This week on A Sound Effect, we explore 10 new sound effects libraries covering quiet hotel interiors recorded late at night across multiple countries, 13 Orthodox church bells captured at 32-bit 192 kHz across churches and monasteries, a 343-piece designed explosions collection in realistic and cinematic styles.
You’ll also find Finnish four-season forest ambiences, 180 radio imaging effects, Nigerian motorcycle recordings, African urban traffic ambiences, liquid textures at 96 kHz, a Triumph 955i captured at 192 kHz, and more.
Quiet Hotels At Night Vol.3
Late-night hotel ambiences from more than ten hotels across multiple countries, with guest rooms, corridors, lobbies, and the quiet hum of ventilation and distant plumbing.
Church Bells, Orthodox Christianity
13 church bells recorded at 10 churches and 3 monasteries at 32-bit, 192 kHz, featuring multiple mic perspectives for spatial detail and post-production work.
Radio Imaging Workparts V2
A radio imaging toolkit with 180 effects – station IDs, news intros, micro scores, and quirky sounders for offbeat formats.
Forest Ambience Two
This Finnish forest collection gives you 59 pine and birch ambiences covering all four seasons, captured day and night with a custom low-noise ORTF rig.
Universal Explosions Vol 1
Get 343 designed explosions in realistic, sci-fi, and cinematic styles, with separated pre-hits and tails for custom layering.
Motorcycle (Okada)
This library captures a Nigerian Bajaj Okada bike – 47 recordings of gear changes, kickstarts, and fast pass-bys with raw street-level engine detail.
Traffic Ambience_Vol 04
An African urban traffic collection with 31 street ambiences, built for adding depth to film, games, and commercial projects.
Liquid Textures
Recorded at 96 kHz, this library gives you 288 liquid sounds, featuring splashes, splats, bubbling, fizzes, and squelches in UCS format.
Broken Telemetry: Ultimate Bundle
Three volumes of sci-fi telemetry effects bundled into one, getting you 2,313 raw, uncolored sounds for layering, granular processing, and cinematic transformation.
Triumph 955i Speed Triple 2000 streetfighter muscle bike motorcycle
This motorcycle recording covers driving, foley, mechanical, and electrical sounds from a 2000 Triumph 955i. 110 files at 32-bit, 192 kHz in UCS format.
