Commercial use and custom sounds with Pro
76 free notification sound effects
Free MP3 & WAV. No account or attribution required.
Notification sounds tell someone that something happened without making them jump. This page collects the library’s notification tones: soft chimes and dings, glassy pings, marimba, kalimba, harp and steel-drum plinks, playful bloops and chirps, message-received and new-follower cues, and a few subscription bells. Nearly all are under two seconds and pleasant on repeat, which is what an app, a livestream alert, a reminder or a phone screen in a video needs. Pick a warm one for a friendly product and a crisp digital one for a tech interface.
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Notification Sound Effects: questions
Can I use these notification sound effects in commercial projects?
Commercial use needs a Sonilo Pro or Premium plan. Every sound on this page is free to download and use in personal, non-commercial projects, with no attribution required. Monetized videos, ads, client work, apps and games are covered from Pro upwards.
Can I make my own notification sound effects with AI?
Yes. Describe the sound — what makes it, how long it lasts, how it should end — and Sonilo’s sound effects generator creates new versions in seconds. New accounts get free credits; each generation uses credits, and what you may do with the result follows your plan.
Do I need an account to download notification sound effects?
No. Preview any sound on this page and download it as MP3 or WAV without signing in. An account is only needed to generate new sounds with AI.
License
Every file in this library is free to download and use in personal, non-commercial projects — no attribution, no account, no royalties. Commercial use (monetized videos, ads, client work, apps and websites) and distributing the files need a Sonilo Pro or Premium plan. You may not resell or redistribute the files themselves as a stock library.
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Ready for your next edit
Find a transition, a precise impact or a background atmosphere. Preview sounds before downloading, then choose MP3 for a compact file or WAV for your editing workflow.
Made with Sonilo
This collection brings together 3,215 generated sound effects, organized by category and duration. Latest catalog addition: . Search by source, action or texture to narrow your choices.
For video, games and podcasts
Use short sounds for cuts, interface feedback and game actions. Layer longer textures under a scene or spoken segment, and adjust their level in your editor. Check the library license for the files you download.
Need something more specific?
Describe the material, action, setting and timing you want. Your search can become the starting prompt for a custom sound. Try AI sound effects with free account credits.
Working with a video?
Explore Sonilo’s text and video sound effects workflows when your scene needs more than a library clip. Explore sound effects generation.
Generating from an agent or your own code?
Connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT to your account through the Sonilo MCP server and ask for a sound effect in the conversation, or drive the same models from a terminal with the CLI. Prefer code? The developer API exposes them as REST endpoints, metered in the credits your plan already includes.
Sound effects FAQ
Can I use these downloads in commercial projects?
Commercial use needs a Sonilo Pro or Premium plan. Every file is free to download and use in personal, non-commercial projects without attribution, under the library license on this page. Monetized videos, ads, client work, apps, websites and indie games, and distributing the files, are covered from Pro upwards — the same line your plan draws for audio you generate.
Do I need an account to preview or download a sound?
You can listen and download MP3 or WAV files directly from this library without signing in. Creating new audio with the AI generator requires a Sonilo account.
What is the difference between MP3 and WAV?
MP3 is a compressed file that is convenient for quick previews and smaller projects. WAV is uncompressed and useful when you will edit, layer or process the sound. Both versions of a library sound use the same library license.
What if I cannot find the sound I need?
Describe the sound in the search box. If there are no matches, choose the AI generation option to bring that description into Sonilo’s sound effects generator. New accounts receive free credits; generation uses credits, and available exports and usage rights depend on your plan.
How is this different from a traditional sound library?
You can start with a ready-to-download sound or use your description to create a new one in the same product. Sonilo also offers video-to-sound-effects workflows, so you can move from finding a sound to making audio for a particular scene.
Can I share or embed a sound?
Each sound has a permanent detail-page link. Use Share to copy that link, or Embed to copy an HTML audio player with a link back to the sound. Your website editor must allow HTML audio; pasting a URL alone does not automatically embed it.
Can I make sound effects for an uploaded video or through an API?
Sonilo supports video-driven sound effects as well as text descriptions. Open the sound effects product page for the available workflows, or use the developer documentation for API integration. Account generation and API usage follow their own credit and licensing terms.
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