sound effects
Manufactured auditory elements
Sound effects are artificially produced sounds that accompany action in films, television, radio, theater, or video games—footsteps, doors creaking, explosions, ambient noise.
The term distinguishes these manufactured sounds from dialogue and music.
A sound effects library contains recordings available for reuse.
In casual speech, someone might vocalize their own sound effects while telling a story.
- footstepsSounds of walking
- door slamForceful shutting noise
- foleyPost-production audio creation
- boom micExtended-arm sound capture device
- auditoryOf or relating to hearing
props · acoustic · whoosh · breaking glass · layering · cinema · immersive audio · radio drama · laugh track · recordist · splash · dubbing · Wilhelm scream · ambience · looping · videogames · car chase · sampling
- game settingsdifficulty level, easy mode, hard mode, expert mode, brightness
- game soundsmusic, background music, boss music, battle theme, victory fanfare
- haunted attractionshaunted house, jump scare, haunted maze, jump scares, strobe light
- sound effectsringtone, boing, crash, howl, buzzes
- game developmentgame engine, game design, game engines, game designer, rendering
- Post-productionediting, editor, color grading, film editor, color correction
sound effectsdialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
spoken word · speech · music · score · vocals
sound, sounds, effects, sounding, sounded, resound, resounding, unsound, soundless