This week on A Sound Effect, we have a massive collection of new sound libraries to share with you.
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If you are looking for ambiences, check out the recordings of suburban New England rain, urban Scottish streets, convenient interior ambiences, a bundle of detailed insect sounds, a collection of terrifying soundscapes, and a bundle of reverberating chamber sounds.
Plus, get the perfect ambient mix with a modular collection of ambience layers, and simulate music spill to create realistic party environments without the copyright headaches.
You can also hear the unique sounds of preying red kites, India-themed slot games, gardening tools, a DJI Mavis 2 quadcopter, and SVD Dragunov - and there are more entries to the 'Mastergun' series with a VHS-2, SIG MCX Spear LT, FN SCAR-16, and Colt M16A4 RIS.
Happy listening!
'Symphonic Ambiences: Volume 1' by Audio Shade is the world's first modular ambience library. It features 41 scenes, 242 isolated layers, and over 15 hours of audio, with themes including cities, suburbs, offices, public places, and fictional locations.
'Red Kite' by Jake Fielding Sound was meticulously recorded and edited to feature calls from this majestic red kite bird-of-prey. It offers unparalleled creativity and flexibility with the distinctive and haunting call of the red kite as it echoes through the sky or resonates from a perch. Immerse yourself in the serene realm of nature with this magnificent sound library and let your creativity take flight.
'The Pyrenees' by GainWalkers is a collection of quad and stereo recordings taken in spring and summer time across several locations of the Regional Natural Park of the Ariège Pyrenees. The main focus of the collection is the wildlife present in forests and grasslands. It includes day and night recordings of birds, insects, flies, crickets, and more.
'INFRA' by MatiasMacSD is a sound library of 200 signature booms, pings, and atmospheric elements for horror productions with a disturbing and dissonant feel. All sounds are recorded in 24 Bit / 48 kHz and UCS compliant. Perfect for creating terrifying soundscapes.
'Backyard Rain & Thunder | Suburban New England Rain Recordings' by BØLT has clean rain recordings that are perfect for layering in suburban spaces. It includes two long thunderstorms that can be heard moving into the distance, as well as immersive, Ambisonic (AmbiX) recordings of rain captured from the inside of a tin shed.
'Music Spill' by TheWorkRoom Audio Post is a collection of six genres of music heard at various distances from outside as well as inside. The loops were created for easy duplication to match scene durations and stream lines the process of creating club/bar environments from scratch.
'Amazing India Slot Game Music and Sound Effects' by Fusehive.com can be used to create immersive and engaging India-themed slot games. It includes over 330 audio files with music loops, jingles, and SFX for every aspect of your game - from the base game to scatter symbols, UI sounds, and themed sounds.
'SSL49 MOVING WATER PART 3' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB is a collection of meticulously recorded water sounds from a noise-free swimming pool environment. The library includes a wide range of sounds, from ripples and drops to water movements, all captured with the utmost precision.
'Soft Transitions' by Cinematic Sound Design is a meticulously crafted collection of transitions, whooshes, sweeps, impacts, and more. It is perfect for films, advertising, games, and more, and sourced using high-grade equipment, like a Sound Devices 702, Sennheiser 8040s, and Neumann KM184.
'MASTERGUN – VHS-2' by Aftertouch Audio is a comprehensive collection of firearm recordings, captured at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata. It includes an extensive collection of shots and Foley recordings, and features 20 expertly placed microphones and various actions with the magazines.
'MASTERGUN – SIG MCX Spear LT' by Aftertouch Audio gets you unparalleled detail. Each shot was designed for game-ready perspect-ives, including 1st person, close, and distant - with and without tails - plus 3 body mics, 1 mech mic pair, 2 muzzle mics, and a 10-foot, 50-foot, 150-foot, and 250-foot mic pair.
'Gardening tools' by Spectro_SD has binaural and stereo (48 kHz / 42-bit) recordings of gardening tools, including shovels, rakes, pruners, watering cans, and wheelbarrows. The binaural recordings provide an immersive perspective of tool usage, while the stereo recordings are suitable for speaker playback. Files range from 9 seconds to 3 minutes.
'Ambiences from Glasgow and Edinburgh (Scotland)' by Robert Kubicki has authentic recordings from the two largest cities in Scotland. It features the lively atmosphere of Queen Street train station in Glasgow, energetic Friday and weekend crowds, the bustling Royal Mile during the Fringe Festival, cobblestone streets, the subway, and more.
'Reverb Chamber Bundle Vol. 2' by 344 Audio has 1.6GB of experimental and abstract sounds, meticulously recorded within a reverb chamber and skillfully crafted. The bundle includes three volumes that are ideal for adding mystery, eeriness, and tension to sci-fi, thriller, horror, and fantasy projects.
'DJI Mavic 2 Pro 2018 UAD uncrewed aerial vehicle drone quadcopter' by Krampfstadt Studio is a collection of uncrewed aerial vehicle drone quadcopter sound effects. It has flying and Foley sounds, as well as mechanical and electrical sounds - all recorded in 32bit / 192 kHz with RØDE NTG1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 mics, and a MixPre-6 II recorder.
'Interior Ambiences Vol 1' by Soundopolis is a collection of room tones and handy sounds to help you build interior ambiences. It includes wind, thunder, rain, hail, bathroom fans, HVAC humidifier dripping sounds, furnace pops, and footsteps on the floor above the microphone position - plenty of nice, quiet, airy room tones to use as your base layer.
'Ultrasonic Insects Bundle' by Nicolas Titeux is a collection of over 80 insect songs and flights, recorded with precision, patience, and love over two years. It includes over 40 species of grasshoppers, crickets, bush-crickets, and cicadas, as well as a rare death's head hawk-moth, 2 species of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and 7 species of flying insects.
'MASTERGUN – Colt M16A4 RIS' by Aftertouch Audio is a collection of dry firearm recordings catered towards video game development. It includes both suppressed and unsuppressed shots, as well as a deep collection of mechanical sounds, including 4 muzzles, 2 mechs, 6 body options, and 8 distant perspectives.
'SVD Dragunov' by Dramatic Cat includes raw shots from 16 recording positions, up to 80 meters away. They used a large array of mics to capture every detail, including high SPL microphones for mech sounds, a CO-100k for ultrasonic content, and a large-diaphragm mic close to the ground for punchy low ends.
'Ultrasonic Insects Vol 2' by Nicolas Titeux has 3,000+ kilometers of insect songs recorded in 12 beautiful and quiet French sites with close-miking for unparalleled quality. It is perfect for sound designers, composers, and filmmakers who want to add a unique and immersive element to their creative projects.
'MASTERGUN – FN SCAR 16' by Aftertouch Audio contains 20 microphone perspectives of the FN SCAR 16 assault rifle, recorded at 192kHz and delivered in Broadcast WAV format with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata. It includes both suppressed and unsuppressed shots, as well as a deep collection of mechanical sounds.
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Deep Ice is a unique sound collection capturing the organic power and delicate beauty of ice in motion. Recorded with precision on frozen lakes, this library offers an immersive palette of crystalline cracks, deep impacts, and pure debris.
You will find:
– Under-ice recordings with an Aquarian H2d hydrophone: deep cracks and resonant fractures
– Surface recordings in XY stereo with Schoeps CCM4: sharp impacts, hits, textures, cracks, and debris
These sounds are ideal for films and series sound design, video games, and musicals creations. Each recording has been carefully cleaned and formatted to UCS standards.
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Harbor and Ocean is a smaller micro library featuring a mix of Ocean and Harbor sounds. This features some recordings of Seagulls in a harbor, a large group of Cormorants and sea Pigeons hanging out on old dock pilings, and morning birds in a lake marina. There’s also a few various sounds of ocean waves on different beaches, water laps on rock jetty’s and a lake dock, a barge ship heading out of the harbor, and general industrial harbor ambience.
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