16 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Strains"

Strained.

Nonsensical gibberish uttered out of frustration.

A strange, metallic stretching sound.

Can be used for toilet scenes.

A grunt of effort as though lifting or pushing. Recorded with my phone.

The kind of laugh you let out when you're just so frustrated and you're trying not to yell.

An mp3 rather discreet recording of a person lifting dumbbells in a work-out, grunting with effort, weights clinking together. Recorded with a black sony digital ic voice recorder.

Me experimenting with my voice. This is the raw version, so it's a great sample for processing. I hope you find it useful! also if used, a link to your work would be most appreciated!.

You can use without any credit.

Electric trailer jack sounds like a straining electric winch, lift or door actuator.

A recording of a frog noisemaker much like this one with the pitch lowered and some subtle reverb added. Suitable for old houses or wooden ships creaking.

The synthetic mooring ropes of a cruise liner around a bollard creak under the strain as the ship moves. The ship's gangplank groans in the background as it rubs against the paving of the quayside.

Foley recording of a goose-neck reading lamp lamp (you can bend it into any position and it will stay that way) mounted to a bed in a hotel room. Features a lot of groaning, clicking, bending, stretching, etc. Could be used for rope torsion sfx, pitched down for metal stress / strain / fatigue, clicking elements could be used for creature sounds.

Straining my throat. Some interference from fans.

I shout/scream around or something. Me recording verbally straining myself? i don't know how to express what this is actually. . Available under mit/zlib/newbsd/zworks licenses too (all gpl/cc-by/cc-by-sa-compatible). You can download pre-cut files of each 'shouting' see comments.

Alternate Title: The Battle Hymn of the Republic Henry Reed's air is evidence of the folksongs in circulation about John Brown that became the basis for Julia Ward Howe's patriotic hymn "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." His version implies a verse and refrain using essentially the same melodic material, as is the case with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Title change: The title appeared in the fieldnotes as "John Brown's a-Hangin' on a Sour Apple Tree." Key: D Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (middle-middle, 4-4) Rendition: 1-2-1 Phrase Structure: ABAC A'B'A'C (abcd abef a'b'c'd' abef) Compass: 9