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Car Horns Sound Effect

Vehicles & Engines14sMP3 · WAV · OGGFree

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About this sound

“Get out of the way..”
Jayden, when he first posted this sound on YouTube in November 2023

A bunch of car horn honks spread over about 14 seconds. There's a clear pause after each one, so it's easy to cut out a single honk. They're bright and loud and hit right away. Sounds like a traffic jam where nobody's moving.

Editing notes

Measured from this file.

  • It's done by 11.4 s. The last 2.32 s of the file is pretty much silence, so you can cut it.
  • It peaks at +1.0 dBTP, which is over full scale. Turn it down about 2 dB or put a limiter on it before you push it up in a mix.
  • It's −10.8 LUFS, about 7 dB louder than the typical sound here (−18.2 LUFS). So start with the fader lower when you swap it in.

Sound details

Length
14s
Original file
MP3 · stereo · 48 kHz · 147 kbps
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Loudness
-11 LUFS (loud)
Channels
true stereo
True peak
+1.0 dBTP

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