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Smooth Whirring Gears Turning 36 Sound Effect

Mechanical

Lasts 3.5 s · WAV 689 KB / MP3 · CC0 · no signup

Gears turning for machines and puzzles, or for steampunk scenes, in games and videos. It lasts about 3.5 s. Free CC0 WAV and MP3, no attribution.

3.5 sOriginal · tap an edit below
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About this sound

This exact WAV was approved as gears turning.

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Length
3.5 s of sound · 4 s file
Formats
WAV · MP3 · OGG
Sample rate
44.1 kHz
Loudness
−25.1 dB RMS
File size
689 KB WAV
License
CC0 1.0

Measured and checked file by file. AI-generated.

Common uses: machines and puzzles, steampunk scenes.

Public domain (CC0 1.0) — use it in commercial projects, games, videos and apps with no attribution.

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Using this sound

https://sfxmint.com/dl/mechanical-gear-36.mp3
<audio src="https://sfxmint.com/dl/mechanical-gear-36.mp3" preload="auto"></audio>
curl -O https://sfxmint.com/dl/mechanical-gear-36.wav

Direct file URLs are free to hotlink, with no key or signup. Coding assistants get the same files from the API and MCP server (get_sound). To compare this file with the others, see gears turning sound effects.

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