Notify Sound
Shape custom notification sounds with AI

Free glitch sound effects you can break further

The collection covers corrupted data, dropped signals, stutters, screen tears and machines losing power. A glitch is a clean tone that the editor chops, crushes or bends until it falls apart. A glitch built in the editor fits the frames of your motion graphics video. Your AI agent can break a sound in your own way with you.

Glitch sounds

  • Bit Crush Hit

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    Waveform of Bit Crush Hit

    A low impact chewed up into 8-bit grit.

  • Buffer Overflow

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    Waveform of Buffer Overflow

    Scrambled data climbs until the memory overflows and crashes.

  • Byte Storm

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    Waveform of Byte Storm

    A dense flurry of broken bits flying in every direction.

  • Data Corrupt

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    Waveform of Data Corrupt

    A file falls apart into crunchy digital shards.

  • Droid Chirp

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    Waveform of Droid Chirp

    A little robot trying to tell you something.

  • Electric Zap

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    Waveform of Electric Zap

    A crackling arc of electricity that snaps out.

  • Error Glitch

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    Waveform of Error Glitch

    A broken error beep that stammers and drops.

  • Hologram Flicker

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    Waveform of Hologram Flicker

    A hologram hums, drops out twice and cuts off.

  • Modem Squeal

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    Waveform of Modem Squeal

    A dial-up handshake: a tone, a warble, then the screech.

  • Screen Tear

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    Waveform of Screen Tear

    The picture rips apart in a falling, chopped-up whine.

  • Signal Lost

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    Waveform of Signal Lost

    A test tone breaks up and drowns in static.

  • Stutter

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    Waveform of Stutter

    One note caught in a loop five times before it breaks free.

  • System Meltdown

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    Waveform of System Meltdown

    Two seconds of failing data that sinks into a dying buzz.

  • Tape Stop

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    Waveform of Tape Stop

    A chord grinds to a halt like a tape deck losing power.

  • Warped Record

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    Waveform of Warped Record

    An old tune that sags and slows like a melting record.

  • There are many more ready-made sounds waiting in the library.

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Related sounds

Sounds from an AI assistant

Notify Sound works as an MCP server for AI assistants. The assistant designs every layer of a sound and returns a link. The link opens that sound in the editor.

Claude

  1. Open Customize, then Connectors.
  2. Press Add custom connector.
  3. Name it Notify Sound, paste this URL and press Add.
https://notifysound.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user notify-sound https://notifysound.com/mcp

ChatGPT

  1. Open Settings, then Security and login, and turn on Developer mode.
  2. Open Plugins and press +.
  3. Name it Notify Sound, paste this URL, choose No Authentication and press Create.
https://notifysound.com/mcp

Codex

codex mcp add notify-sound --url https://notifysound.com/mcp

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify-sound": {
      "url": "https://notifysound.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Add to Cursor

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "notify-sound": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://notifysound.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Add to VS Code

Example prompt after installation

The assistant takes a plain request like this one, once Notify Sound is connected.

Use Notify Sound to make a short digital glitch for a logo reveal in my video, crunchy and choppy. Send me the link.

Glitch transitions for motion graphics and logo reveals

Screen Tear and Data Corrupt fit glitch text, a shaking logo or a cut between two shots in a YouTube or TikTok video. Both are made from scratch with a synth, with no samples inside.

Hacking and malfunction sounds for games

Error Glitch marks a locked terminal and Bit Crush Hit marks a robot taking damage in a Unity or Godot game. Every glitch here is royalty-free and free for commercial use with credit.

A glitchy message tone on iPhone and Android

Hologram Flicker and Signal Lost make an odd, techy iPhone text tone or Android notification sound. On Android, Discord can get one of them as its own alert.

Raid and host alerts for Twitch streams

Modem Squeal and Stutter work as an alert sound in Streamlabs or OBS. Both cut through a game soundtrack without a melody of their own.

Shaping a glitch

Which slider makes a sound glitchy?

Flutter at full depth switches a layer on and off. Signal Lost chops a 1,000 Hz tone at a Flutter speed of 13 Hz, and Screen Tear chops its falling whine at 41 Hz. The Crunch effect adds the rough 8-bit edge of Data Corrupt and Bit Crush Hit.

How is the tape stop built?

Tape Stop is three sawtooth notes at 330, 415 and 494 Hz, each with a Slide of -24 semitones over a Note length of 0.7 seconds. The chord sinks two octaves as if the motor lost power. A longer Note length gives a slower stop.

Why does Electric Zap crackle?

Electric Zap has two noise layers with a Wobble of 1 at 50 and 37 Hz. The noise band jumps 4 semitones each way dozens of times a second, which the ear hears as sparks. A lower Wobble speed turns the crackle into a buzz.

Make your own sounds

  • Stack layers of tone or noise and shape each one with its own sliders.
  • Change pitch, length, echo and tone while the sound loops, so you hear every move.
  • Save to your library, share a link, and download the sound when it sounds right.
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