Snare Rimshot — Single Hit Sound Effect
Lasts 0.4 s · WAV 258 KB / MP3 · CC0 · no signup
A stick strikes the snare drum head and rim together once, producing a sharp crack with snare-wire resonance, for drum accents. About 0.4 s of sound in a 1.5 s WAV file. Free CC0 WAV and MP3 for apps and games, no attribution.
About this sound
- Source
- snare drum
- Action
- cracks once
- Use
- drum accents
- Length
- 0.4 s of sound · 1.5 s file
- Formats
- WAV · MP3 · OGG
- Sample rate
- 44.1 kHz
- Channels
- Stereo
- Loudness
- −27.7 dB RMS
- Peak
- −3.0 dBFS
- File size
- 258 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 0.4 s of the 1.5 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-rimshot-01.mp3 <audio src="https://sfxmint.com/dl/acoustic-drum-kit-snare-rimshot-01.mp3" preload="auto"></audio> curl -O https://sfxmint.com/dl/acoustic-drum-kit-snare-rimshot-01.wav
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Choose a snare rimshot
This is a snare rimshot: the stick hits the rim and the head together. A cross-stick is a different, quieter snare hit.
- Use it for an accent or a loud backbeat.
- For a side-stick, use the cross-stick.
- Cross-stick
The side-stick snare hit.
- Acoustic Drum Kit
All 13 drum and cymbal hits.