12 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, we have sounds ranging from in-your-face bold to subtlely familiar.

For new locations, you can look forward to exploring the rich, urban sounds of two European capital cities: vibrant Warsaw and lively Vienna. You can also hear streams and waterfalls across Austria and Slovenia, as well as sounds from around a recycling facility in France.

If you are looking for vehicles, we have a Kawasaki cruiser motorcycle and a Mercedes Benz luxury family car. And for animals, you can hear barking dogs, ranging from Terriers to Dobermans, quacking ducks, and aggressive cicadas from Ohio.

If you want textures that will give your sound design a unique touch, check out the collections of graceful drones, EMF recordings from nearly 70 devices and appliances, and a huge 5-liter metal tin that handled destruction like a champ!

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Periodical Cicadas

'Periodical Cicadas' by Evocative Sound and Visuals features the sounds of millions of periodical cicadas singing en masse. There are extended drones and screeches, up-close wing-fluttering pass-bys and multiple pharaoh, and mating calls from southeast Ohio.
 
  • Periodical Cicadas features the sounds of millions of periodical cicadas singing en masse. There are extended drones and screeches, up-close wing-fluttering pass-bys and multiple pharaoh, or mating calls. Two broods, XXII and V, were recorded in 2014 and 2016 respectively.

    Hear cicadas fluttering inches away from the microphones. I climbed an 80-foot tall fire tower to be where the cicadas sang their loudest. I also positioned microphones atop wide vistas and open fields adjacent to woods to capture the cicada’s near-deafening drones.

    Except for cicadas fluttering back and forth directly overhead, landing on me, and having to keep calm, quiet and still while recording, I thoroughly enjoyed making this library. It’s a small library packing a big sound. I can’t wait for the next brood to emerge in southeast Ohio next year. I hope you enjoy using this cicada-mania wall of sound for your next project.

Electromagnetic Fields

'Electromagnetic Fields' by Evocative Sound and Visuals has 163 EMF sounds captured with a Sony PCM D100 recorder and two induction coil mics. It includes hums, drones, beeps, bleeps, buzzes, glitches, pulses, static, and indescribable sounds from lights, electronics, power tools, radios, and more!
 
  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Electromagnetic Fields Play Track 163+ sounds included, 135 mins total $35

    Evocative Sound and Visuals is pleased to announce the release of Electromagnetic Fields. This library contains 163 meticulously crafted and mastered sounds from 68 devices and structures captured in high-quality stereo with a Sony PCM D100 recorder and two small induction coil microphones. Included are hums, drones, beeps, bleeps, buzzes, glitches, pulses, static and more strange sounds I cannot describe.

    With few exceptions, we mere mortals can’t hear the electromagnetic fields (EMF) surrounding us. If we could, we’d go crazy, especially in our ever-expanding electronic environment. We can tune our ears into this other sonic world using induction coil microphones. I never knew quite what to expect when placing mics on an object. Having two microphones with fairly long cables allowed me to find the most sonically interesting parts of an object to focus on. Two mics spaced apart also allow for a nice stereo spread.

    Have fun experimenting with and inserting these hi-tech sounds (some captured in 96kHz/24-bit and others in 192kHz/24-bit) into your next science fiction and otherworldly creations. Please don’t take the device’s sound literally. That SLR’s motor drive may just be your next rapid-fire laser cannon.

     

    Devices Recorded for Library

    • battery charger
    • Blu-ray player
    • board game
    • calculator
    • camera flash (studio and on-camera)
    • point and shoot cameras (4)
    • SLR camera
    • cd player
    • smartphone and charger
    • computer (desktop and laptop)
    • external hard drive
    • flatbed scanner
    • printer
    • dog nail file
    • Rotary die grinder tool
    • drill
    • electric shaver
    • electronic reader
    • face cleansing brush
    • battery-powered fan
    • flashlight
    • hair dryer
    • hand blender
    • hand sander
    • handheld game console
    • laser pointer
    • LED flicker lights
    • LED light strings
    • LED closet lights
    • LED mirror
    • LED therapy light
    • microwave oven
    • milk frother
    • nose trimmers
    • overhead power lines (6)
    • paper shredder
    • plasma ball
    • pulse oxygen meter
    • hand crank radio
    • transistor radio
    • handheld and boombox cassette recorders
    • digital recorders
    • sound level meter
    • spark timer accelerator
    • TENS unit
    • toothbrush
    • typewriter
    • vacuum
    • vehicle
    • walkie talkie
    • washing machine
    • wristwatch

Drones (SB112)

'Drones (SB112)' by Sound Brigade is a collection of drone motors, control beeps, hovers passbys, whooshes, and flight movement. It will let you soar above the rest with subtle sounds of control beeps, the powerful hum of motors, graceful flight movement, thrilling whooshes, and zipping fly-by’s.
 
  • LET YOUR CREATIVITY TAKE FLIGHT
    The SB112 DRONES Sound Effects Library is a collection of drone motors, control beeps, hovers passbys, whooshes and flight movement.

    ELEVATE YOUR PROJECT WITH THIS LIBRARY
    Soar above the rest with our Drones library. We’ve captured the subtle sounds of control beeps, the powerful hum of motors, graceful flight movement, thrilling whooshes and zipping fly-by’s. Additionally, this library features several M-S recordings of a DJI Quadcopter motor, that have been mixed down to stereo, and also include the raw Mid/Side recordings. Whether you’re enhancing the realism of drone footage, sweetening the practical sound of drones or crafting futuristic soundscapes in your latest sci-fi masterpiece, this library give you the tools to take your project to new heights.

Warsaw

'Warsaw' by Dramatic Cat will immerse you in the vibrant sounds of Warsaw with a carefully captured collection of urban ambiences. It showcases the rich diversity of Poland’s capital, with a variety of locations, including lively Old Town squares, quiet parks, different types of public transport, and bustling streets.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Warsaw Play Track 50 sounds included, 206 mins total $48.30

    Immerse yourself in the vibrant sounds of Warsaw with this carefully captured collection of urban ambiences.

    This library showcases the rich diversity of Poland’s capital, with a variety of locations, including lively Old Town squares, quiet parks, different types of public transport and bustling streets.

    From the distant hum of urban traffic to the intimate chatter of Warsaw’s inhabitants, this 206-minute library captures the subtleties and nuances of each environment.

     

    Gear used

    LOM basiUcho • Zoom F4


    Metadata

    This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.

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Vienna City Ambiences

'Vienna City Ambiences' by Sound Response has ambiences recorded from all over Vienna — the Austrian capital and one of the most beautiful European cities! Restaurants, cafes, stores, busy city streets, city parks, the airport, subway stations, trains, buses, etc., will bring your production to life.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Vienna City Ambiences Play Track 50 sounds included, 271 mins total $55

    Vienna Ambiences sound library brings you ambient sounds recorded in various locations all over the city of Vienna — Austrian capital and one of the most beautiful European cities! 

    From restaurants, cafes, stores, busy city streets and city parks, all the way to the airport, subway stations, trains, buses, and more, this sound library will help you to bring your production to life. Perfect for movies, television, games, and other productions this sound library will provide you with plenty of authentic sounds from one of the most popular European cities!

    Vienna City Ambiences sound library contains 50 sound effects (8.8GB) recorded in high definition 24bit/96khz Stereo WAV format, and embedded with metadata to speed up your workflow.

Streams, rivers, waterfalls

'Streams, rivers, waterfalls' by zazz covers a wide range of flowing water. From the gentle bubbling of small mountain streams to the terrifying roar of gigantic waterfalls. The extensive collection includes 125 tracks with a total length of approximately 99 minutes, recorded in more than 10 locations across Austria and Slovenia.
 
  • Water & Ocean Sounds Streams, rivers, waterfalls Play Track 125 sounds included, 99 mins total $20

    This library covers a wide range of flowing waters. From the gentle bubbling of small mountain streams to the terrifying roar of gigantic waterfalls.

    The extensive collection includes 125 tracks with a total length of approximately 99 minutes, recorded in more than 10 locations across Austria and Slovenia.

    Microphone setup:

    • Shure VP88
    Sound Library: Streams, rivers, waterfalls
Five Litre Metal Tin

'Five Litre Metal Tin' by Hidden Sound features this huge olive oil tin that was pushed and pressed resulting in metallic bending, folding and crumpling sounds, resulting in excellent design source material for metallic sound effects - all in a high-quality 24-bit / 192kHz format.
 
Scrap Metal Factory

'Scrap Metal Factory' by Remejie provides 64 sounds recorded in a recycling factory based in the North of France. It includes ambiences from bulldozers, cranes, and forklifts, cars being shredded, crushed, and launched, metal objects, the sorting room, destruction, impacts, and more!
 
  • Scrap Metal Factory Provides you 64 original sounds recorded in a Recycling factory Based in the North of France.
    She includes :
    • Ambiences with Machines, bulldozers, cranes, forklift
    • shredded, crushed, launched car, and various metal objects.
    • Indoor Workers in sorting room of garbage recycling facility.
    • Destructions and impacts.

    Scrap Metal Factory was recorded in 96kHz/24 bits and provides a 48kHz/24 bits version.
    • 23 MS and decoding versions
    • 14 Binaural Ambiences !
    • Stereo ORTF and Mono

    The gear :
    Sound Devices MixPre6, DPA 6060 (Binaural), MKH 8040 (ORTF), DPA 4018/ATE308 (MS,Stereo)

Mercedes Benz C Class W201 1982

'Mercedes Benz C Class W201 1982' by Krampfstadt Studio features this luxury large family car recorded in 32-bit / 192 kHz, with Shure KSM 137, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272 and SO.3 mics and Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Get sounds of driving, interior and exterior foley, and more.
 
The Animal Symphony – Duck

'The Animal Symphony – Duck' by Khron Studio offers a collection of 78 audio tracks, each with multiple variations (between 6 and 15). The library is organized with an intuitive nomenclature, allowing you to easily exchange the different microphone jacks to choose or combine the best recordings of common and Ruddy Selduck ducks.
 
  • THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CATS VOL 1
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – ALPACA
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – PARROT
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – DONKEY
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – GOAT & SHEEP
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CROWING ROOSTER
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – LOVEBIRD
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WHITE HANDED GIBBON
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – MEERKAT
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WATUSI

    “The Animal Symphony – Duck” offers a collection of 78 high-quality audio tracks, each with multiple variations (between 6 and 15). The audios are organized with an intuitive nomenclature, allowing you to easily exchange the different microphone jacks to choose or combine the best recordings.
    Using high-end microphones such as the Sennheiser MKH 8050 and EM258, along with a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound, we have captured every detail and nuance of these sounds. Recordings were made at 24-bit and 192kHz/96kHz, ensuring professional clarity and depth.

    This collection offers a wide variety of duck quacks, both common ducks and the Ruddy Shelduck species (in smaller quantities). With multiple takes and variations, this library provides the flexibility needed for any type of production requiring duck sounds. All recordings have been carefully edited to eliminate external noises, such as birds, wind or people. Furthermore, thanks to the ultrasonic microphones used, it is guaranteed that, by lowering the tone, the frequency richness will be maintained.

    Ideal applications:
    – Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
    – Cinema and Documentaries: Enrich your audiovisual productions with authentic sounds.
    – Educational Applications: Use these sounds in educational projects to teach about wildlife and animal behavior.
    – Multimedia Projects: Ideal for any project that seeks to enrich the user’s listening experience.

    Technical details:
    – Total audios: 78 (each audio contains between 6 and 15 variations)
    – Format: 192kHz – 96kHz/24bit
    – Equipment used: Zoom F6 recorder with Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and EM258 capsule microphone, plus a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound.

    License:
    The sounds from “The Animal Symphony – Duck” are available under a royalty-free license, allowing them to be used in multiple projects at no additional costs. You can use these sound effects in your games, trailers, Kickstarter campaigns, and more, as many times as you like.

The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1

'The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1' by Khron Studio offers 251 tracks of barks, whines and growls from Yorkshire Terriers, Bulldog mixes, German Shepherds, Dachshunds, and 12 other breeds and mutts. From Sennheiser MKH 8050 and EM258, it captures every detail and nuance.
 
  • THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WATUSI
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – MEERKAT
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WHITE HANDED GIBBON
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – LOVEBIRD
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CROWING ROOSTER
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – GOAT & SHEEP
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – DONKEY
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – PARROT
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – ALPACA
    THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CATS VOL 1

    “The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1” offers a collection of 251 high-quality audio tracks, each with multiple sounds (between 3 and 10 variations). The audios are organized with an intuitive nomenclature, allowing you to easily exchange the different microphone jacks to choose or combine the best recordings. Using high-end microphones, such as the Sennheiser MKH 8050 and EM258, along with a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound, we have captured every detail and nuance of these sounds. Recordings were made at 24-bit and 192kHz/96kHz, ensuring professional clarity and depth.

    This collection offers a wide variety of barks, whines and growls from different types of dogs, including:
    – Angry Yorkshire Terrier
    – Doberman and Bulldog mix barking
    – German Shepherd barking
    – Dachshund barking
    – And 12 other types of dogs whose breed we have not been able to identify.

    !!IMPORTANT!! These animals were recorded in an animal shelter, so some dogs have been difficult to identify their breed. We welcome any input to identify the additional 12 races.

    This entire Canis Lupus collection is perfect for adding realism and authenticity to your projects. With multiple takes and variations, this library offers the flexibility needed for any production requiring dog sounds. All recordings have been carefully edited to eliminate external noises, such as birds, wind or people. Furthermore, thanks to the ultrasonic microphones used, it is guaranteed that by lowering the tone the frequency richness will be maintained.

    Ideal Applications:
    – Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
    – Cinema and Documentaries: Enrich your audiovisual productions with authentic sounds.
    – Educational Applications: Use these sounds in educational projects to teach about wildlife and animal behavior.
    – Multimedia Projects: Ideal for any project that seeks to enrich the user’s listening experience.

    Technical details:
    – Total Audios: 251 (Each audio contains between 3 and 10 variations)
    – Format: 192kHz – 96kHz/24bit
    – Equipment Used: Zoom F6 recorder with Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and EM258 capsule microphone, plus a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound.

    License:
    The sounds from “The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1” are available under a royalty-free license, allowing their use in multiple projects at no additional costs. You can use these sound effects in your games, trailers, Kickstarter campaigns, and more, as many times as you like.

Kawasaki EN 500 1990

'Kawasaki EN 500 1990' by Krampfstadt Studio features this cruiser motorcycle recorded in 32-bit / 192 kHz with Shure KSM 137, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. It contains sounds of driving, foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
 
 

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    • Over 175 audio files in 24 bit 96kHz quality WAV format
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  • Mechanical Sound Effects Printing Presses Play Track 78+ sounds included, 104 mins total $75

    Printing Presses showcases a variety of high-powered and dynamic mechanical sounds from three massive web-offset newspaper presses operating at high speed. In addition, you’ll hear unique mechanical sounds found inside a newspaper’s plate room and packaging department before and after a press run. Plus, I recorded three letterpresses. Each sound is captured with multiple microphone setups at various locations providing detailed and overall perspectives. Listen to presses increasing in speed, humming along at running speed and then coming to a stop. Sometimes gradually, sometimes suddenly. I’ve also created condensed versions of entire press runs as they can be long, presenting them as ‘sequences.’ In addition, some sounds have been meticulously edited and presented as seamless loops.

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