Game show sound effects

Two bell strikes, the second higher than the first, so the cue itself sounds like an answer going up rather than a single note landing. The card most edits reach for, because it reads as approval with no dialogue attached.

A flat rasping buzz that holds at one pitch and stops dead. The lack of any tail is what makes it feel final, and it is the reason a buzzer beats a descending tone when the moment needs to be closed off.

A firm plastic button and the tone that answers it. Use it when you need the audience to register a decision being committed to, before anyone finds out whether it was right.

A flapper ticking across pegs, fast at first and slowing into single spaced clicks. The slowdown carries suspense entirely on its own, which is why it can run for ten seconds without anyone losing interest.

A room of a couple of hundred people rather than a stadium, which is the difference between a quiz set and a final. Sits under a host without ever taking the top of the mix.

A run of rising blips that stops on a held note, so the total arrives as an event. Handy whenever a number has to change on screen and you would rather not cut to a reaction to explain it.