This week on A Sound Effect, we explore 18 new sound effects libraries – from a 1955 Citroën DS and an ambisonic Costa Rican rainforest to a retro B-movie sci-fi pack with Theremin recreations, soccer stadium chants, and a 1,725-workpart radio imaging bundle.
You’ll also find ten sports cars, a 2004 BMW R1200GS, a 90s office fax machine, two volumes of household foley, 50 Serum 2 whooshes, aluminium crutch foley, a jungle adventure UI kit, fantasy game UI, 18 Central European bird species, ambisonic Costa Rican nature, 3rd-order sci-fi Atmos ambiences, and musical sound design built from glockenspiel, piano strings, and kalimba.
Central American Jungle Bioma Vol 1
First-order ambisonic recordings from three Costa Rican ecological zones – rainforest, coastal jungle, and dry transitional forest – delivered at 96 kHz with binaural and 7.1.2 renders.
Quietsub FX Radio Imaging Workparts Full Bundle
A five-volume bundle of 1,725 radio imaging workparts, covering lasers, warps, whooshes, impacts, slams, station IDs, and talk beds for commercial radio production.
Sport Cars 2
Ten iconic sports cars from 1968 to 2011 captured at 32-bit / 192 kHz. RPM perspectives, interior and exterior driving, and complete mechanical foley on each.
Harmonic
Musical sound design built around tonal textures and percussive rhythms, from glockenspiel rolls and piano-string plucks to kalimba phrases, chimes, and abstract synth motifs.
Spatial Sci-Fi Ambisonic Soundscapes
This sci-fi toolkit gives you 3rd-order ambisonic ambiences for Atmos and VR, featuring alien spaceship interiors, distorted cave motions, ethereal drones, and biomorphic creature movements.
Nature and Water Ambisonic Experience
Captured at 96 kHz in first-order ambisonics, this nature pack covers Pacific cliffs, Caribbean shoreline, mountain rivers, and tropical Costa Rican interior.
Birds of Central Europe 4
This fourth volume of Central Europe bird recordings adds 18 species through the four seasons, recorded with a Neumann KM184 and a Telinga parabolic dish.
BMW R1200GS 2004 dual sport motorcycle
A 2004 adventure-touring motorcycle with the signature 1170cc boxer-twin pulse. Captured at 32-bit / 192 kHz with synchronized RPM loops from 2000 to 6000 and full foley.
Retro Fax Machine Sounds
Get the life of a 90s office fax machine in 24-bit / 96 kHz, with plastic button presses, motor whir, paper handling, dial tones, and connection beeps.
Everyday Life Household Vol.2
A second volume of household foley with 250+ sounds, including solid wood doors, crystal glassware, silverware clinks, and bedroom and bathroom textures at 24-bit / 48 kHz.
Citroen DS 1955 executive car
202 files documenting a 1955 Citroën DS – the mid-century French executive – captured at 32-bit / 192 kHz with multi-gear driving, dashboard buttons, and heavy-door foley.
Cinematic Whoosh
Built with Serum 2, this library packs 50 cinematic whooshes at 24-bit / 48 kHz, each with five variations for trailer transitions and motion graphics.
Stadium Ambience
Live soccer matchday recordings totaling 44 minutes at 96 kHz – supporter chants, drum anthems, pitch-side player movement, referee whistles, and coaches shouting from the sidelines.
Everyday Life Household Vol.1 Foley SFX
250+ organic household foley recordings at 24-bit / 48 kHz, from kitchen appliance hums and light-switch clicks to metal, glass, plastic, and liquid textures.
Crutch – Internal & External
A focused foley library built around standard aluminium crutches, with walks, handling, pickups, and drops on carpet, wood, concrete, tile, grass, asphalt, and dirt.
Fantasy UI
This fantasy UI pack covers five styles – chibi mobile, dark fantasy, general RPG, light fantasy, and oriental – with button clicks, menu transitions, and reward stingers.
Sounds from the Ionosphere – Retro Sci-Fi Pack
Retro B-movie sci-fi packed into 300+ sounds and nine categories. Think Theremin, Trautonium, Novachord, and Rhythmicon recreations run through real hardware echo and reverb.
Canopy – Jungle Adventure UI Kit
579 synthesized UI sounds shaped around a jungle adventure theme, featuring wood, stone, metal, bells, percussion, bird-like tones, and water textures for retro exploration games.
