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Big Metal Chain.flac

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qubodup

September 11th, 2013

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances

A big heavy chain is being dragged through a mechanism.

Slowed down segment of the following sound, licensed CC0 at the time of downloading it:
http://freesound.org/people/miguelstar2/sounds/198470/

Edited with Audacity.

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[insert sound title here] Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8213683889_517a10ef52_o.png
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anchor
bolt
bridge
chain
creepy
dark
drawbridge
dungeon
dungeonmaster
heavy
imprisonment
iron
loop
mechanical
mechanism
metal
metallic
monster
prison
scary
seamless
steampunk

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

0:53.389

File size

10.2 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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beautifulday...

5 months, 4 weeks ago

FINALLY. Thank you so much for this. I'm using it in Atlantis: The Motion Picture, as half the SFX of a mighty warehouse skylight opening mechanism. A freight elevator served as the other half. Wow this was such a difficult sound to find. THANK YOU

EverydayEldr...

2 years, 10 months ago

Awesome effect! Used it in my short story horror podcast. Check it out: https://everydayeldritch.com/2022/09/26/hop-frog-by-edgar-allan-poe/

Thank you!

M
mc-sfx5

2 years, 11 months ago

Excellent effect! I used it in my podcast, The Blizzard of Osborn, chapter 30, Incognito. The attribution is included on the page called The Music.
https://theblizzardofosborn.blubrry.net/
Thank you!

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cggoldn

4 years ago

I used your sound in my animation and put your name in the credits. Check it out https://youtu.be/ltR3nNaU9Kg. Thank you for sharing this quality sound effect!

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Highcastleof...

4 years, 3 months ago

This is great, high quality audio and it sounds exactly as described.

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