This week on A Sound Effect, we explore 18 new sound libraries covering a rich variety of sonic territory – from intimate swimmer-perspective recordings and Cuban street ambiences to a 2,294-strong tactical firearms collection and modular sci-fi effects built for layering.
You’ll also find deep bass impacts and LFE elements for trailers, crisp card and paper foley, granular crackle textures for game audio, a 2006 Audi TT captured at 192 kHz, ambisonic rain and thunder recordings, household foley, room tone bundles, bird-inspired UI sounds, viral video effects, mech combat voice lines, and more.
Frick & Traa
SWIM – Open Water
This collection captures 125 sounds of open-water swimming, including breathing, stroking, and splashing, all recorded from the swimmer’s point of view.
Rock The Speakerbox
Armory – Tactical Firearms
A massive firearms library with close-miked and ambient perspectives across tactical and military weapons – 2,294 recordings covering multiple firing conditions and situations.
Armory - Tactical Firearms
Rock The Speakerbox149,00 $
112,00 $
Armory - Tactical Firearms2294 sounds included • 178 min total
Theo Sound Design
Sci-Fi Modular Sounds Pack
An expanding library of 2,000+ futuristic effects designed as building blocks you combine and recombine into unexpected new textures.
Sci-Fi Modular Sounds Pack
Theo Sound Design49,00 $
35,00 $
Sci-Fi Modular Sounds Pack2000+ sounds included
Textures Sound
Cuba Ambiances
This ambience sound library captures Cuban markets, streets, and countryside across different times of day. 28 distinct soundscapes with warmth and texture.
badsound
badBass
A deep low-end collection of sub dives, LFE rumbles, and bass-heavy hits, bringing you 2,353 impacts built to add physical weight to trailers and game audio.
SmartsoundFX
Card & Paper
This foley library gets you 593 paper and cardboard recordings, from ripples and flutters to tears, scissors cuts, and stacks of rustling sheets.
badsound
Cracklehead
A granular texture library with crackles, clicks, and glitchy sounds – 1,590 files with 9 variations each for interactive and game audio.
Polarsound Productions
Household Interior Foley Vol. 1
A focused foley collection built around kitchens and bathrooms, featuring drawers, switches, surfaces, and the daily sounds of home living.
Household Interior Foley Vol. 1
Polarsound Productions49,00 $
39,00 $
Household Interior Foley Vol. 1474 sounds included • 7 min total
Krampfstadt Studio
Audi TT 2006 sports car
Recorded at 32-bit, 192 kHz, this library covers interior and exterior driving, engine, and mechanical textures in UCS format.
Audi TT 2006 sports car
Krampfstadt Studio65,00 $
Audi TT 2006 sports car220 sounds included • 72 min total
Pasi Pitkänen / PPSFX
Room Tone Bundle
Three room tone libraries bundled into one, getting you 477+ minutes of clean, neutral indoor recordings for dialogue editing and post-production.
Room Tone Bundle
Pasi Pitkänen / PPSFX70,00 $
52,50 $
Room Tone Bundle173 sounds included • 477 min total
IVO VICIC SOUND LIBRARIES
Ambisonic Rain and Rolling Thunder
Long-form rain and thunder recordings in ambisonic format, captured across urban, rural, and natural environments – 74+ files ready for spatial audio.
Ambisonic Rain and Rolling Thunder
IVO VICIC SOUND LIBRARIES27,00 $
23,00 $
Ambisonic Rain and Rolling Thunder74+ sounds included • 173 min total
Audio Packs
Foosball
Get detailed recordings of a foosball table, from ball kicks and rod spins to goal impacts and the satisfying mechanical clatter of a full match.
Master of Dreams
Avian Interface
A UI sound library shaped entirely from bird recordings. Chirps and organic tones processed into notifications, button clicks, and interface feedback.
WAVEMOTION
InstaSounds – Viral Video SFX
This short-form video toolkit gets you 126 effects – punchy transitions, comedic hits, dramatic stingers, and social media-ready cues.
InstaSounds – Viral Video Sound Effects Toolkit
WAVEMOTION19,00 $
17,10 $
InstaSounds – Viral Video Sound Effects Toolkit126 sounds included
Medartimus Sounds
MechWarrior Combat Voice Lines
Get 300 HD voice commands for mech combat, like battle callouts, tactical orders, status reports, and robotic pilot communications.
MechWarrior Combat Voice Lines Commands
Medartimus Sounds34,99 $
24,99 $
MechWarrior Combat Voice Lines Commands300 sounds included
Audio Packs
Electric Scooter
This urban vehicle library captures the electric scooter in detail, covering motor hum, acceleration, braking, and rolling movement across surfaces.
Pasi Pitkänen / PPSFX
Living Space
Clean residential room tones from 16 different living spaces, totaling 48 minutes of quiet, consistent backgrounds for dialogue and ambience work.
Blueprints Library
KEYBOARDS – Topre REALFORCE
This library gives you the distinctive soft, tactile feel of a premium Topre electrostatic keyboard, with 50 precisely recorded keypress sounds.
KEYBOARDS - Topre REALFORCE TKL SA for Mac
Blueprints Library10,00 $
8,00 $
KEYBOARDS - Topre REALFORCE TKL SA for Mac50 sounds included