A rabbit rattles the bars of its cage wanting to get out. This is a totally useless sound effect for 98% of people, but for those people who need this noise. . . .
I recorded myself using a hand-grinder to grind come coffee beans, but it works for nearly any sort of grinding sound. Good for videos with machines and such.
Ripping a piece of office paper with the end of a pair of metal scissors, on a wooden desktop. Recorded with the xy mics on a zoom h1, and a bit of eq to get rid of handling noise in audition.
This recording is a 96khz recording with a contact microphone attached to the steel cable that connects the mast to the deck, in a small whale research boat in the island of dominica.
A delicate metal creaking sound, that could be interpreted as someone sneaking around on creaky floorboards. Useful for building atmosphere in creepy / horror context.