Cajon Sound Effect

📝 Description

This Cajon sound effect is the snappy slap and thumping bass of a wooden box drum keeping time, a whole drum kit compressed into a single played crate. Warm and woody, it snaps with a sharp, buzzing rimshot up top and drops to a round, punchy thud in the center. Creators use it to score acoustic, busker and unplugged content, to add an intimate, live percussion feel under film and lo-fi beats, or to drive a stripped-back groove. It also works as a casual, hand-played backbeat. Simple, organic and endlessly useful, it brings the sound of a real room to any track.

📊 Sound Details

Duration

0:01

Format

MP3

File Size

4 KB

Added

July 22, 2026

⚖️ License & Source

This sound is released under the CC0 license (public domain) — free to use in personal and commercial projects, no attribution required.

Original recording by segaface via Freesound. View original source →