Pinball sound effects: 12 free sounds from one prompt
Play 12 pinball sound effects that Claude Code made from one prompt. Copy any sound's prompt, or download the pack as WAV files.
What we asked“Make a sound effect pack for an electronic pinball table: snappy flippers, punchy bumpers, bright bells and buzzing lights. Save each sound as a WAV file in a sounds folder, named like this: - flipper-up: A pinball flipper firing: a sharp solenoid clack with a short mechanical thump, very short. - flipper-down: A pinball flipper dropping back: a softer lower click, very short. - plunger-launch: Pulling and releasing the ball plunger: a creaky spring stretch then a fast twang and rolling whoosh, about one second. - bumper-hit: The ball hitting a pop bumper: a punchy electric thwack with a bright bell ding on top. - slingshot-kick: The ball kicked by a slingshot rubber: a quick springy rubber boing with a solenoid click. - target-hit: The ball knocking down a drop target: a short hard plastic clack and a low drop thunk. - ramp-roll: The ball rolling up a metal ramp: a rising hollow rumbling roll that ends in a clank, about one and a half seconds. - score-ding: Points scoring on a pinball table: a quick run of three bright electronic bell dings. - multiball: Multiball starting: a fast rising electronic arpeggio with bells and buzzing, about two seconds. - tilt-buzz: Tilting the table: a harsh low electric buzz that cuts out, about one second. - ball-drain: The ball draining between the flippers: a descending rolling tone ending in a dull thunk, about one second. - table-hum: A pinball table idling as a seamless loop: soft electric hum with faint relay clicks and light buzz, five seconds. Make them sound like they belong to the same game.”
What happened
Claude
I've made all 12 sounds and saved them in sounds/ as 44.1 kHz, 16‑bit mono WAVs. They're built entirely in code by make_sounds.py, so you can tweak it and re-run it. I checked that every file is valid, with no clipping or clicks at the start or end. I can't listen to audio, so I haven't heard any of them — please give them a listen.
We gave the prompt above to a fresh Claude Code session in an empty folder, with no skills and no extra tools. It wrote a small program that makes every sound from scratch, and it took about 2 minutes. Claude can’t hear, so it checked the sounds by measuring them. Press play and judge them yourself.
Every sound is also in the sound effects library, where you can search all packs at once. They are free to use in your games, commercial or not.
