939 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Picking Lock"

Effect-free recording of myself reading from 'on the development and distribution of primitive locks and keys' by pitt-rivers. Text from project gutenberg, in the public domain.

An attempt to fill a request for the sound of rummaging through a wooden chest (trunk) filled with wooden toys. . . Tight mic placement for variation. Gear: zoom h6, xyh-6 x/y capsule (120 degree stereo image), rycote windjammer, mounted on a tripod, various wooden toys/items. Please feel free to leave feedback and ratings. I would love to hear how you put the sound to work.

This is me forcefully trying to open a locked door. Recorded with a sony hdr pj260v then edited with audacity.

Knocks on a wooden door. Recorded with audio-technica boom mic on zoom h4n.

Locking and unlocking a small suitcase or luggage key lock indoors. Recorded with audio-technica boom mic on a zoom h4n.

Clean recording of catching a pair of keys.

Opening mechanism, draging big heavy chains or just some machine innards at work.

An attempt to fill a request for the sound of rummaging through a wooden chest (trunk) filled with wooden toys. . . This features various latch/locks being used for opening/closing. Gear: zoom h6, xyh-6 x/y capsule (120 degree stereo image), rycote windjammer, mounted on a tripod, late 1800s wooden trunk. Please feel free to leave feedback and ratings. I would love to hear how you put the sound to work.

A brief recording of someone entering a flat (turning keys, door opens, we hear a street outside, door gets closed and locked afterwards). This was recorded from about 5 meters away in a hallway.