Sound Effects Library

Telephony

Mechanical and Foley recordings from historic and modern telecommunication devices.

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Telephone British Ericsson Type 135 MW 1916 Magneto Wind04

Mechanical · Roller

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Telephone British Ericsson Type 135 MW 1916 Magneto Wind

Mechanical · Roller

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Telephone Exchange Rural Automatic Type B 1930s Operating04

Mechanical · Misc

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Telephone Exchange Rural Automatic Type-B 1930s Operating

Mechanical · Misc

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Telephone Pyramid PMG Type 232 AT 1933 Switch Hook05

Mechanical · Switch

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Telephone Pyramid PMG Type 232 AT 1933 Switch Hook

Mechanical · Switch

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Payphone Telstra CP 9 Switch Hook02

Mechanical · Switch

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Payphone Telstra CP-9 Switch Hook

Mechanical · Switch

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Telephone 400 Series AT 1950s Answered02

Communications · Telephone

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Telephone 400 Series AT 1950s Answered

Communications · Telephone

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Overview

Hello? With over 100 years of history in one library, Telephony offers sound effects from a diverse range of telecommunication devices used throughout the last century. This library contains over 1,500 telephone sound effects and phone Foley including: rings, dial tones, buttons, rotaries, switches, toggles, selectors, dials, pickups, hangups, receivers, handsets, headsets, operation, line jacks, drawers, card swipes, relays, shutters, timers, bells, coins & more.

Game sound design expert Stephan Schütze captured over 50 different historical telecommunication devices on location at the Telstra Museum in Australia, including telephones (rotary and pushbutton), pay phones, switchboards, exchanges & clocks. This collection includes a visual reference guide for making selecting your sounds an easier process, featuring 62 images of devices in the collection accessible in the directory and embedded in each file. Note: This library was formerly titled The Telephony Collection by Sound Librarian.

Included Devices: Ericsson PMG Type 8-10MT, Candlestick Phone PMG Type 138 AT, Pyramid Phone PMG Type 232 MT, Ericofon, Siemens Transit Masterset 113, Gondola phone, Variable Tariff Long Breech, Victa Red Payphone, Payphone MMP Multimedia Phone, Switchboard Lamp Signalling, Cross Bar Exchange, BPO Mark II Speaking Clock, and many more.