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Cartoon sound effect · free downloadSpring Twang

No.049
Length
620 ms
Format
WAV · 44.1 kHz · 16-bit · mono
Size
53 KB
License
CC0 1.0 — no credit needed
Download WAV 53 KB

A stretched metal spring letting go: a fast upward twang that wobbles as it rings out, then two small bounces. Use it for cartoon reveals, a trap door, a coiled gadget snapping back, or anything that was held under tension and is now not.

How it was made

twang: saw 180 Hz rising to 520 Hz over 90 ms, then falling back to 240 Hz by 400 ms (the spring recoiling past its rest point)
wobble: amplitude modulated at 17 Hz, depth 0.35, so it reads as a coiled spring rather than a plain sweep
body: low-pass 2400 Hz, Q 1.4, to keep the saw from being harsh
bounces: two short triangle hits at 0.34 s and 0.46 s, 96 Hz and 128 Hz, 30 ms each, level 0.16 and 0.09
envelope: 2 ms attack, 300 ms decay on the twang
seam: single shot, buffer 0.62 s

Good for

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