Picking a Padlock Sound Effect
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About this sound
“Have you seen those Picking Reels?”
Here's somebody picking a padlock. You hear a bunch of tiny clicks, taps and scratches in short tries, with little pauses between, for a little over 9 seconds. It's quiet and close, so all the small metal bits come through. Good for a heist or a sneaky break-in scene.
Editing notes
Measured from this file.
- There's 0.48 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 7.9 s. The last 1.42 s of the file is pretty much silence, so you can cut it.
- It peaks at +0.7 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 −26.7 LUFS, about 9 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
- 9s
- Original file
- MP3 · 2 identical channels · 48 kHz · 121 kbps
- Download as
- MP3, WAV (16-bit) or OGG (Vorbis)
- Loudness
- -27 LUFS (quiet)
- Channels
- mono sound in a stereo file (both channels identical)
- True peak
- +0.7 dBTP
- Category
- Foley & Everyday
- First posted
- Jun 30, 2025 on YouTube ↗