Random sounds playing from Macbook unprompted

My Macbook Pro is playing random sounds when it is not being asked to. Computer on right now, with no music playing and very short snippets of sound (2 seconds at most) are playing out the speakers - trying to identify them they are not parts of songs I have (iTunes is not running right now) but sound like the sonic element of a video that is buffering. The biggest segment I heard just a few minutes ago where an American lady said quite a few words (sounded like an infomercial). It's happening maybe every few minutes, but not at regularly timed intervals.
Sounds sort of like trying to tune a radio and only catching snippets of sound (but less regular)
Currently running - google chrome, finder and messages.
Also open Dropbox, Copy, Evernote, f.lux, Gdrive and Twitter apps.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) / Running Yosemite 10.10 (I'm not 100% sure but I think this problem started before Yosemite upgrade)

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Random sounds playing.
Check your Dashboard widgets. You might have something running ...
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