Woodblock Sound Effect

📝 Description

The woodblock knock is percussion at its most literal — a dry, hollow tock that sounds like punctuation looks. Orchestras use it for horse hooves and clocks; comedy uses it for the moment an idea physically arrives, or fails to. Its bone-dry articulation makes it ideal for counting sequences, list videos, and step-by-step edits where each point deserves its own knock. It also lands as the sound of knocking on wood, an empty head, or a door nobody answers. Simple, precise, and impossible to mishear: the woodblock says exactly one thing, perfectly.

📊 Sound Details

Duration

0:01

Format

MP3

File Size

5 KB

Added

June 24, 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 calaudio via Freesound. View original source →