Distant Thunder Soft Rain — free sound effect
4.0s · WAV & MP3 · other · 0 downloads · quality 9.5/10 · royalty-free, CC BY 4.0
Credit it like this (the one condition of the free licence):
“Distant Thunder Soft Rain” by BudgetPixel AI (https://budgetpixel.com/sfx/distant-thunder-soft-rain-99c7639e) — CC BY 4.0
About this sound
An AI-generated sound effect: “Low, rumbling soft thunder with a slow, rolling envelope, distant and muted without sharp crackles, paired with steady gentle rain falling on varied soft surfaces, fine pattering texture consistent and unobtrusive, no music, no speech”. Quality-checked before listing, free for commercial and personal projects — videos, games, podcasts, apps and client work. No royalties — just credit BudgetPixel AI.
Direct file: WAV · 44.1 kHz — both WAV and MP3 are on the download button.
Editor's note (9.5/10): This clip matches the brief perfectly, with crackle-free distant rolling thunder paired with gentle consistent pattering rain, no speech, music, or unwanted audio artifacts.
Also searched as: distant thunder, soft rain, storm ambiance, light rain, rolling thunder, quiet storm
Sound effect licensing — common questions
- Is "Distant Thunder Soft Rain" free to use commercially?
- Yes. "Distant Thunder Soft Rain" is free for commercial and personal use under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) — monetised YouTube videos, podcasts, games, apps, ads, streams, films and client work are all covered, with no fees, royalties or subscription. The one condition is the credit: “Distant Thunder Soft Rain” by BudgetPixel AI (https://budgetpixel.com/sfx/distant-thunder-soft-rain-99c7639e) — CC BY 4.0
- Do I have to credit BudgetPixel to use "Distant Thunder Soft Rain"?
- Yes — crediting BudgetPixel AI is the one condition of the licence, and downloading still needs no account. Put the credit line from this page wherever your project lists sources: a video description, end credits, show notes, or a game's credits screen.
- What format and length is "Distant Thunder Soft Rain"?
- "Distant Thunder Soft Rain" runs 4 seconds and downloads as WAV at 44.1 kHz, with MP3 on the same download button. Both formats carry the identical licence, so pick whichever your editor prefers — WAV for layering and pitch work, MP3 when file size matters.
- Can I use "Distant Thunder Soft Rain" in a monetised YouTube video?
- Yes. Monetised video is explicitly permitted. BudgetPixel never registers library audio with Content ID, and because this sound effect is licensed to everyone non-exclusively under CC BY 4.0, no one can hold the exclusive rights Content ID requires. If a claim ever appears, dispute it and cite this page and its licence.
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The whole library is searchable through the BudgetPixel MCP connector and the developer API, on every plan, Free included. A search costs 10 credits and returns each result's download link and credit line, so the 300 credits a free account gets every month cover 30 searches.
Ask your AI agent
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to your BudgetPixel account once, with no API key, then ask in plain words:
Find a free sound effect like “Distant Thunder Soft Rain” and give me the download link and its credit line.
Call the API
One request, with an API key from the developer console:
curl -G https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/stock/sound-effects \
--data-urlencode "query=distant thunder soft rain" \
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