Snare Cross-Stick — Single Hit Sound Effect
Lasts 0.15 s · WAV 345 KB / MP3 · CC0 · no signup
A drumstick taps a snare rim once while its other end rests on the drum head, producing a soft wooden click, for drum patterns. About 0.15 s of sound in a 2 s WAV file. Free CC0 WAV and MP3 for apps and games, no attribution.
About this sound
- Source
- snare rim
- Action
- clicks once
- Use
- drum patterns
- Length
- 0.15 s of sound · 2 s file
- Formats
- WAV · MP3 · OGG
- Sample rate
- 44.1 kHz
- Channels
- Stereo
- Loudness
- −37.4 dB RMS
- Peak
- −3.0 dBFS
- File size
- 345 KB WAV
- License
- CC0 1.0
Measured and checked file by file. AI-generated.
Common uses: Sampler pads, step sequencers, music sketches and rhythm-game actions.
Acoustic drum kit · 13 independent drum and cymbal sounds →Public domain (CC0 1.0) — use it in commercial projects, games, videos and apps with no attribution.
Using this sound
The sound takes about 0.15 s of the 2 s file and the rest is near silence: trim the end if you need a shorter file.
https://sfxmint.com/dl/acoustic-drum-kit-snare-cross-stick-01.mp3 <audio src="https://sfxmint.com/dl/acoustic-drum-kit-snare-cross-stick-01.mp3" preload="auto"></audio> curl -O https://sfxmint.com/dl/acoustic-drum-kit-snare-cross-stick-01.wav
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Choose a snare cross-stick hit
This is a snare cross-stick: the side-stick snare hit. A rimshot is a different, louder snare hit.
- Use it for a side-stick backbeat or a quiet groove.
- For a rim-and-head hit, use the rimshot.
- Snare rimshot
The snare hit on the rim and the head.
- Acoustic Drum Kit
The other 12 drum and cymbal hits.