In today’s modern age of content creation, everyone is looking for an advantage. A new idea, a new trend, a new editing style. Finding that extra element can be the best way to help your content above the rest.
This is true for all types of content too, from short form videos to long-form podcasts, everyone is looking to add style and value to whatever it is they’re creating. However, while there's a lot to be said about the subjects of your videos and other projects, one area which you might not have considered before is in your audio design.
Along with music, adding sound effects to your videos can be a great way to add that extra level of sophistication. Even just in the background with barely noticeable additions, these background sound effects can help make your content feel more dynamic and realistic.
If you’re interested in exploring what background sound effects can do for your videos and other forms of content, then we’re here to help. Let’s go over some tips and tricks for working with background sound effects for video editing and other types of projects, as well as give you some hand-picked previews of some of the best royalty free background sound effects to consider using.
10 top royalty free background sound effects
Ready to dive in? Great, we sure are because we already have some top royalty free background sound effects for you to sample. These background sound effects would all be great options to consider using in your videos and other types of content.
(We’ll explore a bit more about how to license and use these royalty free background sound effects below as well as better explain what “royalty free” music actually means too, but for now, let’s let you check out what we’re all about.
These royalty free background sound effects are all handpicked to give you some ideas into what types of sounds might make good background SFX to use in your videos. These aren’t the loudest and flashiest of sound effects, but they’re good ones to add realism to your content and help you tell better stories.
1. Suburb Nature Night Sound Effect
- Description: Night atmosphere with subtle street noises and scattered bird calls.
2. Water Hole Early Morning Bird Close Sound Effect
- Description: Water hole ambience early in the morning. Some insects and birds chirping. Single bird calling closely.
- Description: Ambience of European suburb with some wind and children in background.
- Description: Background noise of traffic at night with cars passing at medium range.
5. Thunder Single Sound Effect
- Description: Single thunderclap. Rain falling softly in the background.
- Description: Forest ambience with chirping birds and street noises in the background.
7. City Train Passing Sound Effect
- Description: Ambience in city commercial zone. Train passing by and forklift moving around in the background.
8. Ski Resort On Piste Sound Effect
- Description: Ski resort ambience, Skiers passing. People chatting in the background.
- Description: Kitchen ambience with a clock ticking in the background.
- Description: Highly-ringing chimes with high background pad.
These are just a handful of the top background sound effect options to consider for your videos. If you want to hear thousands more, visit our full sound effects library.
How to use background sound effects for video editing and other projects
Now that you’ve reviewed some samples of some high-quality background sound effects, let’s go over some basic advice on how to use these background sound effects for video editing. If you’re licensing your sound effects through a trusted music licensing website like Soundstripe, you’ll have plenty of tools to help you work with these SFX.
Not only can you use Soundstripe extensions directly in several different apps like Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Express, Twitch, and Frame.io, but you can also license, download, and upload your hand-picked sound effects with just a few simple clicks of your mouse.
The process of adding royalty free sound effects to your videos is also quite similar to how you’d add any other audio or soundtrack music. You can add these audio files to your videos in any video editing platform. Here’s a helpful guide that explores how to add music (or SFX) to your video.
What are royalty free sound effects?
Let’s also take a quick moment to go over how licensing and copyright rules apply to sound effects. If you aren’t familiar with the term “royalty free”, it basically means that it is music or audio that has had its copyrights licensed adequately for you.
That’s why your top option for music or sound effects (or other video or photo assets, for that matter) is royalty free audio that can be licensed from music licensing websites like Soundstripe.
The reason for this is that sound effects, similar to songs and other musical tracks, are created by artists who deserve compensation. Companies like Soundstripe compensate artists who create music or sound effects, providing complete protection and coverage for creators to use their music and sound effects on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and others.
Top royalty free background sound effects playlists
To go along with the list of background sound effects that would be great for your content and videos, we have plenty more SFX for you to check out. Here are some curated playlists that will include even more sound effects to consider using in the backgrounds of your videos.
- Description: Experience the hustle and bustle of city life with these sounds
- Description: The machine keeps running with these mechanical sounds of an industrial environment.
- Description: Start your day with a collection of morning-themed sound effects and ambience. Morning is here!
- Description: Evening ambience in urban and rural areas.
- Description: Workplace ambience. This playlist is a pure symphony of synergy.
If you'd like to check out more BG sound effects that might be good to use in the backgrounds of your videos, here are some more royalty free sound effect playlists to explore.
More resources for using background sound effects for video editing & content creation
As we stated before, sound effects are always a great way to enhance your content. And while there are plenty of methods for using sound effects in your projects, there really are no right or wrong ways. The best way to dive in is simply to get started.
To help you with your videos and other forms of content, here are some additional articles from the Soundstripe blog that can give you more advice on working with SFX in your videos.
- The Best Sci-Fi Sound Effects: Iconic Lightsaber Sounds & More in Homage to Star Wars & the Sci-Fi Classics
- Best Royalty Free Sound Effects for Gamers - Bring Your Game Live Streaming to the Next Level
- What Are Cinematic Riser Sound Effects? Find 10 Here & Learn How to Use Suspense-Building Audio in Your Videos
- Best Royalty Free Sound Effects for Podcasts - Using SFX to Create Engaging Audio Stories
- Vloggers Rejoice! 10 Best Royalty Free Sound Effects for Vlogs to Instantly Elevate Your Content
