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Need that perfect ding noise to set the toaster off and distract the bad guy? An iPhone ding sound to ruin a romantic moment? An annoying seatbelt sound to ramp up the tension in an argument?
Don’t worry, no matter why you need a ding sound effect, we’ve got you covered. A little ding goes a long way.
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When to use a Ding Sound effect
It might seem a bit obscure, but a ding noise can be surprisingly useful. I’ve compiled a list of all the different ways you can use ding sound effects:
- A doorbell, dinner bell, school bell
- Walking into 7/11
- Hitting the bell to get a cashier's attention
- Oven/toaster going off
- Clock ding dong sound effect
- Elevator sound effect ding
- Clinking glass for a toast
- For comedy in a meta, Deadpool-style joke
- Pulling a stop on the bus
- iPhone ding sound
- Tapping a spoon on a cup
- Boxing match
- As an audio transition
- Airplane cabin ding sound effect
- Typewriter ding sound effect
I could continue… but you get the point. Each ding is specific, which is why sound design is so important. You could even have a scene with like 5 dings in it. Here's an example I wrote in StudioBinder's screenwriting software:
Something like that. I fit 7 dings, and that’s without a dinner bell or an elevator sound effect ding! I didn’t even use the toaster ding. Instead, I used the toasters to set up the expectation of a ding noise.
There's a great example in the closing seconds of Say Anything... directed by Cameron Crowe. Here, the ding noise is suspenseful, but it can be comedic or stylistic too.
An iconic ding sound effect in Say Anything...
This scene is designed around a ding sound effect. It’s suspense meets comedy.
Yet, whenever I think of ding's, it triggers thoughts of Wes Anderson. Not that Wes Anderson uses a lot of them, but he seems like the kind of director who would. Anyway, let's find out where to get your ding sound effect download.
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Best ding sound effect download sites
There are several great sites to get your ding sound effect free. Most of these sites will have their own ding sound effect as well as a ton of other sounds like gun sound effects.
But if all you want is a free ding sound, these sites have my favorite ones. Often with quite the variation so you can find the correct sound effect for your video.
Find your correct sound effect
Make sure you pay attention to the necessary creative commons attribution for each sound to make sure you get your ding sound effect free.
Finding Your Ding Sound Effect Free
Youtube
A good idea sound effect
The first stop for most people might be Youtube.
However, the Youtube audio library doesn’t have a ding.
You can search YouTube and get some good dings the old fashioned way. YouTube has the iPhone ding sound, a good idea sound effect, a ding ding ding sound effect, you name it, but not it’s not always easy to find a ding sound effect download.
To download, you often have to go to a 3rd party website and download through them, which I don’t always feel safe doing.
Find the Best Free Ding Sound Effect Download
Free Sound
Free Sound is a no-nonsense website that has a TON of free sound effects. It’s one of my favorite sound effects websites in general and dings are no exception.
You need a login to download but the login is easy to make and 100% free.
Best Ding Sound Effects
Free Sounds Library
An extremely similar title to the previous entry, Free Sounds Library Sound does have ding sound effect downloads, but not quite the selection as Free Sound.
The positive is that you don’t need an account to download the sounds.
As you search, make sure you search “ding sound effect,” If you only search “ding” the result won’t be the same.
Royalty-Free Ding Sound
Soundcloud
Soundcloud is one of the best royalty-free music sites for filmmakers but also has a large database of sound effects.
They have hundreds of dings, but don’t worry… you don’t have to listen to them all. Most sound pretty similar.
I don’t use Soundcloud a ton because, like Youtube, downloading varies on a sound-to-sound basis and downloading sounds can be confusing.
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Soundsnap
Soundsnap is not free. If it was free, it would be higher on this list.
Soundsnap has a ton of different types of dings like wind chimes, boxing bells, electronic dings, typewriter dings, hitting the bottom of a metal bowl… and other very specific sounds. All extremely high quality.
You can buy 5 downloads for $15, 20 downloads for $29, for a yearly membership for $199. I advise you to use the free options.
Here’s one more ding in movies for the road.
Crank ding sound effect
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