This week on A Sound Effect, we have a wide variety of new sound libraries, from the tranquil ambiences of a wintery Germany to the bustling everyday life of Spain. Whether you’re looking for realistic sounds for your next film, video game, or music project, we have you covered.
If you’re looking for Foley, hear detailed binoculars, creaky wooden doors, squeaky dishwasher doors, playful construction toys, and crystalline ice.
For more creative sounds, check out designed sounds of out of the box cardboard, morphing mutation and evolution sounds, and power tools to give limbs to your robots!
For your video games, we have a collection of essential sounds, monstrous robotic creatures, expressive human vocalizations, and zany cartoon sound effects.
And for vehicles, be sure to check out our recordings of powerful Huey helicopters and a sleek Can-Am Ryker motorcycle. Happy listening!
Sound library highlight by Adriane Kuzminski
Videogame Foley Essentials Vol. II
'Videogame Foley Essentials Vol. II' by Sonic Bat is a collection of 1,454 short, snappy one-shots that can be layered, stretched, and bent to create a variety of effects. The sounds are organized by type, such as foliage, footsteps, rocks, and rummaging, and jiggling to help you create engaging soundscapes.
Construction Toys
'Construction Toys' by Sound Armoury contains 2,200+ recordings of popular building toys. You'll get a wide variety of satisfying clicks, pops, and other sounds. The files are tagged with UCS-compliant metadata and available for commercial or personal use without attribution.
Elemental Mutation
'Elemental Mutation' by Epic Stock Media captures the subtle nuances of material growth and evolution, as well as dramatic and unsettling sounds of unnatural transformation. It includes 1083 loops, 20 GB of audio samples, and over 9.5 hours of game audio in 96k 24bit .wav format.
Robotic Creatures Sound FX
'Robotic Creatures Sound FX' by David Dumais Audio was recorded and designed for robotic, sci-fi, and mechanical creatures. The pack includes a wide range of sounds, such as roars, growls, calls, vocalizations, footsteps, scanners, alarms, processing effects, and power on/off - all easily searchable.
Huey Helicopters
'Huey Helicopters' by Watson Wu features UH-1 Iroquois helicopters, including a variety of movements, such as takeoffs, landings, hovers, and flybys, as well as interior and exterior sounds. The library is perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers who need realistic helicopter sounds
Wooden Doors
'Wooden Doors' by SoundFellas features various wooden doors of all sizes, including apartments, closets, cupboards, and library doors, as they are opened, closed, locked, unlocked, and more. They are offered in a modular format, so you can combine them to create realistic and dynamic door behaviors for your puzzle boxes, contraptions, etc.
Squealing Dishwasher Door
'Squealing Dishwasher Door' by Hidden Sound has recordings of dishwashers squealing, rubbing, knocking, squeaking, and creaking. The sounds are dissonant and metallic, and can be used to add atmosphere or design to your project.
Cartoon SFX Vol. 3
'Cartoon SFX Vol. 3' by 344 Audio has sound effects and voices that can be used to add life to animated and cartoon productions. It includes a wide variety of sounds, from sci-fi to fairy tales, created by manipulating voices and tinkering with props to create classic, cartoon-like effects.
Professional Boxer: Cardboard
Unbox your creativity with 'Professional Boxer: Cardboard' by Decal Audio features cardboard box SFX ranging from single boxes sliding, handling, rubbing, opening, closing and squeaking to multiple boxes being stacked, moved, and dropped. Great source material for the ultimate sound manipulation.
Water Streams and Waves
'Water Streams and Waves' by SoundFellas has sounds of flowing water, including streams, drops, gurgles, bubbles, and waves. This collection is perfect for creating realistic and dynamic water effects, and offered in a variety of formats to match your project.
Human Vocalization Bundle
'Human Vocalization Bundle' by Boom Box Library has non-English vocalizations recorded from adult women and men, as well as babies and kids. They are pitch-adjustable, and the talking, singing, and babbling were performed with nonsense words.
The Guitaresque Power Tools Library
'The Guitaresque Power Tools Library' by Pole Position Production has recordings of power tools being used to create unusual and otherworldly sounds. They include a variety of tools, such as drills, saws, and sanders, all processed to create a variety of effects, such as rising and falling tones and one-shots.
Residential Forest III – WINTER
'Residential Forest III – WINTER' by chromsound gets you recordings of suburban, residential, and forest ambiences in Germany recorded in January 2023 from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m. on the next day. It captures birds singing, gardeners, dogs barking, roosters calling, jets passing, dead silence, eerie rustling, and more.
Ambisonic Rain & Thunders
'Ambisonic Rain & Thunders' by Sen6 is a collection of 39 Ambisonic recordings of rain and thunder, captured at various locations in the countryside. It includes 11 isolated thunder samples, and is suitable for post-production, VR/AR experiences, game development, and any real-time 3D audio engine.
Ice – Multichannel recordings
'Ice – Multichannel recordings' by IVO VICIC SOUND LIBRARIES provides multichannel recordings of ice. The library includes stereo, mono, and underwater/under ice recordings, as well as metadata about the equipment and format used.
Sounds of Spain
'Sounds of Spain' by Jake Fielding Sound has recordings of everyday life in Spain. The library includes sounds of people, places, and events, such as markets, public transport, universities, local football matches, cultural and religious events, and more. Perfect for your film, television, video games, and more.
The Foley Vault: Binoculars
'The Foley Vault: Binoculars' by 344 Audio is a collection of original Foley recordings of binoculars captured with a Sennheiser MKH50 microphone. The sounds were originally performed for a variety of feature and short film projects and are now available for your own film, game, and television productions.
Afternoon Neighborhood Ambience
'Afternoon Neighborhood Ambience' by Ferreira the Sound Guy has 24 ambient sounds recorded in a quiet neighborhood at sunset and during the golden hour. The sounds include dogs barking, birds singing, cars and motorcycles passing by, and more - all recorded with a Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone and post-produced for maximum quality.
Can-Am Ryker 900 2019 3-wheel touring motorcycle
'Can-Am Ryker 900 2019 3-wheel touring motorcycle' by Krampfstadt Studio features high-quality recordings of the motorcycle's engine, exhaust, brakes, and other sounds. All files are recorded 32bit / 192 kHz with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones and a Sound Devices MixPre-6 I recorder.
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