Vinyl Noise SFX is a free library of vinyl noise and crackle sound effects created by Matoto, aka Chia. The library contains 37 audio samples in total, featuring a variety of vinyl record noises.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
Free Vinyl Noise Sounds
Vinyl Noise SFX is a collection of vinyl noise recordings. Chia captured the raw audio from his turntable, resulting in an authentic audio collection of vinyl crackle sounds, noise pops, and other vinyl sonic imperfections that we’ve all grown to love.
You can use the sounds for layering on top of author recordings to emulate the vinyl sound. They can also work as a noise source for further sound design work.
What is Vinyl Noise?
Vinyl noise is the characteristic sound you hear when playing the silent part of a vinyl record. It is also called “vinyl crackle” or “record hiss.”
This noise is typically a combination of pops, crackles, hisses, and other static-like sounds that are produced by physical imperfections in the vinyl record or dust and other debris in the record grooves.
During the golden age of vinyl records, these sounds were often seen as a nuisance or a sign of damaged or worn-out audio equipment.
However, the recent revival of vintage audio equipment and lo-fi music made vinyl noise a popular sound effect. Many people now associate the sound of vinyl noise with a warm, authentic, and vintage audio experience that digital formats don’t replicate.
How can you use Vinyl Noise in your projects?
You can use vinyl noise as a creative sound effect to add a layer of warmth and nostalgia to your tracks.
To get started, download our free Vinyl Noise sound effects and import them into your DAW. Load the vinyl noise on a separate audio track and reduce its volume.
Vinyl noise is typically quite subtle, so you’ll usually want to keep the level fairly low. The goal is to make it just noticeable enough that it adds texture and warmth without distracting from the main elements of the mix.
The Artist
Chia is a DJ and producer from Oregon who decided to digitize his vinyl collection and came up with this cool set of vinyl noise samples during the process.
Technical Details
All vinyl crackle samples in Vinyl Sample SFX were recorded on a Numark TTUSB turntable using Audacity. Records used were innumerable, ranging from 78s from the 1950s to 7 “s from the ’70s-’80s, as well as a few modern 12” dance records.
No samples have been EQed, limited, compressed, panned, or post-processed in any way.
All samples are royalty-free and available in 16-bit WAV format.
Contents
The library contains 37 vinyl recordings in 16-bit WAV format.
37 Comments
Big THNX!!!
Cheers!
This is a great product. Dude could have easily charged for this. Better than any vinyl emulation plug i’ve used. I like using the kontakt instrument that’s included.
Awesome sample library! Since I don’t have a turntable, this is extremely helpful! Appreciate the post!
Thanks for posting this! It’ll come in handy sometime in the near future, I’m sure!
And what a cool site you have – and alla this stuff is free?!? I’m subscribing! Now!!
thank you man :)
Thanks!
I finally got them!
It wouldn’t extract the on my Linux computer because it would not allow a filename using square brackets, ie, [99sounds] I finally got inside the archive and extracted the content without the [ ]’s :)
The Link isnt working anymore. :(
File doesn’t exist. :(
Broken link :(
For some reason I can’t access the link to the download.
I would really appreciate it if there’s a mirror or an updated link.
It’s for a school project of mine.