A Sound Designer Behind Tinder Sheds Light on the Process and Final Choices

Missed opportunity in making the match sound “Giggity” though.

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In a recent video, Fast Company took to the streets to ask people what Tinder sounded like – answers ranged from beeps, sexy woops, and trash bin noises. Rude. They later sat down with one of the sound designers at audio branding studio, Listen, to talk about the original collection of sounds which debuted on the app in July. Check out the clip above to hear some of the match sounds which didn’t make the cut, and the optimistic clip they chose in the end.

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