This week on A Sound Effect, explore a universe of captivating sound libraries!
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Travel across the earth and space by exploring futuristic alien vehicles, otherworldly drones, calming waters of Madeira, serene Alpine forests, calm wintery mountains, dark dense caves, bright springtime ambiences, and detailed rains, thunder, and storms.
Or transport your audience with French hatchbacks and diverse car passbys, or explore smaller mechanical items, like air compressors, clicking groaning metal, broken hair dryers, or vintage mechanical keyboards.
Finally, bring a vibrant energy to your sound design with crowd applause, competitive volleyball matches, exciting medieval instruments, and massive trailer sounds, or give them a little "pick up" in a more literal sense (before setting them back down). Happy listening!
'MetalMotion' by Studio Obsidian helps you craft various metal movements, from subtle clicks to roaring groans. It features over 4 hours of recordings performed with unique prop combinations, covering scenarios like robot motions, weapon sounds, and monster roars.
'Cave Design' by In Motion Audio contains sound effects for creating realistic cave ambiences. It includes 18 pre-designed soundscapes and 6 water drop samples, all with matching reverb for consistency, as well as dry versions for customized reverb options.
'Vintage Mechanical Keyboards' by MissileGoose gets you sounds from 7 unique keyboards, including the iconic IBM Model M and a quirky 1978 Stocktrader model. Each keyboard was expertly recorded to capture its nuances, from keystrokes to finger rolls and switch creaks.
'Applauses' by Krampfstadt Studio offers 50 diverse applause recordings captured across various indoor and outdoor locations, featuring small and large audiences, with and without cheering. It provides a wide range of options in 32bit/192kHz for adding realistic applause to your projects.
'Maderian Water' by Pole Position Production features 14 recordings from the archipelago's diverse water sources. It offers the sounds of waves on beaches and piers, flowing streams, and trickling water drips - all meticulously labeled with detailed metadata.
'Sounds of Nature: Alpine Forest' by FENNEC FX features the serene beauty of the Alpine Forest, captured in pristine high-altitude locations. It features the gentle wind rustling through trees, chirping birds, and the occasional creaking branch.
'Spring Ambiences' by IVO VICIC SOUND LIBRARIES offers spring ambiences and textures captured in diverse locations, from rural areas and forests to urban parks. Recordings are rich with life, featuring chirping birds, buzzing insects, and flowing water.
'Drone Sounds Vol. 5' by Ferreira the Sound Guy offers 20 impactful drone sounds crafted with plugins and effects. With a total duration of ~22 minutes, it includes detailed metadata for easy organization. Breathe life into your projects with these versatile and captivating soundscapes.
'The Compressed Air Library' by Pole Position Production offers diverse sound effects of pressurized air interacting with everyday objects. It features 39 recordings including bursts, blasts, and sprays on items like beer cans, dish baskets, and guitars in 192kHz with multiple takes and detailed metadata.
'CURATED THUNDER' by Sound Assets has 321 recordings across diverse environments like city streets and forests. Capturing the full spectrum of thunder's intensity, it offers dramatic strikes, distant rumbles, and everything in between, both as isolated elements and entire storms.
'CURATED STORMS' by Sound Assets has 78 unique recordings across diverse environments like city streets, parks, and forests. It captures the intensity of storms, from dramatic beginnings to calming ends, including both isolated elements and full-length recordings.
'Pick Up & Set Down' by Vadi Sound Library features diverse materials (wood, metal, plastic, etc.), actions (fast, slow, hard, etc.), and surfaces (ceramic, wood, etc.) being picked up and set down, providing a vast, versatile, and intuitive resource for sound designers.
'Medieval Phrases Fiddle Nyckelharpa' by Sonuscore transports you to a time of vibrant markets and lively taverns. This virtual instrument library captures the essence of medieval music with authentic recordings of the fiddle and nyckelharpa.
'Volleyball Match Ambience' by Sonic Bat offers over 3.5 hours of captivating recordings from professional and regional matches in Portugal. Experience the roar of the crowd, the squeak of sneakers, and the whistle of the referee, all captured from a central front-row perspective.
'CURATED RAIN' by Sound Assets features 39 recordings from diverse environments like city streets, parks, and forests. Hear a variety of rain intensities, from gentle drizzles to heavy downpours, including isolated rain sections and complete storms. Plus, it has a standardized and detailed metadata for easy searching.
'Renault Megane 1999' by Krampfstadt Studio features this late '90s French hatchback. Using premium equipment, it captures interior and exterior driving sounds, Foley effects, and mechanical and electrical sounds - all categorized and following UCS standards for easy searching.
'WINTER SCAPE' by Audio Field lets you embark on a winter journey through the Cantal Mountains. Captured in challenging snowy conditions, it features the serenity of snow-covered forests, the rush of wind through frozen trees, and the gurgle of icy streams.
'Sci-Fi Vehicles Vol. 2' by 344 Audio was inspired by diverse concepts to deliver an electric hoverbike, fire speeder, space bike, and a futuristic dystopian car. Each vehicle comes with engine sounds (start, idle, acceleration, etc.) and 12 pass-bys at various speeds and distances.
'Broken Hair Dryer' by In Motion Audio captures the demise of a hairdryer, including switch clicks, button rattles, and the final EMF-type noise leading to its demise. Great for projects like film, games, and documentaries, and complete with metadata and a sound list.
'Big Screen Trailers' by Ni Sound offers over 520 hand-crafted sounds engineered specifically for trailers. From classic impacts and whooshes to modern, processed effects, it caters to various genres and moods with rich, textured ambiences, string elements, and more.
'The 100 Pass Bys Library' by Pole Position Production has 100 recordings of vehicles like cars, motorcycles, and trucks passing by at different speeds. It offers realistic and diverse vehicles from European sports cars to American SUVs, and covers a wide range of vehicles from the '70s to present day.
