Fire sound effect

A steady burn with irregular pops of splitting wood through it. The take most scenes want, because the randomness of the cracks is what stops a long bed sounding like a machine.

All rushing air and deep surges, with the small detail buried. Scale in fire is carried by low frequency and continuous movement, not by turning a campfire up.

A gritty scrape into a bright flare and a small settling flame. Two seconds that establish an entire scene, which is why it earns a card of its own rather than sitting inside a bed.

Flame catching across a surface all at once, swelling hard then settling. Reach for it on any cut where the fire starts on screen, because a bed alone never reads as something beginning.

A carried flame flapping in the air as it moves. The uneven flutter is what tells an audience the light source is in a moving hand rather than fixed in place.

Sharp resin pops with almost no bed under them. Layer it over a quieter burn when the picture is close on the flame and the detail has to come forward.