click' or 'option-click' on the 'download' links to download the same free sample

Some of the full pieces are available for purchased download; click on the 'full track' links


Steam trains & old machines

3211 train
3804 mechanical
3826 mechanical
steam train pass old machine paddlesteamer
hear similar tracks


Mechanical sounds, industry & more

3487 mechanical
3460 mechanical
3582 mechanical
motor bikeexplosionindustrial
hear similar tracks


Traffic sounds, city & atmosphere

3505 urban
3506 urban
3540 urban
distant freeway street parade horse parade
hear similar tracks


Crowd sounds - people & children

3183 people
2628 people
3533 people
people at beachpeople at festival crowd at races
hear similar tracks



from Mardie, reviewer ..
'At dawn and dusk during spring and summer, Mumme would be poised to catch the calls of whipbirds, bellbirds, kookaburras, currawongs and cockatoos
The chorus would begin .. dense with the awakening sound of the dawn .. driftier, looser and less complex towards the dusk
The birds would perform beautifully, suggesting all the reasons why man has made both instruments and music to imitate this natural music
And then -
The bloke up the hill would start his water pump ! A dog would bark, a distant door would slam; an aeroplane would fly over - and the sounds of people and machines would obliterate the ambience of what Mumme was after .. '


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Top of free sound effects

Steam train sounds - trains and steam machines

Mechanical sounds - machines

Traffic sounds - city sounds, industrial

Crowd sounds - people and children at play

There are also more sound effects and sound design examples on the 'soundtracks' pages

Nature sounds - for birds sounds, nature and the ocean

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