13 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen

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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.
 
  • Industrial Ambiences Art Machines – Fantasy apparatus and kinetic engines Play Track 201 sounds included, 300 mins total $83

    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.

     

     

     

     

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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.

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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.
 
  • Environments & Ambiences World Atmospheres – Gabon Play Track 84 sounds included, 368 mins total $63

    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.

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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 $40

    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.
 
  • Universal Category System (UCS) Cute Casual Music Pack Play Track 13 sounds included, 20 mins total $100

    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!

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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 / Comedy / Cartoon Funny Orchestra 2 Play Track 230 sounds included $20

    “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.
 
  • Aircraft - Jet/Propeller Plane Sound Effects Santa Monica Airport (SB107) Play Track 129+ sounds included $50

    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.

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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.
 
  • Universal Category System (UCS) Casual Fun Music Pack Play Track 14 sounds included, 21 mins total $100

    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!

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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.
 

 
 
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A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

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    Metal Sound Effects Just Chains Play Track 973 sounds included $14

    As you’ve probably guessed from the title, this SFX library is all about metal chain sound effects. Various sizes of chains were pulled, dropped, shaken, rattled, whipped, hung, dangled and jingled.

    These sounds could come in handy for a wide range of purposes like morning star swings / whips, coin ringing, chain metal armor movements, hoists, addons for footstep movements and many more.

    So if you’re after any kind of metal chain sounds, this SFX library is one to get!

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  • Foley Sound Effects Buttons & Switches Play Track 2000+ sounds included $17.50

    This new library gets you a huge collection of all kinds of Buttons, Switches, Knobs, Levers, Sliders – that were pushed hard (and soft).

    From small buttons, small mechanics to big levers of different materials.
    Perfectly cleaned and edited for direct use.

    Whenever there is something to be pushed, pressed, released, hit, clicked, pulled – you’ll find the sounds to go with it here.

    All sounds are delivered as BWF tagged, 24Bit / 96kHz wav-files

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  • Travel & Transportation Wooden Ship Ambiences Play Track 50 sounds included, 85 mins total $149.99

    Ahoy Mateys! Step aboard the finest sailing ship sound effects library in the land.

    Whether you’re working on an exciting Pirates of the Caribbean style video game or a relaxing sea-faring romance, the hours of exceptional background loops and additional cutting edge ship sounds contained within this sound pack will set your project on a course to excellence!

    EXPLORE AN ENTIRE SHIP

    Whether your adventure takes place in the MAIN DECK, CABIN, BELOW DECK, atop the CROWS NEST, in a MEDIEVAL PORT, or on a DISTANT SHIP in the HIGH SEAS we’ve got you covered! Each ambience contains MULTIPLE VARIATIONS, ALL-WEATHER CONDITIONS, and MULTIPLE INTENSITIES to cover every part of the ship, on the rough and calm seas, this sound effects library is perfect for every situation you need.

    A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER

    Our expert team of sound designers has meticulously crafted each ambience into CONTINUOUS, NON-REPETITIVE, DRAG AND DROP-READY LOOPS that will serve as perfect background audio for your game, film, animation, live event, or even as relaxing background audio! We have even included FULL and SIMPLIFIED MIXES, ISOLATED WEATHER, OCEAN and WOOD CRACKING versions, SHORT and LONG non-repetitive variants, and numerous other options for your convenience!

    TREASURE APLENTY

    With FREE UPDATES, FOREVER! and FREE BONUS AMBIENCES: MEDIEVAL PORT and isolated, SEA, SAILS, and FLAG FLAPPING, Ship’s BELL RINGING, WEATHER, and WOOD CRACKING SOUNDS, all supplied in industry-standard Hi-Rez WAV and Hi-Quality MP3 formats, there’s no better time to set sail on the high seas with this ONE OF A KIND sound pack!

    So what are you waiting for? Take command of this UNIQUE library and begin your journey on the high seas today!

    KEY FEATURES:

    • Huge variety of Old Wooden Ship Interior and Exterior Ambiences, All Weather Conditions and Additional Useful BONUS Sound Effects for every scene or situation.
    • Multiple variants and intensities for your convenience and additional edit options (lengths, looping versions, stingers, etc.).
    • Ready to use – requires no editing, labelling or splicing. Categorized, organized and individually labeled files for maximum use efficiency
    • All files are included in Hi-Rez WAV, High-Quality WAV and High-Quality MP3 formats
    • FREE Updates to higher versions, FOREVER!


    DOWNLOAD NOW TO INSTANTLY TURN YOUR PROJECT INTO A TRUE MASTERPIECE!

     

    • pirate sound effects library bundle Ship Sailing Ambience Old Wooden Boat Interior & Exterior Environment

    MASSIVE SAVINGS: The Pirate Sound Effects Bundle combines essential pirate-themed sounds—weapons, ships, ambiences, voiceovers, and more—into one comprehensive package. Save significantly by purchasing the bundle instead of individual packs. Click here to explore the bundle and save! 

     

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  • City Life Sound Effects Streetscape Play Track 27 sounds included, 117 mins total $40

    Streetscape is an extremely focused urban ambience library: It features nearly two hours of exterior stereo recordings of only a few city blocks, portraying a gritty and dense urban setting, perfect for any urban thriller, modern noir, or cyberpunk project.

    Recorded four stories above street level in San Francisco, articulate details are balanced with natural diffusion and slapback in this dense urban corridor, allowing the recordings to sit in a mix with definition but without distraction. The recordings are between three and nine minutes long, have UCS-compliant filenames and metadata, and are provided with markers describing significant sound events. They have been carefully curated to not have any music from radios inside passing vehicles or local businesses, no wind, only adult voices, and only a handful of birds can be heard in a few of the recordings.

    The ambiences range from quiet and sparse to vibrant and active, with shouts and murmurs between car pass-bys and other events, echoing off the buildings crowded together like uninterrupted canyon walls. The city comes to life through the clanks of truck lift gates, rattling manhole covers, skateboard wheels over sidewalks, and even open grates down to the subway below, emitting an infamous “howl” as the train cars pass underground. Conversations, arguments, vehicular beeps, garbage trucks, electric buses, motorcycles, hydraulic brake releases, jackhammers, police sirens, car alarms, and more provide textures and specific sounds useful for any story set in a big city.

    Whether used as full beds or sliced up into specific sound events, Streetscape can help build a dynamic, lived-in city soundscape for your film, show, or game.

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  • Cinematic/Trailer Instruments Nepalese Frame Drum (Dhyāngro) Play Track 71 sounds included $24

    The Dhyāngro is a Nepalese Frame Drum, often used by the Shamans during special ceremonies. I had the opportunity to sample one that was made in 1930. I’ve captured the sounds of the drum in a variety of different ways, including:

    – Various impacts
    – Bead Rolls
    – Skin Slides

    And it also includes pre made Drum Loops to give you inspiration for new song ideas.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects SENTINEL Play Track 748+ sounds included From: $49

    SENTINEL is a cinematic sound library crafted by French sound designer Julien Caraz, known for his raw, visceral approach to audio storytelling. Created exclusively for HorrorSound, this collection is a deep dive into organic sonics, stylized textures, and hybrid cinematic intensity.

    Built for composers, trailer editors and sound designers, music producers working in film, TV, video games, and dark audio environments, SENTINEL delivers cutting-edge audio assets that push the boundaries of traditional sound libraries.

    At the core of SENTINEL is a versatile collection of pulsing, tempo-synced loops, clearly labeled with BPM and key information. These elements are purpose-built to provide the foundation of your cues—delivering tension, momentum, and a sense of narrative progression with ease.

    What’s Inside
    Over 750 high-quality WAV sounds, broken down into:

    430 Loops
    Fully stemmed and mixed for maximum flexibility
    BPM + Key labeled
    Rhythmic beds, pulsing grooves, evolving patterns

    320 One-Shots
    Braams
    Impacts & Hits
    Drones & Abstract Textures
    Risers
    Signature Sounds

    Designed For
    Film & Game Sound Design
    Horror, Thriller & Sci-Fi Scores
    Trailer Music Production
    Ambient & Experimental Music
    Audio Post & Immersive Installations

    Available in three separate versions:
    Complete – 750+ sounds $99
    Loops Only – 430 sounds $69
    One-Shots Only – 327 sounds $49

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  • Bundles MASTERGUN – RPK-74 Play Track 1430 sounds included $90

    The Master Gun RPK-74 Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.

    Raw Recordings

    Our raw shots features a total of 28 channels including 13 Stereo and 2 mono sources. All of our close and mid spaced pair Microphone options can be used as two independent mono microphones. The right side of every spaced pair will have more Mech than its left side counterpart.
    Every single gun has been recorded using the same gain settings on the same recorders, and we have level matched each microphone option between the same calibers so your 50ft microphones will be the same or similar across all libraries that share the same calibers. This makes mixing large amounts of weapons easier as the loudness and character of each gun is predictable.

    Our foley features a total of 4 audio channels with 1 Stereo and 2 mono sources, including the Sanken CO-100k which captures frequencies above 100kHz for extreme pitch shifting workflows.

    Suppressed Recordings

    In addition to the unsuppressed shot recordings, we’ve also sampled the RPK-74 with a suppressor attachment. The suppressed RPK-74 was sampled right after the unsuppressed recordings using the exact same microphone setup as the unsuppressed version. This provides you a seamless transition between the unsuppressed and the suppressed recordings.
    The suppressed recordings also have the added benefit of muting the shot layers which helps bring out the intricate details of the mechanism (mech layers).
    Because adding a suppressor to the firearm increases the weapons muzzle velocity, the fire rate of the suppressed weapon is slightly faster than its unsuppressed counterpart.

    Designed Mixes

    Created from the ground up we’ve designed a collection of game-ready mixes for your next project. If you are creating your own custom weapons system and would like to use our designed mixes in your project, you can use our no-tail options which are our realistic designed mixes without our tail layers. Just drag, and drop.

    UCS compatible metadata embedded

    All files contain extensive metadata to provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 Play Track 450+ sounds included, 129 mins total $15

    Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 is a sound effect library for creating exciting scenes in science fiction films, cartoons, animations and video games.These sounds convey the feeling of dynamic and fast spaceship flights, immersing the listener in the world of intergalactic adventures.

    Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 includes flybys of 30 spaceships.

    There are 3 variations of sound duration: 5, 15 and 30 seconds (+- 2 sec.), including 5

    variations of spaceship movement in position in the stereo image, namely:

    1. Main (Stereo)
    2. Flying from left to right
    3. Flying from right to left
    4. Mono To Stereo (flying towards the viewer)
    5. Stereo To Mono (flying away from the viewer)

    As a result, each spacecraft has 15 options for flying past.

    Demo files for review (5, 15 and 30 second versions of the spaceship flybys “Stereo To Mono”) from the sound set “Spaceship Flying By Vol.2” in mp3 format with watermarks can be downloaded from this link.

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