Foley sounds, door effects, footsteps, bells, cars, and everyday sound effects
Lots of Sounds has enough practical real-world SFX to justify a dedicated foley hub. This category groups together high-download everyday sound tags like door, bell, footsteps, car, metal, and foley so editors, game teams, product builders, and sound designers can land on a focused real-world effects page instead of a generic catalog browse view. 1,311 matching sounds available right now.
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Door sounds and door sound effects
Browse door sounds, creaks, opens, closes, slams, and practical real-world effects from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Bell sounds and ringing sound effects
Browse bell sounds, ringing cues, chimes, and practical alert-style effects from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Footsteps and walking sound effects
Browse footsteps, walking textures, and movement-first foley audio from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Car sounds and vehicle sound effects
Browse car sounds, vehicle effects, engines, brakes, and road-ready real-world audio from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Metal sounds and metallic impact effects
Browse metal sounds, metallic impacts, clanks, scrapes, and utility foley audio from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Foley sounds and practical real-world effects
Browse foley sounds, practical effects, and real-world production audio from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Foley sounds and everyday sound effects
1,311 soundsRock Keeper - Center Solo Guitar - 135bpm
Handmade! Solo guitar. Centered. Taken from my biker thriller audio drama: Throttle Check that story out here: https://youtu.be/7NvVURSOqxQ If you like my work, check out my website as well: www.welvynzporter.com Never stop pluggin', am I right? haha. Attribution is never required but always very appreciated. :) I hope you this will be useful for you. Cheers~
door open close creak squeak wood room house inside foley
zoom h5 96/24
Creaking Metal Wire of Wooden Gate
Rock + wooden gate + metal wire + gravity = automatically closing door mechanism. Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/j98udHXQ1GQ Summer 2025. Moto G34 video recording.
Rock Keeper - NOT Mastered - 135bpm
Handmade! Taken from my biker thriller audio drama: Throttle Check that story out here: https://youtu.be/7NvVURSOqxQ If you like my work, check out my website as well: www.welvynzporter.com Never stop pluggin', am I right? haha. Attribution is never required but always very appreciated. :) I hope you this will be useful for you. Cheers~
found it
A short 4 bar 130 bpm musical stinger with some light bells, chimes, and synth. Created in FL studio.
Rock Keeper - Bass Guitar - 135bpm
Handmade! Bass guitar. Taken from my biker thriller audio drama: Throttle Check that story out here: https://youtu.be/7NvVURSOqxQ If you like my work, check out my website as well: www.welvynzporter.com Never stop pluggin', am I right? haha. Attribution is never required but always very appreciated. :) I hope you this will be useful for you. Cheers~
Splashing Footsteps Shallow Water
Wading into and out of a puddle outside.
WATRFlow_ Outdoor, Canalside, Flowing Water, Small Stream, Inside Tunnell, Footsteps, Distant Hum, Substation, Tascam DR-05X, Stereo, 48Khs, 24 bit_JW Audio
A recording of me walking through a small tunnel with water flowing through a stream next to me. Distant hum of a substation can also be heard.
Chimney Wind with Ceramic Taps and Coffee Pack Textures
An experimental layered soundscape built from everyday acoustic recordings. The foundation is the haunting sound of wind resonating through a chimney, enriched with the textured scratching of Nespresso coffee capsules and delicate finger taps on a ceramic plate. Together these ordinary sounds transform into an evolving ambient organic composition with experimental textures, and an atmospheric character. Suitable for experimental music, cinematic sound design, ambient compositions, and electro
Footsteps on Forest Summer Leaves Granular Drone
An experimental soundscape created from recordings of footsteps crunching through dry summer leaves. The original rhythm is looped three times, while a deep atmospheric drone provides a continuous backdrop. Granular fragments and glitch-like textures extracted from the footsteps drift through the background, transforming a simple field recording into an evolving organic composition. Ideal for ambient music, experimental productions, cinematic sound design, horror, and nature-inspired audio pr
March On Alarm - Loop / Jingle
A several second, repeating, musical snippet, reminiscent of a phone alarm. It has a tempo of 130 BPM, in 4/4. It is created entirely from FOSS programs, namely the Bells 3 preset from ZynAddSubFX (GPL v2), and rendered in LMMS (GPL v2).
Ganges Creek
Recording of a creek at my school with cars passing in the background
River Texture 1
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River Texture 2
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Rock Keeper - Drums - 135bpm
Handmade! Drums! Taken from my biker thriller audio drama: Throttle Check that story out here: https://youtu.be/7NvVURSOqxQ If you like my work, check out my website as well: www.welvynzporter.com Never stop pluggin', am I right? haha. Attribution is never required but always very appreciated. :) I hope you this will be useful for you. Cheers~
Stream Brook Water Flow 16 Bit
Recorded with a Portable Alesis Digital Recorder then widened and lightly manipulated in DAW. This is actual foley of a stream recorded at close range. Public Domain, Do with as you please. If you use I'd love to see how you used it. Works great as a nice environmental sound for film work if laid softly in the background, if it's called for that is.
Hydrophone underwater flow
Underwater recording of a small stream Recorded with Aquarian Audio H1a Hydrophone & Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 ii Non-edited file.
260627-05h31 - Bus passing under the window
Recording of a bus passing in the street below my window. Recorded with a Zoom H1 essential.
260627-05h47 - Car passing under the window 1
Recording of a car passing in the street below my window. Recorded with a Zoom H1 essential.
260627-05h48 - Car passing under the window 2
Recording of a car passing in the street below my window. Recorded with a Zoom H1 essential.
260624- Garden - evening
Just a short soundscape of my garden in the evening. I live near a small wooded area with a highway on the other side of it. You can hear my own footsteps, the faint sound of neighbours talking in the distance, and the roar of a vehicle passing by on the highway. Recorded with a Zoom H1 Essential.
Victim of the Cybor Wars
A short clip from one of my Original Compositions. All Instruments, Vocals and Recording by F. Benjamin (Me ~ BaDoink) Equipment used: Audacity, Yamaha Synthesizer, Zoom R8 Portable Studio, Hydrogen and my gronked up brain. All my sounds are licensed as Creative Commons 0 and can be used for whatever you like.I don't require that you give me credit but it is appreciated. I answer all my messages here so feel free to contact me.
Rock Keeper - Mastered - 135bpm
Handmade! Taken from my biker thriller audio drama: Throttle Check that story out here: https://youtu.be/7NvVURSOqxQ If you like my work, check out my website as well: www.welvynzporter.com Never stop pluggin', am I right? haha. Attribution is never required but always very appreciated. :) I hope you this will be useful for you. Cheers~
Crackling and Tearing (Fire, Ice, Stone breaking, Paper)
Sound of a somewhat heavy paper bag being slowly scrunched up in order to make for a loopable fire sound. Can be used to create/enhance fire sounds, materials being broken apart, or just paper rustling. No processing, recorded on Zoom H5n, 2024 Use my sounds for whatever you feel like and feel free to comment how you used it! :D
ambient_brazilianwoods_goncalves_birds_monkeys_metalclink
ambient sound of peaceful forest in Brazil, few birds chirping, wind rusling on the mic, leaves rustle, wood cracks, monkeys passed by. Someone calls someonelse on the background. Metal clink from someone working in a workshop from a far distance
Zildjian VINTAGE Avedis 18 Inch Turkish Ride Cymbal
Vintage cymbal from the 50s, 60s, 70s? I'm demo playing it. Mono recorded in a dry room (Q-Factory rehearsal space in Amsterdam) with Shure SM58 going into MOTU Ultralite MK3.
Metal Cracking Hi-Hat Rhythm
Glitchy cracking metallic hi-hat pattern.
Synth Metal Rock Loop
Heavy synth metal. Got the tone by layering 18 guitar patches, as well as 3 basses. Loop was created by me with sequenced instruments within Logic Pro X as well as these two drum sounds: http://freesound.org/people/theofficialyk/sounds/179033/ http://freesound.org/people/ToxemicCarton/sounds/262909/
Old school drums
Simple old school drum loop with percs.
Birds singing at 3 am + a passing car
Birds singing in the early morning + a car passing on a wet road.
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FAQ about foley & everyday sfx
What kinds of sounds are included in the foley category?
This category groups practical real-world sound tags like door, bell, footsteps, walking, car, metal, and foley so visitors can browse everyday effects from one hub.
Why build a dedicated foley category page?
Because real-world effect intent is different from music, ambience, or UI sounds. A dedicated hub gives search engines and users a cleaner landing page for practical sound effects and everyday audio assets.
Who is this foley page useful for?
It is built for editors, sound designers, game developers, podcast teams, and product builders who need believable real-world interactions like doors, footsteps, cars, bells, and metal impacts.
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