Wrong buzzer sound effect

The rasping electrical buzz that means no. Generate one at the harshness, pitch and length your quiz round, game or app needs.

  • Say how grating the rasp is, how low it sits and when it stops
  • A refusal tone matched to your round rather than the nearest download
  • Clean audio that stays legible over a presenter talking across it
A dark red-lit metal buzzer plate vibrating hard enough to blur its own edge, seen close and slightly above

Rejection buzzes for quizzes, games and interfaces

Classic wrong buzz

One flat rasping burst that starts and stops hard. This is the version most edits want, because the hard stop is what makes it read as a decision rather than a warning.

Double rejection

Two bursts with a brief gap between them. The repeat reads as emphatic rather than routine, which suits a final answer or a second failed attempt.

Contact rattle

Dry mechanical chatter instead of a tone. Reach for it when the moment should feel like a physical mechanism refusing, not an electronic judgement.

Sagging buzz

The pitch drops away as the buzz runs out of energy. That downward sag carries disappointment on its own, so nothing on screen has to sell it.

Held buzz

A long unbroken rasp that outstays its welcome deliberately. Useful when the buzz has to cover a reaction shot or a scoreboard resetting.

Soft error tone

Two dull descending tones with the rasp taken out entirely. This is the polite version an app or a training module can use without sounding punitive.

Generate a rejection buzz from a prompt

Wählen Sie einen Ausgangspunkt, passen Sie ihn beliebig an und erzeugen Sie ihn in Morphic.

Erzeugen

Ways to use a wrong buzzer sound effect

Mark a wrong answer the instant it lands

A hard start and a hard stop put the refusal on one exact frame. It does the same job in a quiz video, a mobile game or a classroom animation.

Prompt bearbeiten
Mark a wrong answer the instant it lands

Fill the pause after a failed attempt

A long held rasp covers the silence while a score resets or a player recovers, so a podcast segment or a game level does not need a music sting there.

Prompt bearbeiten
Fill the pause after a failed attempt

Tell the audience the rules are strict

How harsh the buzz is sets how unforgiving the format feels. The grating rasp reads as a hard rule, the soft tone reads as a gentle correction.

Prompt bearbeiten
Tell the audience the rules are strict

Imply a machine judging from off screen

A mechanical chatter suggests a device making the call somewhere out of frame. Nothing has to be built or shown for the audience to accept it.

Prompt bearbeiten
Imply a machine judging from off screen

Einfache Preise

Starten Sie noch heute kostenlos, mit der Option, jederzeit zu upgraden oder zu kündigen.

Basic

$9/ Monat
abgerechnet als $0 pro Jahr

900 monatliche Credits

1 Nutzer

Alle Modelle

Workflows

Standard

$24/ Monat
abgerechnet als $0 pro Jahr

3200 monatliche Credits

1 Nutzer

Alle Modelle

Workflows

Pro

$45/ Monat
abgerechnet als $0 pro Jahr

6200 gemeinsame monatliche Credits

1 Nutzer

+ bis zu 4 weitere gegen Aufpreis

Alle Modelle

Workflows

Pro Max

$170/ Monat
abgerechnet als $0 pro Jahr

24000 gemeinsame monatliche Credits

1 Nutzer

+ bis zu 9 weitere gegen Aufpreis

Alle Modelle

Workflows

Enterprise

Für höhere Limits

Individuell

Preis- und Abrechnungsbedingungen

High-Volume-Credits
Individuelle Platzlimits
Alle Modelle
Workflows
Pricing Gradient

Free

Zum Ausprobieren

$0

dauerhaft kostenlos

Bis zu 20 Credits
Nur 1 Nutzer
Eingeschränkte Modelle
Workflows

Häufig gestellte Fragen

What is a wrong buzzer sound effect?
It is the harsh rasping tone used to signal that an answer or an action was rejected. The sound comes from a metal reed vibrating against a contact, and that coarse edge is what makes it read as a refusal rather than a notification.
How do I make a wrong buzzer sound effect?
Describe the vibration instead of naming the buzzer. Say how coarse the rasp is, how low the pitch sits, whether it holds steady or sags downward, and whether it stops hard or fades. Those four details decide how harsh the judgement feels.
How is a wrong buzzer different from a general buzzer sound?
A rejection buzz is short, flat and cut off hard, while a general buzzer such as a door entry or a timer usually holds longer and carries no verdict. Ask for a hard stop and a grating texture and you get refusal rather than notification.
What length should a wrong buzzer be?
Around one and a half to two seconds works for most cuts. Shorter than that and the rasp has no time to establish itself, longer and it starts to feel like an alarm. Ask for the length you want stated plainly in the prompt.
How do I make the buzzer less harsh for an app?
Ask for rounded edges and no rasp, and describe two dull tones falling in pitch instead of a vibrating reed. Interface audio has to be usable dozens of times a day, so the version that works in a quiz show is usually too aggressive for a product.
Can I use a generated wrong buzzer commercially?
Yes, audio generated on paid plans can be used commercially. See our terms for full licensing details. That matters for quiz formats and games in particular, where the same cue repeats hundreds of times across a series and gets heard by every viewer.