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This week on A Sound Effect we have 14 new sound libraries with so many Western European ambiences it feels like free tour on the Eurorail! You can hear city ambiences from Berlin, Madrid, London, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Brussels, Brugge, and Gant, as well as French and Cantabrian countrysides, exciting football games in the Vicente Calderón Stadium, and Spanish gym ambiences. Did we mention these are pretty much all surround recordings? We also have high-tech sounds of robots and gear drones, and an extensive board game sound library. Happy listening!
Robotic Lifeforms 2

'Robotic Lifeforms 2' by SoundMorph uses some of the most advanced microphones, Kyma, and synths to bring you an advanced and modern robot library with over 2,700 designed sounds and 1,300 source audio files recorded in 192 kHz 24-bit to let you pitch the sounds and create new ones of your own.
 
  • A very flavourful and expressive vintage single-seater race car from the late 1950s !

    This car has been recorded on a private circuit. It has a very peculiar peculiarness : its engine had issues and emitted a specific staccato/typewriter type of sound. So, if you’re looking for a car with some character, look no further my good person. We at Big Pizza Sniffers always strive to deliver you something functionally broken in the best quality possible. It’s obviously not broken to the point of not working. This is a very very fast car that did very fast laps. It’s just peculiar. Listen to the demo attached.

    We’ve recorded a couple laps with 3 onboards mics, as well as exteriors with a Schoeps MS setup : a startup to drive away, an arrival to stop, and some idle on the track.

    It’s a short little library that can cover your many needs if you have a vintage/flavourful race car scene. It can also function as asmr if you’re a really big fan of the madmax movies.

Board Games - Gamedesigner's Audio Toolkit 01

'Board Games - Gamedesigner's Audio Toolkit 01' by CB_Sounddesign covers 6 main categories - dice, pawns (or meeples or checkers), tokens made of cardboard and wood, plastic pieces, and more.
 
  • The Board Game Sound Library features more than 2.350 sounds.

    These sound effects are especially useful when it comes to creating games that simulate real boardgames or modern apps featuring game mechanisms as dice rolling and moving tokens.

    The Board Game Sound Library covers 6 main categories, granting easy access to a variety of sounds — dice, pawns (or meeples or checkers) moving, tokens made of cardboard and wood, plastic pieces and many more.

    The sounds provided by the Board Game Sound Library have been carefully produced, selected, edited and tested.

    The Board Game Sound Library offers a great variety. Especially in games, sound repetitions of the same recording-take when rolling a dice or moving a pawn can bore the audience. So within this library, the sounds have been recorded in many different repetitions and variations.

    All sounds of the Board Game Sound Library are royalty-free. They may be used for private and commercial purposes.

    Provided in 96 kHz / 24bit AND 44,1 kHz / 16 bit

French Countryside

'French Countryside' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB includes a variety of ambiences recorded during a one-week trip to France giving you ambiences recorded in Tauxigny, a small village close to Tours, known for their castle and the Loire Valley.
 
  • This collection of sounds includes a variety of ambiences recorded during a one-week travel to France. They where recorded in Tauxigny, a small village close to Tours. This iconic place is also knowm because of their castle as well as the Loire Valley.

    31 tracks recorded in different time spaces. 48Khz and 24 bits HD Audio. Birds, nature and crystalline countryside ambiences are included.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Football Ambiences - Calderon

'Football Ambiences - Calderon' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB was recorded at the last two football matches of Atletico de Madrid in the Vicente Calderon, getting you rich Ambisonic recordings of 50,000 people.
 
Far City Ambiences

'Far City Ambiences' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB is their first ambisonic library mixed in Dolby ATMOS and mastered at Ad Hoc Studios Madrid, an Avid and Dolby-certified sound studio.
 
  • Environments & Ambiences Far City Ambiences Play Track 22 sounds included, 60 mins total $90

    Surround Sound LAB is proud to present our first ambisonic library decoded and mixed in Dolby ATMOS.

    After several months recording around Madrid, we are including 22 tracks in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD of Far city Ambiences.

    As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio projects.

    This time we have mastered all the files in Ad Hoc Studios Madrid (link), Post Production sound studios certified by Avid and Dolby ATMOS, one of the best post production facilities in Spain.

    We have decoded all the First Order Ambisonic recordings with the HarpeX plugin into a 7.1.2 Dolby ATMOS bed configuration, using the top channel to create totally outstanding ambiences tracks ready to use.

    We want to let you know that Surround Sound LAB. new releases will be in Ambisonic format. This way you will be able to decode it from mono to Atmos systems. Also it’s important to think in ambisonics as the way to go for VR – and we are ready for it.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Gym Machines & Ambiences

'Gym Machines & Ambiences' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB was recorded in Spanish gyms, giving you ambiences and machines noises from ellipticals, treadmills, weights machines, and more!
 
  • Sports Sound Effects Gym Machines & Ambiences Play Track 59 sounds included, 30 mins total $24

    This collection of sounds, include a variety of ambiences, machines, and foley sounds recorded for one of my latest TV post project in a small gym.

    59 tracks recorded for my last Spanish TV project in a few Spanish gyms. 96Khz and 24 bits HD Audio. Room Tones, Designed Ambiences and Machines noises, including elliptical trainers, running machines, pilates balls, punches, weights machines, treadmills, vibrating platforms and more!

    All the files have metadata embedded for Soundminer and similar programs. They both include Spanish and English description.

    This collection includes 59 files, 96/24 HD Audio quality.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Berlin City Sounds

'Berlin City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB has recordings from the German capital, containing a wide view Berlin's parks, streets, undergrounds, and interior and exterior ambiences recorded in the summer of 2013.
 
Brussels, Brugge & Gant City Sounds

'Brussels, Brugge & Gant City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB is their second recording travel project, taking place in Belgium during a 4-day visit to the country, visiting Brussels, Brugge, and Gant.
 
  • SSL13 Brussels, Brugge & Gant City Sounds is our second recording travel project, recorded in Belgium during a 4-days visit to the country. The Surround Sound LAB team traveled to Brussels, Brugge and Gant just to record the main essence of these cities!

    Parks, Ambiences, Traffic, Wallas, indoors crowds, buses, trains, stations and touristic places, all available right now in this huge library.

    More than 2:30 hours of original and actual recordings. 55 original field recordings in Surround 5.1 , ST and Double MS RAW format (for custom editions).

    Each ambience recorded in this library is at least 1-2 minutes long, so there is no need for looping ambience in your project!

    This library was recorded in a Double MS mic configuration. This provides great post production possibilities.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Cantabria Micro Collection

'Cantabria Micro Collection' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB was recorded in the Cantabria Country in Spain in an area belonging to Green Spain, a strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains known for its particularly lush vegetation.
 
  • Surround Sound LAB is proud to present our third ambisonic library decoded and mixed in Dolby ATMOS.

    We recorded the Cantabria Country in Spainan area belonging to Green Spain, the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so called because of its particularly lush vegetation, due to the wet and moderate oceanic climate. The climate is strongly influenced by Atlantic Ocean winds trapped by the mountains.

    Recorded in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD. As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio projects.

    Once again, we have mastered all the files in Ad Hoc Studios Madrid (link), Post Production sound studios certified by Avid and Dolby ATMOS, one of the best post-production facilities in Spain.

    AmbiX First Order Ambisonic, Dolby ATMOS 7.12, 5.1 and ST files have been mastered with Pro Tools HD 2018 system are included in the package.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Amsterdam City Sounds

'Amsterdam City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB is a small collection with a variety of ambiences, feels, and classics Amsterdam sounds including recordings from Dam Square, Hermitage Museum, trains, the canal, and street ambiences.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Amsterdam City Sounds Play Track 35 sounds included, 70 mins total $50

    This small collection of sounds, include a variety of ambiences, feels, and classics Amsterdam Sounds. They are part of my last travel to this amazing city!

    They include sounds from Dam Square, Hermitage Museums, Trains, canal tour, street ambiences…

    All the files have metadata embebed for great Soundminer type programs. They both include Spanish and English description.

    This collection includes 35 files, 48/24 stereo & surround 5.1.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
London City Sounds

'London City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB captures the main essence of this city through its parks, ambiences, traffic, wallas, indoors crowds, buses, trains, stations, and touristic places with more than 4.5 hours of original recordings.
 
  • A very flavourful and expressive vintage single-seater race car from the late 1950s !

    This car has been recorded on a private circuit. It has a very peculiar peculiarness : its engine had issues and emitted a specific staccato/typewriter type of sound. So, if you’re looking for a car with some character, look no further my good person. We at Big Pizza Sniffers always strive to deliver you something functionally broken in the best quality possible. It’s obviously not broken to the point of not working. This is a very very fast car that did very fast laps. It’s just peculiar. Listen to the demo attached.

    We’ve recorded a couple laps with 3 onboards mics, as well as exteriors with a Schoeps MS setup : a startup to drive away, an arrival to stop, and some idle on the track.

    It’s a short little library that can cover your many needs if you have a vintage/flavourful race car scene. It can also function as asmr if you’re a really big fan of the madmax movies.

Lisbon City Sounds

'Lisbon City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB captures ambiences from one of the oldest cities in the world - which predates other modern European capitals like London, Paris and Rome by hundreds of years - with its alive and thriving contemporary culture.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Lisbon City Sounds Play Track 44 sounds included, 70 mins total $35

    Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, and the oldest city in Western Europe, predating other modern European capitals such as London, Paris and Rome by hundreds of years. Lisbon (Portuguese: Lisboa) has experienced a renaissance in recent years, with a contemporary culture that is alive and thriving and making its mark in today’s Europe.

    This small collection of sounds includes a variety of ambiences, feels, and classics Lisbon Sounds. They are part of my last travel to this amazing city!

    They include sounds from Rossio Square, Comerce Square, Trains, Belem, Underground, Baixo Chiado Neighbourdhood, Sant George Castle, street and market ambiences.

Madrid City Sounds

'Madrid City Sounds' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB is a collection that gives you a view of Madrid with its parks, streets, and birds in 50 city ambiences recorded since 2009.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Madrid City Sounds Play Track 50 sounds included, 90 mins total $25

    Recordings from the Spanish capital. A collection of  files containing a wide view of  Madrid ambiences: Parks, streets, birds, city ambiences… 50 files of interior and exterior files recorded since 2009 in our city.

    All the files have metadata embedded for great Soundminer type programs. They both include Spanish and English description.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
Gear Drone & Room Tones

'Gear Drone & Room Tones' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB has a variety of ambiences, gear drones, and room tones recorded in different recording sessions and edited for Atmos sound designers!
 
  • This collection of sounds, include a variety of ambiences, gear drones, and room tones recorded during the last few years!

    54 tracks recorded in different recording sessions during last few years. 48Khz and 24 bits HD Audio. Room Tones, Designed Ambiences and Gear Drones recorded and edited for audio atmos designers!

    All the files have metadata embedded for Soundminer and similar programs. They both include Spanish and English description.

    Another way to get this library:
    Also included in the Surround Sound LAB Complete Bundle, featuring 25+ SFX libraries at a huge discount.
 

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • SONIC SPELLS WITH REAL PERSONALITY

    MAGIC – ALCHEMY is a professional sound effects library built from real chemical reactions and elemental forces. It delivers short, character-rich magic sound effects perfect for spellcasting, magical UI design, and fantasy storytelling. Designed to sit cleanly in a mix and shimmer with personality, these spell sounds are ideal for games, trailers, audio dramas and more. Real reactions, recorded with obsessive detail.

    MAGIC - ALCHEMY | Sound Effects | Trailer

    Magic Sounds from Real Chemical Reactions

    No digital fakery here. Every sound in MAGIC – ALCHEMY began as a live experiment — alcohol burning in jars, butane growling through pipes, fuses igniting, water swirling in glass. These are true-to-life textures, captured in a lab-grade recording setup. The result? Magical sound with depth, realism, and spark..

    Short, Sharp, and Ready to Use

    These are not long, cinematic flourishes. This library is about immediacy — short, dry, punchy magic effects that are easy to slot into your project. Ideal for game asset design, magical feedback sounds, and trailer moments where clarity counts.

     
     
     

    Three Spell Flavours: Holy, Cursed, Neutral

    Need a healing chime, a cursed hex, or something more ambiguous? The Designed section is grouped into Holy, Cursed, and Neutral categories — giving you emotional options that match your scene’s intent, whether you’re crafting a fantasy RPG or a subtle magical interaction.

    Built for Professionals, Whatever You Create

    Whether you’re layering magic for a fantasy film, adding interactive audio to a mobile game, or creating rich textures for audiobooks or theatre, MAGIC – ALCHEMY fits right in. It’s mix-ready, flexible, and full of sonic character.

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  • Khron Studio - Spells Variations Vol 4

    Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!

    This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.

    Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.

    Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.

    A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.

    More about the pack
    – Intuitive file naming
    – All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
    Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
    – Totally mono compatibility
    – All sounds have several variations.
    – Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
    – For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

    Features
    – 255 spell sounds
    – Number of Audio Waves: 255
    – Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
    – Win/Mac: Yes
    – Minutes of audio provided: 19:21

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  • Foley Sound Effects Grenade Foley Play Track 1374 sounds included $15

    A focused collection of grenade foley, captured with precision using replica units. This library provides the essential, clean sounds of tactical handling, interaction, and impacts.

    Recorded at 96kHz/24-bit across various surfaces including steel plates, carpet, wood floorings, soil, and grass, this library offers variation for different environments. The recordings feature grenade shakes, surface impacts and rolls, pin pulls, spoon lever ejections, spoon drops, and tactical gear foley, all captured with Lewitt LCT 540 S and Shure SM7B.

    This is a practical toolkit for sound designers working in film, games, and other media, providing a tonal and versatile foundation for building realistic military action.

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  • Khron Studio - Spells Variations Vol 4

    Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!

    This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.

    Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.

    Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.

    A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.

    More about the pack
    – Intuitive file naming
    – All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
    Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
    – Totally mono compatibility
    – All sounds have several variations.
    – Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
    – For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

    Features
    – 255 spell sounds
    – Number of Audio Waves: 255
    – Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
    – Win/Mac: Yes
    – Minutes of audio provided: 19:21

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  • Foley Sound Effects Grenade Foley Play Track 1374 sounds included $15

    A focused collection of grenade foley, captured with precision using replica units. This library provides the essential, clean sounds of tactical handling, interaction, and impacts.

    Recorded at 96kHz/24-bit across various surfaces including steel plates, carpet, wood floorings, soil, and grass, this library offers variation for different environments. The recordings feature grenade shakes, surface impacts and rolls, pin pulls, spoon lever ejections, spoon drops, and tactical gear foley, all captured with Lewitt LCT 540 S and Shure SM7B.

    This is a practical toolkit for sound designers working in film, games, and other media, providing a tonal and versatile foundation for building realistic military action.

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    Save 20% on Zombie Hordes – or get the bundle and save 30%

    Zombie Hordes is a massive sound library designed to bring overwhelming waves of the undead to your projects. Built by the creature vocalization experts at The Monster Factory, this collection captures every terrifying groan, scream, and snarl with cinematic precision.

    Whether you’re working on a video game, film, or TV project, this library gives you the power to create hordes ranging from a handful of zombies to hundreds moving as one.

    Key Features:

    • 8 expert creature performers (4 male, 4 female)
    • 4 distinct zombie vocal archetypes covering every style, from slow shamblers to frenzied infected
    • 5 unique horde behaviors: Idle, Detection, Excited, Biting, Chewing
    • Pre-designed hordes of 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 zombies — drop-in ready for instant use
    • Long and short audio loops for endless customization
    • Recorded with 3× Sanken CO-100K microphones for full spectrum detail
    • Rich UCS metadata embedded for easy search and workflow integration


    Designed for Professionals:

    • Game Developers – Build dynamic, reactive zombie hordes in real time.
    • Sound Designers – Clean, well-organized files that drop straight into your DAW.
    • Film & TV – Add terrifying authenticity to your horror sequences.

    Expert Vocal Performances:

    The undead come alive thanks to The Monster Factory’s trained vocal stunt performers, specialists in safe and sustainable extreme vocal effects. Every groan, shriek, and howl was performed naturally — no digital tricks, just raw vocal power.

    Our team has already delivered undead chaos for Fortnite: The Walking Dead Experience, Baldur’s Gate 3, Dead by Daylight, and more. Now, that same expertise is available to you.


     
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    Whether you need a few unsettling moans or a full-blown apocalyptic swarm, Zombie Hordes gives you the tools to build it instantly!


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Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Bring the power of the production floor into your projects with this collection of authentic manufacturing ambience recordings. Captured in a working factory environment, this sound library delivers the raw industrial character of machinery, workspaces, and the constant rhythm of automated production.

    Inside, you’ll find 51 high-quality audio files featuring factory-wide ambiences and individual machine operations. From the steady hum of automated equipment to the layered mechanical textures of an active industrial space, these sounds provide the perfect backdrop for film, TV, games, and immersive sound design.

    • 51 files of authentic factory recordings
    • Total duration: 41 minutes, 34 seconds
    • Format: WAV, 48kHz / 24-bit
    • Content: Factory ambiences & automatic machine operations

    Whether you’re building realistic industrial environments, enhancing documentary soundscapes, or layering mechanical textures into your designs, this pack gives you a versatile toolkit of rich, authentic factory atmospheres.

  • Bird Sound Effects Coexist Play Track 212 sounds included, 440 mins total $67

    The following pack is about sounds from the holy land and is a collection of mainly ambience recordings from sacred places for all 3 main religions in the middle east, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. From prayer places full of people to quite and serene room tones, bustling markets and peaceful gardens this is a picture of those religions coexisting side by side

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  • This bundle consists of our three releases: Dark Whooshes, Impacts, Cinematic Hits, Bright Wisps & Whooshes!

    Dark Whooshes is comprised of 15 transition sounds that favor a darker or more muted tone! But don’t be fooled- some of these transition sounds are powerful.
    Impacts & Cinematic Hits has 29 individual percussive sounds across the 18 sound files. These cinematic impacts run the spectrum from loud to abstract to intimate.
    Bright Wisps and Whooshes is overflowing with bright and airy transition sounds! The wisps are quick & icey. The whooshes are brimming with light and our long swells are almost magical.

    Mini-Sets Explainer Vid
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  • Electricity Sound Effects Extra Storms Play Track 153 sounds included, 242 mins total $9.99

    EXTRA STORMS – is an auxiliary sound library containing 153 unique sound effect files of storms. From distant brewing storms and slow growing showers to windy thrashing torments and bombastic cracks. Whether it’s a background of booming thunder and rain or a windy storm you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement the moody weather needs, of your next project. Extra Storms comes in at over 4 hours and was recorded at 192kHz / 32bit using an ultrasonic microphone. All of our libraries comply with the Universal Category System naming convention standard, allowing for accurate and easy granular searches.

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  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.


   

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