Knife Sharpening Sound Effect
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About this sound
Sharp enough to carve the turkey yet?
A knife getting sharpened, with a bunch of quick strokes over about 17 seconds. Each pass is a short, bright scrape with a lot of hiss, and there's a little gap between each one. So you get a steady back-and-forth that's easy to follow.
Editing notes
Measured from this file.
- It peaks at +2.6 dBTP, which is over full scale. Turn it down about 4 dB or put a limiter on it before you push it up in a mix.
Sound details
- Length
- 17s
- Original file
- MP3 · 2 identical channels · 48 kHz · 268 kbps
- Download as
- MP3, WAV (16-bit) or OGG (Vorbis)
- Loudness
- -21 LUFS (medium)
- Channels
- mono sound in a stereo file (both channels identical)
- True peak
- +2.6 dBTP
- Category
- Household & Kitchen
- YouTube views
- 115
- First posted
- Jun 11, 2020 on YouTube ↗