Cinematic Explosive Decompression Sound Effect
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About this sound
“Blow the emergency hatch!”
That's an explosive decompression. It starts with a big blast, then turns into rushing air, with a few more hits and some quieter gaps over about 16 seconds. It's really loud up front and thins out toward the end. Sounds like an airlock blowing open in a sci-fi movie.
Editing notes
Measured from this file.
- There's 0.26 s of quiet before the sound starts. Trim that off if it has to land right on a cut, a hit or a button press.
- It's done by 12.0 s. The last 4.53 s of the file is pretty much silence, so you can cut it.
- It peaks at +3.3 dBTP, which is over full scale. Turn it down about 5 dB or put a limiter on it before you push it up in a mix.
- It's −7.3 LUFS, about 11 dB louder than the typical sound here (−18.2 LUFS). So start with the fader lower when you swap it in.
Sound details
- Length
- 17s
- Original file
- MP3 · 2 identical channels · 48 kHz · 152 kbps
- Download as
- MP3, WAV (16-bit) or OGG (Vorbis)
- Loudness
- -7 LUFS (very loud)
- Channels
- mono sound in a stereo file (both channels identical)
- True peak
- +3.3 dBTP
- Category
- Explosions & Fire
- YouTube views
- 127
- First posted
- Aug 26, 2025 on YouTube ↗