Audience

A seated crowd murmuring before curtain up, the hush as the lights go down and a gasp rippling along the rows. Describe the audience reaction you need and Morphic generates it clean.

  • Murmurs, hushes, gasps, applause and laughter, as many rows as you describe
  • A house full of people reacting to your punchline, twist or final bow
  • Clean audience reactions with no music under them, easy to lay on a cut
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Rows of red velvet theatre seats seen low from the aisle under a warm spotlight against a black ground, dust drifting in the beam

Audience sounds for games, animation, and video edits

Pre-show murmur

A seated audience murmuring low before the show, for the minute before curtain up, a talk or a live recording.

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Audience hush

Murmurs dying away to silence as the lights go down, for the start of a show, a speech or a big announcement.

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Collective gasp

A whole audience gasping at once, for a twist, a fall, a magic trick or a reveal nobody expected.

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Polite applause

Steady, warm applause that rises and tapers off, for the end of a talk, a recital or a modest bow.

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Rolling laughter

A big warm laugh moving through the seats, for a punchline, a comic slip or a sketch that lands well.

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Settling in seats

Seats folding, coats rustling and the odd cough as people sit down, for a house filling up before the show.

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Generate an audience sound from a prompt

Pick a starting point, edit anything you like, then generate it in Morphic.

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Ways to use an audience sound effect

Make the twist land with a gasp

A collective gasp on the frame the reveal happens tells the viewer it shocked a room, in a stage film, a game cutscene or an animation.

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Make the twist land with a gasp

Fill the wait before the show begins

A pre-show murmur carries a long shot of a stage curtain with no music needed, in a drama, a backstage vlog or a podcast intro.

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Fill the wait before the show begins

Put the viewer in a packed theatre

People settling into their seats under the opening shot set the size of the house before anyone is shown, in film, animation and audio stories.

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Put the viewer in a packed theatre

Show the joke worked on someone unseen

Laughter rolling through rows off screen tells the audience a performer is landing every joke without cutting away, in comedy, games and radio drama.

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Show the joke worked on someone unseen

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FAQs

What is an audience sound effect?
An audience sound effect is the sound of a seated crowd reacting together at a show: a murmur, a hush, a gasp, applause or laughter. It tells the viewer a room full of people is watching and how they feel about it.
Where can I get audience sounds for a video?
Morphic generates them from a prompt. Describing the reaction and the size of the house takes less time than searching a stock library, and every sound on this page was made from the prompt printed beside it, so you can start from one and adjust it.
How do I make a custom audience sound effect?
Describe the audience, the reaction and how long it lasts, then generate it. A prompt like "a large seated audience gasping in shock at the same moment" gives Morphic enough to work with, and you can change the size or mood of the room.
What is the difference between an audience, a crowd and a laugh track?
An audience is seated and reacts together to a performance, so its sounds rise and fall on cue. A crowd moves and talks over itself, as at a market or a stadium. A laugh track is only the laughter, cut to sit under a sitcom.
Can I use these audience sounds commercially?
Yes, audio generated on paid plans can be used commercially. See our terms for full licensing details. Because each sound is generated for you, you also avoid the clip turning up in someone else's video.
Why does my audience sound not sit right in the edit?
Usually the reaction arrives a beat too early or too late. Line the gasp or laugh up a few frames after the moment it answers, and add reverb so it sounds like it fills a hall. Keep murmurs well under any dialogue on stage.