This week on A Sound Effect, get inspired by both the natural world and the realm of the imagination.
If you are looking for sounds of animals and the outdoors, check out recordings of forests and lakes, rainy neighborhoods, immersive ports and coastlines, and remote swamps and grasslands.
For motorized effects and ambiences, we have sounds of old European trams and a Renault compact minivan.
And for unique libraries that will inspire your creativity, check out the designed waterphones, sci-fi anime effects, futuristic lasers and alien ambiences, manipulated cymbals, and a scoring tool with 160 instruments! Happy listening!
Sound library highlight by Adriane Kuzminski
MATTER
'MATTER' by BOOM Library has a futuristic sound effects collection that is perfect for film, games, and trailers. From strange alien ambiences to laser bursts to punchy explosions, all sounds are all high quality and designed for ease of use in your project.
The Score
'The Score' by Sonuscore is an all-in-one scoring tool that provides everything you need to compose for any genre, right out of the box. It is a massive library of 160 instruments, 120 animated stories, and ground-breaking power tools, such as Chord Studio, Melody Studio, Dynamic Mixer, and Adaptive Customizer.
Anime Sci-Fi
'Anime Sci-Fi' by WOW Sound has the essential sounds you need for your anime science-fiction video games and animated series. The sounds were created using synthesizers and organic sound sources, and then processed with various plugin chains. Hear elements like lasers, energy, ambience, spaceship, weapons, and UI.
Scraped Cymbal
'Scraped Cymbal' by Soundopolis gets you 78 high-quality 96kHz / 24bit creative sounds of a cymbal, from deep rumbling lows to shimmery atonal highs to gut-wrenching mids. Hear sounds of various parts of an old, slightly cracked crash cymbal are scraped with tin snips and pliers, as the microphone is adjusted to capture a variety of tonalities.
STREETCAR 2 – FUNICULAR
'STREETCAR 2 – FUNICULAR' by JMV focuses on two vintage funiculars in Lisbon, Portugal: Elevador Da Gloria and Elevador Da Bica. The library includes 9 tracks of slow pass-by recordings, capturing the heavy rail sounds, clanks, screechs, and squeals of the funiculars as they move along the rails.
Renault Scenic 2016
'Renault Scenic 2016' by Krampfstadt Studio gets you sounds of this compact minivan, recorded at 32bit / 192 kHz using pro mics and recorders. It includes recordings of driving and sounds of the vehicle as it starts, idles, revs, turns, and goes over bumps, as well as sounds of the windows, horn, AC, radio, and more!
Soundscape Odyssey 1
'Soundscape Odyssey 1' by Articulated Sounds features 60 unique ambiences recorded in 28 countries over the past 7 years. It includes a range of soundscapes, from forests and towns to swamps and grasslands. Perfect for sound designers who need authentic and evocative ambient sounds for their projects.
Ambience: Forest & Lake
'Ambience: Forest & Lake' by Sound Armoury is a collection of forest and lake ambiences recorded in England's Sherwood Forest. It includes daytime and night ambiences, wild animal sounds, isolated recordings of streams, and wind and rain in trees.
Waterphone Designed Vol. 1
'Waterphone Designed Vol. 1' by 344 Audio has 40 unique impacts created from the unique instrument, the Waterphone. It was recorded using a contact microphone and guitar pedal board, and played with a violin bow and various drum beaters. The sounds were then edited and designed into metallic, percussive, and tonal impacts.
Rain Night Neighborhood Ambience
'Rain Night Neighborhood Ambience' by Ferreira the Sound Guy has ambient sounds of a quiet neighborhood on a rainy night. It includes a different rain intensity levels, as well as the sounds of cars and motorcycles passing by in the background. It was edited and mastered in post-production.
STREETCAR 1 – OLD TRAM
'STREETCAR 1 – OLD TRAM' by JMV has recordings of old vintage trams from four European cities: Lisbon, Helsinki, Budapest, and Vienna. The recordings include both outside and inside ride recordings, pass-by with slow, medium, or fast speed, clanks on rails, squeaks and squeals, bells, and more.
Ambisonic Sea, Coastline, Port Ambiences
'Ambisonic Sea, Coastline, Port Ambiences' by IVO VICIC SOUND LIBRARIES contains recordings of the sea, coastline, port and harbor. The recordings were made using a Sennheiser Ambeo VR microphone and Sound Devices recorder. It includes 24.2 GB of audio files in B-format, Ambix and Binaural formats.
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