A barking spider sound, in the joke, is a fart blamed on an imaginary spider. These three original synthetic effects illustrate that comic meaning. They are made from generated tones and noise; no people or animals were recorded.
Play a clip below, compare its shape, or download it for an edit. For a licensed recorded fart rather than synthesis, use our original listening shelf. For the animal meaning, see the name explained.
Pocket pop
A brief synthetic toot with a rounded attack and a quick fade. The absence of a long tail makes it useful for a short comic interruption.
0.8 seconds · mono · 44.1 kHz source · original synthetic effect
Rolling rasp
Several uneven synthetic pulses in one phrase. The sound varies within the clip rather than repeating a single sample.
1.8 seconds · mono · 44.1 kHz source · original synthetic effect
Hallway tail
The pocket pop with delayed digital copies added. Compare the original attack with the later echoes; this is not a recording made in a real hallway.
2.6 seconds · mono · 44.1 kHz source · original synthetic effect
Compare two effects
Choose A and B, then play them in order. The files keep their authored levels; use one comfortable player volume for the comparison.
How these effects were made
The generator combines a falling low tone, a quieter harmonic, seeded noise, and a short amplitude envelope. Rolling rasp varies that envelope to create pulses. Hallway tail adds delayed copies to Pocket pop. The waveform diagrams show measured sample amplitude, not a biological signature.
Reuse and credit
This original synthetic pack and its waveform/video demonstration are offered under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You can reuse and adapt them, including commercially, under that licence. Credit the project, link the licence, and say if you changed the material. The separately credited Mike Koenig recordings use CC BY 3.0.
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