Free Sound Effects
150,000+ professionally recorded SFX. Free sound effects downloads for your creative projects!
Explore Sound FX
Free Sound Effects
150,000+ professionally recorded SFX. Free sound effects downloads for your creative projects!
Explore Sound FX
Free sound effects to download instantly
With thousands of individual sound FX available, we know you’ll find a great selection sounds for music & everything you need to get your projects completed.
Growing range of free sound packs
Need themed packs of sounds? We have a large and growing range of sound packs available for instant download with more added regularly.
Free, royalty free music tracks
Our growing range of professional royalty free music is free to download and use in your projects and covers a range of genres and moods.
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Remember, you must credit us/provide attribution when using our sounds/music in your work. An example would be:
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- Unlimited downloads
- Removal of the attribution requirement
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- Pro quality sounds (get the wavs too)
- Thousands of extra sounds
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Unique sounds for download. SFX you won’t find anywhere else.
Whatever you create, we have you covered
Our SFX (Sound FX) library is designed for creatives of every industry, from YouTube creators, filmmakers, podcasters, game developers and more! Our free sounds have been used by over 2 million people worldwide!
When I’m deep in a mix & a client asks for something I don’t have in my libraries, I’m always confident I’ll find multiple options in the Zapsplat library. To me it’s one of the greatest bargains in the independent SFX library community.
There are literally thousands of sounds on offer that are ideal for our digital web content, with a great selection of fun gaming and cartoon sounds that help bring our characters to life.
Who are we?
We’re one of the fastest growing free sound effects & royalty free music libraries with thousands of professional, free sounds to download instantly in mp3 or original wav file format and upload hundreds more every week.
Excellent support
We are here for you should you have any questions, experience a problem or just want to reach out. We are speedy at replying to emails and reply within a few hours, if not within minutes. Get in touch.
Safe to use
All our free sounds and music are safe to use for any non-commercial and commercial use, even for broadcast. We check every file for quality and we only add content we, or our contributors recorded themselves.
Keeping it Exclusive
Did you know the majority of the SFX you’ll find here at ZapSplat are exlusive to our library? We pride ourselves on keeping things fresh and exciting and spend many hours each day recording and editing new free soundfx and music that you won’t find anywhere else!
Just another reason millions of creatives use and trust ZapSplat.
Some frequently asked questions about our free sound effects…
Can I use your free sound effects for video editing?
Absolutely. In fact thousands of our users are doing just that. Our sounds are perfect for YouTube videos, Vimeo and other platforms. Sounds are a great way to enhance your videos and bring them to life. We add up to 200 new sfx each day too, so check back regularly for updates!
Are your sounds only available to download as mp3?
Free Basic account users have access to all our free sounds as mp3 files, but upgraded Gold members can also download them as uncompressed wav files. There are even more benefits to upgrading too, such as no download delays, lists, more results per page and more. More info here
Can I use ZapSplat free sound effects in commercial projects?
Yes, all our sounds and music can be used in commercial projects, even for broadcast. TV, film, radio, games, podcasts, advertising, social media, audiobooks, presentations etc are all covered. All our sounds are 100% royalty free and safe for you to use and our Licensing is clear and simple to understand. Please see our License for more info
Why does ZapSplat give away free SFX?
Our ethos is simple, ZapSplat is here to benefit everyone. We have spent over 25 years recording sounds and we love to help out not only up-and-coming creatives, but also some of the leading filmmakers, production companies, game developers, podcasters and more. Many of our users rate us as the best free sound effects library for this very reason. You can check out our Excellent rating on TrustPilot here. We do it because we love creating and we love seeing our sounds being used by so many people.