Want to save money on sound effects? Here’s what’s on sale right now
New A Sound Effect podcast eps – with the Soundly team – out here
Find the horror SFX you need in the Ultimate Halloween sound guide here

Welcome to the place for independent sound effects

Easy access to outstanding sounds

A Sound Effect is home to a huge, curated collection of sound effects – hand-picked from some of the best sound creators in the world

Find the sounds you need

A Sound Effect helps you browse, search and preview to find the sound effects you need. Need something in particular? We’re always glad to help find it for you

One license for everything

A Sound Effect makes it easy to get sounds from as many individual sound creators as you like – in one go, all covered by one single license.

New sound effect libraries:

Cars Toyota Highlander, 2005 Play Track 127 sounds included $79

This 2005 Toyota Highlander is a mid-size crossover SUV with a 3.3L, V6, 225 hp engine. With a full range of speeds and performances, onboard and exterior, this collection provides the material needed for edgy car chases down to suburban trips to the grocery store. Another solid everyday car to add to your library.

You’ll also get a full compliment of doors, switches and power windows that can extend the use of this collection far beyond regular car sounds. Useful source material for creating high tech devices and gadgets.

Add to cart

Wood Bamboos Play Track 258+ sounds included $69

This library contains a wide range of variety of bamboo hits.

From thick bamboos to thin, hitting with drum sticks, mallets & brushes and scrubbing & scraping and even sawing. Additional sounds include water movement inside bamboos, captured with a contact mic, and beautiful sounds of bamboo wind chimes. Tweak it for sound design or make bamboo instruments from it.

Add to cart

Ice Ultrasonic Dry Ice Play Track 635+ sounds included, 71 mins total $65

Ultrasonic Dry Ice is a library containing over 600 sounds themed metal resonances, scrapes and all sorts of weird.
All the content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 and a MKH416.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

Add to cart

Industrial Coal Mining Play Track 39 sounds included, 164 mins total $33

'Coal Mining' is a unique collection of sounds that build the ambience of a momentous industry. You'll hear the sounds from two coal mines, one surface and one underground, which are normally closed to the public.

The collection consists of two main parts:

Surface Mining features the clatter of a giant bucket-wheel excavator, a cross-pit spreader, a long belt conveyor, and the distinct atmosphere from a large open-pit mine.

Underground Mining includes the striking sounds of an underground mine shaft, recorded at a depth of 1500m. With the clatter from a miners' elevator ride, a rattling chain conveyor, container movement, and many room tones, you'll get a remarkable sense of underground working. Recorded in one of the last three active coal mines in Germany.

Sounds include:
Giant Bucket-wheel excavator, Cross-pit spreader, Long belt conveyor, Mine Shaft ambience, Miners' Elevator, Train Loading Station, Bucket conveyor, distant mine atmospheres.

Recorded using Shoeps MK4/MK8 MS / CMIT-5U/CCM8 MS microphones and paired with a Sound Devices 702 recorder, the files are also embedded with detailed Soundminer Metadata.

Add to cart

Foley Props Box Play Track 169+ sounds included, 292 mins total $50

Props Box sound library is a collection of different sounds emitted by everyday objects used in weird ways. It can be a great and handy tool in designing more complex sound effects for games, or just a go-to pack to quickly fill the gaps in movies and other linear media.

The 169 mono files feature more than 1000 sound effects, as each recording contains different variations of the same activity.

Some of the props included:
Baskets • boxes, handling and shaking • brooms • broom • cutlery • deodorant spray • duct tape • foam, touching and rubbing • glass container lid, handling and scraping • hand brushes • hotel bell • jewelry, handled and dropped • lighter • matches, handled and burning • metal bars • metal bells, inside plastic balls & toys • metal bottle • metal bracelet • metal container lock • metal jewelry • metal suitcase locks • metal watch band • necklaces • pilers • plastic buttons • plastic gears • plastic wheels • porcelain figure • porcelain lamps • rubber band, plucks and snaps • rusty doors • scissors • small bars • small stones • stones picking up multiple from the floor mono 8040.wav • tape measure • toy balls • toy cars • water spray • wicker • wooden drawers • wooden frames

Add to cart