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Match Lighting Sound Effect

Explosions & Fire3sMP3 · WAV · OGGFree
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About this sound

Strike it like you mean it

That's a match getting struck and lighting up. You get the scrape and then the flare, about three seconds total, with a bit of quiet before it starts. It's bright and hissy and pretty quiet. Good for a candle scene or somebody lighting a fuse.

Editing notes

Measured from this file.

  • There's 0.72 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 −25.9 LUFS, about 8 dB quieter than the typical sound here (−18.2 LUFS). So you'll probably need to turn it up when you swap it in.

Sound details

Length
3s
Original file
MP3 · 2 identical channels · 48 kHz · 208 kbps
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MP3, WAV (16-bit) or OGG (Vorbis)
Loudness
-26 LUFS (medium)
Channels
mono sound in a stereo file (both channels identical)
True peak
−1.5 dBTP

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