13 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, you can dive into a diverse soundscape of libraries and bring your creative visions to life!

We have upbeat and whimsical music that will infuse your games with playful orchestral melodies and charming casual music. Also, check out cinematic textures of roaring fire and otherworldly ice.

If you're looking to get outdoors instead, immerse yourself in the beautiful soundscapes of coastal African cities, explore three new volumes of windy valleys, forests, and grasslands, and bring the world to life with sounds of airplanes landing in California.

And finally, if you're looking for everyday sounds, check out the familiar hums and buzzes of refrigerators, recreate playful childhood brick knickknacks, or go for a touch of whimsy with fantastical steampunk contraptions. Happy listening!


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Art Machines – Fantasy apparatus and kinetic engines

'Art Machines – Fantasy apparatus and kinetic engines' by Sound of Essen is a collection of sounds from fantastical, kinetic machines. These 23 multi-mic recordings capture the whirring gears, clanging metal, and humming motors of these artistic contraptions designed for use in fantasy or steampunk settings.
 
  • This library contains sound from 23 multi-miced kinetic machines and wounderous apparatus split into mixdowns and construction kits of each machinery.

    The mechanisms have been designed and build by and recorded in collaboration with the kinetic artist Willi Reiche in a quiet setting at the Kunstmaschienenenhalle.

    Spinning gears, squeaky leather belts, grinding metal, humming motors, tonal elements and rattling parts construct an imaginative factory ambience. It can be perfectly used to design a magical lab, an inventor workshop or a steam punk industrial complex. Of course any tiny to big gear and machines can be brought to live with these sounds. You can easily layer different parts from various machines to create the desired mood and characteristic of your visuals or story.

    There are both electric machines driven by servo motors and machines that have to be handled by hand. Additional emf content has been captured from the electronic devices.

    Gear used: Up to 10 microphones have been used on each machine, including Schoeps MK41 / CMC1, Dpa 4060, Neumann KMR81i, Earthworks QTC50, AKD D112, Lewitt 540s, Ambient ASF1 and EMF microphones.

     

     

     

     

Brick Toys

'Brick Toys' by Krampfstadt Studio offers a collection of Foley sound effects specifically designed for brick toys. It includes sounds for various popular brands like Lego, Duplo, and Playmobil. Each sound is recorded in high quality at 32bit / 192 kHz, and the library is compatible with UCS.
 
  • Foley Sound Effects Brick Toys Play Track 69 sounds included, 17 mins total $35

    Foley sounds of brick toys, like Lego, Duplo, Gobriks, Sluban, Playmobil, Abrick, Minibricks, Mega, Nanoblock, Cobi, Mould King, Wange, CaDA, Nifeliz, JMBricklayer, Fun Little Toys, Fischertechnik, Burgkidz, Unico, BlueBrixx, Zurus, Light Stax, Cutedeer, Feleph, Artor Bricks… All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Sonorous Objects SO.3 microphone & Zoom F3 recorder. Library is also available in UCS.

World Atmospheres – Gabon

'World Atmospheres – Gabon' by Moon Delight Sound features over 6 hours of field recordings capturing the essence of West Africa. From the roar of tropical thunderstorms to the buzz of vibrant markets, you'll find a diverse range of soundscapes, including cityscapes, beaches, unique industrial ambiences, and more.
 
  • Get the authentic sounds of West Africa with over 6 hours field recordings from Gabon.

    This library features a broad range of unique field recordings covering tropical thunderstorms, vibrant markets, walla, bustling city/beach soundscapes, a selection of unique industrial ambiences and even some rainforest atmospheres. The sounds were all recorded over a two week period in 2023 in the capital Libreville and the surrounding areas.

    All sounds were recorded using a Sound Devices Mixpre6ii with either a Rode NT5 stereo pair or a more covert DPA 4060 stereo pair, as well as 3 bonus mono sounds.

    All sounds are UCS compliant with burnt in metadata and PDF spreadsheet with sound list.

Ice & Fire – Cinematic Sound Effects

'Ice & Fire – Cinematic Sound Effects' by Gregor Quendel has fire and ice sound effects, both realistic and creatively designed. With over 300 sounds, it features impacts, crackles, ambiences, and more, catering to diverse needs, from subtle crackles to dramatic whooshes.
 
  • Bundles Ice & Fire – Cinematic Sound Effects Play Track 300+ sounds included, 42 mins total $25

    Ice & Fire contains 300+ cinematic Ice and Fire sound effects. It features impacts, cracks, ambiences, drones, textures, swooshes / wooshes, glitches, sequences, and more.

    Fire features 255 cinematic fire sound effects, ambiences, swooshes, whooshes, fly-bys, drones, textures, glitches and more, that range from heavily designed to basic elements. It explores the further sonic realms of a powerful element.

    User reviews:

    “”Designed Fire” is an absolutely fantastic collection. It provides a wide assortment of dynamic and believably exaggerated flame perspectives that are very well suited for portraying hyper-realism. If you need to portray flames in rather dynamic detail, you’ll appreciate having this in your library.”

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    Ice features 47 cinematic ice sound effects, designed field recordings and evolving textures, that combine the natural sounds of ice with otherworldly and experimental digital post-processing. The sounds range from heavily designed to basic elements.

    User reviews:

    “‘Designed Ice’ is an experimental library based on our favorite frozen liquid. These sounds of ice have been mangled and distorted beyond recognition to give their ‘essence’ through textures and moods for otherworldly experiences. These sounds crackle, tear, shatter, evolve, excite, glitch, and emote, imitating both living things like aliens and insects and instruments such as bells and horns. These sounds are designed to be used straight out of the box; however, don’t think they won’t inspire you to play with their 96kHz sample rate—or see what new effects you can achieve in your own recordings! If you are looking for an experimental or design inspiration, give this library a listen.” – A Sound Effect

     

    Fire Previews: https://soundcloud.com/gregorquendel/designed-fire-sound-effects-library

    Ice Previews: https://soundcloud.com/gregorquendel/designed-ice-sample-pack

     

    Content: 

    302 24bit/96kHz WAV files / UCS (Universal Category System) Meta-tagged (Soundminer)

    Designed Fire – 255 files / 1.17 GB

    Designed Ice – 47 files / 276 MB

    40+ Minutes in total

     

    Fire highlights:

    255 24bit / 96kHz WAV files / Meta-tagged (Soundminer)
    89 Swooshes / Wooshes
    75 Short elements
    29 Impacts
    28 Winds
    34 Textures

    Ice highlights:

    47 24bit / 96kHz WAV files / Meta-tagged (Soundminer)
    20 Elements
    17 Sequences
    10 Source Recordings

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Cute Casual Music Pack

'Cute Casual Music Pack' by SwishSwoosh provides 10 loopable music tracks to add a light and cheerful mood to your casual games. With various themes like upbeat, fun, and happy, this royalty-free pack is perfect for puzzle games, card games, or any casual and lighthearted project.
 
  • The Cute Casual Game Music & SFX Pack offers a delightful collection of fun and friendly tunes specifically designed to add charm and whimsy to your casual game. This gem offers a total of 15 minutes of playful and enchanting themes in the form of ten loopable music tracks giving you the perfect creative setting for your ideas. Generate a light and happy ambience for puzzle games, card and board games and anything that’s casual and fun. Cuteness overload!

Funny Orchestra 2

'Funny Orchestra 2' by Sun Sound Studio delivers a diverse pack of humorous music and sound effects for cartoons, games, and videos. It includes 50 catchy melodies in various styles like horror, humor, and fun, along with 27 loopable tracks spanning jazz, classical, and electronic music.
 
  • “Funny Orchestra 2” is here! More music, more hilarious melodies, more loops! And of course, there are amusing cartoon voices too! Whether it’s for cartoon animations, video games, or videos, this music is sure to satisfy you! One catchy melody that you can use at the beginning and end of your videos or games. We have 50 short tracks, encompassing various styles like horror, humor, and fun! Additionally, there are 27 loop tracks, including jazz, classical, and electronic music! And don’t forget the 53 adorable, silly, and entertaining cartoon voices!! With a total duration of 46 minutes, there are 203 WAV audio files in 96000Hz, 24-bit quality. We hope you’ll enjoy them!

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Windy Nature Vol 2

'Windy Nature Vol 2' by Soundscaper complements the first volume, offering another exploration of wind's diverse sounds across Tuscany, Italy. It features 24-bit/96kHz stereo recordings capturing the wind in various natural settings like valleys, forests, and grasslands, across all four seasons.
 
Fridge Hums Bundle

'Fridge Hums Bundle' by Jake Fielding Sound is a collection of refrigerator sound effects, like hums, buzzes, rumbles, and clicks. Combining sounds from "Fridge Hums" and "Fridge Hums Pt. 2," this bundle provides over 90 minutes of audio in various styles, from subtle background ambiences to deep, sci-fi tones.
 
Windy Nature Vol 1

'Windy Nature Vol 1' by Soundscaper immerses you in the diverse sounds of wind across Tuscany, Italy. This collection features stereo recordings capturing the wind's movement through various natural environments like valleys, forests, grasslands, and the countryside in each of the four seasons.
 
SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (SB107)

'SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (SB107)' by Sound Brigade features 129 recordings of take-offs, landings, and taxiing of various small aircraft like Cessna, Pilatus PC-7, and Steerman Bi-Plane from a small airport in Santa Monica, California. You can also hear rare military helicopters, pushback tug noises, and more.
 
  • SMALL AIRPORT AVIATION SOUNDS FOR YOUR PROJECT
    The SB107 SM AIRPORT Sounds Effects Library is a collection of helicopters, small commuter jets, single propeller, twin propeller sounds and more all recorded on a small airport runway.

    YOUR SECRET FOR SMALL AIRPORT AVIATION SOUNDS
    We spent a few days on the runway of the Santa Monica, California airport capturing a bunch of small aviation sounds not normally found in sound effects libraries. We then edited down the hours of recordings to come up with the most useful 129 sounds for you. This includes recordings of take-off and landing passbys from Cessna, Pilatus PC-7, Sia Marchetti Turbo, Steerman Bi-Plane, T-28 Trojan and other aircrafts. There’s even a plane landing tire chirp included this library. These sounds are focused on take-off, landings and engine taxiing at a small airport – including long tails on take-off and landing for realistic placement in your project. We even captured a few neat recordings of the pushback tug tractor and sounds from some rarely recorded military helicopters. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and an organized file naming structure, so you can spend less time searching, and more time creating.

Windy Nature

'Windy Nature' by Soundscaper provides a collection of wind recordings in diverse natural settings. Captured in Italy across four seasons, the library offers 24-bit, 96 kHz stereo recordings of wind sweeping through valleys, forests, woods, grasslands, and the countryside.
 
Casual Fun Music Pack

'Casual Fun Music Pack' by SwishSwoosh offers 12 loopable music tracks and 2 variations, perfect for adding a cheerful and upbeat mood to games and trailers. You get a variety of positive and energetic themes like joy, motivation, and happiness.
 
  • Casual Fun Music Pack is a great way to add a light, happy and energetic ambience to your game. Create an instant sense of fun, adventure and carefree joy with these happy, energetic, and loopable music tracks with their variations. Casual Fun Music Pack is ideal for cute fun and fast games, and is also a perfect companion for game trailers. Add a calypso-like bright and happy shine to your project with Casual Fun Music Pack. It’s packed with fun and smiles!

Fridge Hums Vol.2

'Fridge Hums Vol.2' by Jake Fielding Sound offers a diverse collection of over an hour of fridge hum recordings. Building on the original library, this expanded version features 26 files, including deep hums, electrical sounds, and unique natural textures.
 
  • Introducing “Fridge Hums Pt. 2” – the sequel to the original collection. Dive deeper into the world of refrigerator hums with this expanded selection, which offers more opportunities for designed sound effects and ambiences. You’ll find a selection of deep hums and rumbles, electrical buzzes and rhythms, along with various natural but unique sounding effects for a comprehensive library that will keep your collection fresh.

    Craft a cozy ambience, design sci-fi room tones, and add characterful textures with over an hour of recordings from 26 files, 10 of which are recorded in 96kHz for further sonic manipulation.

    These files are fully tagged with UCS Metadata and would work well for Film, TV, or Game projects.



 
 
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  • FOUR ELEMENTS - Rock The Speakerbox Professional SFX

    Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces

     

    Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.

    Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds

    A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.

    • Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
    • Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
    • Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
    • Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
    • Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
    • Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
    • Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
    • Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
    • Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.

    Building Blocks – 416 Sounds

    Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.

    • Fire: Explosive bursts, blazing infernos, and warm embers.
    • Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
    • Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
    • Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.

    Design Kit – 192 Sounds

    A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.

    • Fire: Crackling flames, fiery bursts, and roaring infernos.
    • Earth: Crushing impacts, shifting ground, and massive land eruptions.
    • Water: Splashes, fluid manipulations, and crashing tidal waves.
    • Air: Slicing winds, swirling currents, and thunderous gusts.

     

    Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.

     

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    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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  • Bundles Audiohero – The Prodigy Play Track 300000 sounds included $5

    Download 50 Sound Effects for $9.99 within a month from a library of more than 300,000 tracks. We give you Access to a wide variety of collections from Sound Ideas and the Hollywood Edge, including categories such as ambiance, animals, comedy, cartoon, crashes, designed sounds, foley, feature film, guns, sci-fi, production elements, sports, surround sound, transportation, and the list goes on! Instead of purchasing a boutique library, choose from an extensive library ala carte. We provide you with the massive audio library without the large cost.

    The sound effects are all recorded in 24bit 96khz down to 16bit 44.1khz. These sound effects have been used in many productions such as feature films, video games and all types of broadcast.

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    Purchasing this offer gets you a special code that lets you download 50 sound effects from Audiohero.com within a month. The sounds you get with this purchase are covered under the Audiohero EULA.

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  • Hand Combat Sound Effects Violent Combat Play Track 4213 sounds included From: $135 From: $108

    THE RAW SOUND OF CINEMATIC FIGHTING

    VIOLENT COMBAT is a professional sound effects library built for fight scenes that demand impact. Packed with punch sound effects, fight sound effects, and powerful combat sound effects, it delivers everything from raw realism to over-the-top cinematic action. With improved fidelity and greater variation than its predecessor CLOSE COMBAT, this collection gives sound designers production-ready audio for film, TV, and games.

    Violent Combat | Sound Effects | Trailer

    From Realism to Cinematic Exaggeration

    Dial in the tone you need with dedicated categories: Martial Arts, Grounded, Over The Top, and Gory. Whether it’s kung fu sound effects, karate sounds, or exaggerated wrestling hits, you can shift seamlessly from authentic to stylised.

    Successor to Close Combat

    VIOLENT COMBAT builds on the legacy of CLOSE COMBAT with higher fidelity recordings, better-organised categories, and more variation. It’s the ideal companion, giving you the flexibility to cover every style of fight scene.

     

    Sounds That Land With Force

    Recorded with a wide range of props and techniques, each fighting sound effect has real weight. Where needed, selective pre-processing boosts impact, avoiding the flat results of real fight recordings.

    Production-Ready and Versatile

    Equally at home in film, TV drama, high-end game audio, or immersive theatre. From knockout sound effects to stylised fight sequences, Violent Combat is ready to drop straight into your mix.


    Included Sounds – KEYWORDS

    AIR, BODYFALL, CLOTH, CRUNCH, FINISHER, FURNITURE, GORE, GRAB, GRAPPLE, IMPACT, KICK, LEATHER, MARTIAL ARTS, METAL, MOVEMENT, PLASTIC, PUNCH, SLAP, SWISH, SWOOSH, THROW, WHOOSH

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    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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  • Weather Sound Effects Hyper Thunder Play Track 800+ sounds included $49.50

    Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.

    Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.

    Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.

    Key Features

    • 800+ files of synthesized thunder and lightning
    • Both designed hits and source layers for full creative control
    • Covers subtle distant rumbles through to massive cinematic impacts
    • Crafted 100% from synthesis for a unique, larger-than-life sound
    • Perfect for film, games, trailers, and any project needing storm power
    • Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER)

    From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.

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  • 638 meticulously processed stereo fire spells sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.

    The collection comes with hundreds of variations, more than 1 hour of content and many different type of fire spells. It also includes source sounds for more flexibility for your projects.

    This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.

    The library is fully focused on fire spells. You will find simple one shot magic firebolt, powerful high level fire spells, fire sword, berserker enchantments and so on. Spells such as fireball,  firewall, rain of fire, meteor, fire nova, magma storm, pyroblast, sword of Avernus, etc. are included in this library.

     

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  • Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of natural power and tranquility with the “Rain and Thunderstorm” sound collection, consisting of 4 Vol-s.
    This collection features a variety of looped sounds: light rain, night rain with loud thunderclaps, and other effects that will help you create the perfect atmosphere – from a quiet, secluded night, long scenes, or endless atmospheric effects without abrupt transitions, to a dramatic thunderstorm on the horizon.
    The recording was made by a Zoom H3-VR recorder in the Ambisonics A format (96 kHz 24 Bit) and then converted to the AmbiX and Stereo formats (96 kHz 24 Bit), which are located in different folders of this sound pack.


   

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