New Sound Effects: Humanoid Creatures, Schools, Footsteps, Props, Latches, Cities, Trains, Grasshoppers - And Glitches:

Posted September 19, 2016 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

This week we have new libraries that will fill the needs of your game from its foley to its ambiences to its monsters. We have new footsteps made from sandals, slippers and wet socks, human-like monsters that growl, hiss and speak, tons of foley props like cigarettes and scratchy beards, latches and locks that are both antique and found, roaring desert trains, computers nearing the ends of their lives, busy city mornings, grasshoppers and katydids, and plenty of school supplies.

Latchlocker

Mechanical Sound Effects Latchlocker Play Track 850+ sounds included, 14 mins total $20

This sound effects library of latches, locks, switches, clips, slides, clasps, gears, bolts, and ratchets is a mechanical sonic powerhouse, offering the functional and mechanical sounds of a plethora of quirky contraptions that latch or lock together in some manner or another. Embellish a simple hand tool or build utterly complex mechanizations.

Some source materials were discovered in old railway yards, others were random findings in an antique mall, while others still were dislodged components of even larger, more complex machines. Like little sonic building blocks, the sounds herein are primarily reduced to their smallest meaningful components, giving you the quick, accessible freedom to drop/move/stack them for fast production. As with many of our libraries, we focused on providing sets of similar sounds so that you can create sequences and randomized groups for an event on the fly without having to commit extra editing time.

We’ve also included 26 of our own designs to get your creative machine turning!

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'Latchlocker' by Eiravaein Works gives you sounds of contraptions that are looking to be open, shut, locked, and rattled. This library has 850 sounds of all the latches, locks, switches, clips, slides, clasps, gears, bolts, and ratchets you could ever need. These sounds come in all shapes and sizes with sounds of devices found in old railway yards and antique malls. You will also find many takes of each device, allowing for easily implemented sequences and randomized groups. If you have items locked up all around your game, this is definitely the library to check out.

Humanoid Creatures Vocalizations

Creature Sound Effects Humanoid Creatures & Monsters Vocalizations Play Track 93+ sounds included $60

This library features nearly 100 vocalizations from a recording session with a VO artist that has mastered the art of weird utterances and creature voices.

You will find violent growls, grunts, sounds of pain, moans and groans, breaths, whispers, gargling, hisses, choking, growls and everything else you'd expect from a zombie, humanoid monster or demon.

These sounds are also dry overall, with only minimal editing, and recorded at 96 kHz to allow you to continue to play around with them. The library features dual mono recordings with a set of two different microphones—one crispier and one warmer. If combined and panned, some create a stereo feel.

Sounds are divided into 10 categories:

Ambient/Breath • Choking • Gargle • Growls • Hiss • Moans • Panting • Snarl • Word / Phrase / Gibberish / Latin • Yell / Scream

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'Humanoid Creatures Vocalizations' by KLAP Sound is a creepy collection of nearly 100 sounds of sub-human beasts. This library contains ten categories of sounds with breaths, gargles, growls, hisses, moans, panting, choking, snarls, phrases, and screams. You will find creatures that sound like undead zombies, demons straight from Hades, and humanoid monsters that have no problem picking their teeth with a broken tibia. Plus, these sounds were recorded at 96kHz to allow you to create even more creatures of all sizes. For a collection that covers monstrous emotions, give this library a listen.

High Desert Trains

Vehicle Sound Effects High Desert Trains Play Track 50+ sounds included, 38 mins total $35

High Desert Trains has the sounds of classic Southwestern freight trains. This library captures these monsters as they tear through the desert, rumbling past the observer and screeching to a halt when they reach their destination. These sounds were recorded at 192kHz, which offers you the freedom to stretch these sounds into new machines, monsters, and powerful droning ambiences. If you need a quick pack of train sounds with a lot of flexibility, this is the library for you!

2% for the Planet:
Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
Key Features:

• Passbys (fast and slow), approaches, departures, stops, idling, braking, horns (close and distant), mountain incline climbs, whining drones, piercing screeches, thunderous wheels, and a full start from idle.
• GPS coordinates and location map included.

Gear Used:
• Sennheiser MKH 50/30 MS Rig
• Mid/Side recordings decoded to LR stereo
• Sound Devices 702

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'High Desert Trains' by Thomas Rex Beverly has the sounds of classic Texan trains. This library captures these monsters as they tear through the desert, rumbling past the observer and screeching to a halt when they reach their destination. These sounds were recorded at 192kHz, which offers you the freedom to stretch these sounds into new machines, monsters, and powerful droning ambiences. If you need a quick pack of train sounds with a lot of flexibility, this is the library for you!

City Atmospheres

'City Atmospheres' by Firas Shehadeh has almost two hours of city sounds from all times of the day. It features quiet dawns, busy morning streets, calm afternoons, bustling evenings, night traffic, and more. Each file is between three and a half and eleven minutes, which gives you plenty of places to find loop points. Plus, these sounds are clean and focused for peaceful and natural atmospheres. If you need sounds of a city that run throughout the day, check out this library.

Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids

Insect Sound Effects Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids Play Track 14+ sounds included, 38 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$20

Get some real insect sounds with this SFX library – almost entirely recorded in and around one large grassy meadow throughout various times of day and season. GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS & KATYDIDS is a small collection of 14 crisp recordings focusing on 12 insect species commonly found in open fields and forested areas of northeastern North-America. Each sound is 2:30 mins or longer (96kHz/24bit), for a total of 38+ mins of sound.

Features insects such as:

Allard's Ground Cricket • Carolina Ground Cricket • Northern Bush Katydid • Oblong-Winged Katydid • Red-Legged Grasshopper • Roesel's Katydid • Short-Winged Meadow Katydid • Slender Meadow Katydid • Snowy Tree Cricket • Spring Field Cricket • Sword-Bearing Conehead Katydid

– as well as multiple mixed choruses of various sizes!

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'Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids' by Songs From The Woods has nearly 40 minutes of these various insects in their beloved habitats. It features the Northern Bush Katydid, Allard's Ground Cricket, the Red-Legged Grasshopper, the Snowy Tree Cricket, and the Sword-Bearing Conehead Katydid - which must be the badass of group. Each recording is around two and a half minutes, allowing a perfect ambient runtime for films, games and TV shows. For recordings of various buzzing, hissing and chirping breeds you didn't even know existed, give this library a listen.

Back to School

Foley Sound Effects Back to School Play Track 1500+ sounds included $39

Get ready to get back to school – in sound. This library contains more than 350 files and over 1.500 high definition sounds.

The library features school sounds such as:

• The backpack, pens, pencils, iron ruler, the blackboard & chalk
• Different types of files, folders, books and binders
• The staplers, scotch, scissors, eraser and many other things

All the recordings are captured at 24Bit/96KHz, and include Soundminer metadata.

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Now that we're into September, Lilesoundlibrary picked the perfect time to release their new library 'Back to School'. This collection has all the sounds you'd expect - pens, pencils, backpacks, blackboards, chalk and rulers - as well as staplers, scotch tape, scissors, erasers and other desk items. But this library isn't just meant for school projects! These 96kHz sounds could be stretched into evil sounding creatures or perhaps sped up into some unique UI sounds. Whether 'back to school' means late nights of procrastination or the joy of an empty household, check out this library.

Foley Props

Foley Sound Effects Foley Props Play Track 697+ sounds included $35

This is a large foley library with almost 700 recordings of every day props that can be applied to the types of scenes we design all the time. Sounds included are movements like writing, impacts, handling and sliding; surfaces such as wood, cloth, water, metal and skin; and props like cigarettes, glasses, vacuums, doors, flask, mattresses, car doors and more! All sounds were professionally recorded by a Foley artist on a Foley stage, and the recordings are kept raw. Enjoy!

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'Foley Props' by KLAP Sound has nearly 700 sounds of the props we all find ourselves needing at the last minute. This collection contains a wide variety of recordings with sounds of writing with chalk, opening and closing car doors, impacts on wood, handling cigarettes and flasks, body movements on couches and mattresses, and much more. It even has sounds of people scratching their beards and faces, brushing their hair with their fingers, and adjusting their clothes. If your project has people in it (which is extremely likely), check out this library.

Process Malfunction

'Process Malfunction' by Glitchedtones has 40 sounds of future tech that warn of impending failure and successful enemy hackers. This library features corrupt data streams, servers overloading, UI issues, abstract rhythms, and plenty more to make your protagonists sweat knowing there is nothing they can do. Each sound is over half a minute long, allowing them to ring in the background as the heroes prepare for the worst - without the short distracting loop points. For sounds of man's technological best friend gone haywire, listen to this library.

Foley Footsteps

Foley Sound Effects Foley Footsteps Play Track 224+ sounds included $25

This library has 224 footsteps of all sorts. There are different type of shoes, such as boots, sneakers, sandals, slippers, flats, heels, bare feet and even a couple of wet sock recordings. It also has different type of surfaces like tile, grass, concrete, wood, dirt, carpet and rooftop recordings. Plus, you will find different types of movements with walking, running, jumping and scuffling around. The recordings are raw, with only light editing applied.

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Need a quick pack of footsteps for your game? 'Foley Footsteps' by KLAP Sound has 224 footsteps and includes all types of surfaces, shoe types and movements. In this pack you will find boots, sneakers, sandals, slippers, flats, heels, bare feet and even wet socks. You will also find surfaces such as tile, grass, concrete, wood, dirt, carpet and rooftops, and movements like walking, running, jumping and scuffling around. For such a small price, this one is a no-brainer!

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Audio For Testing Play Track 137 sounds included $1

Audio files for testing speakers and sound systems. These include Noises (Brown, White, Pink, Black/Silence), DTMF, Panning (50%, 100% Left, Right, Centre), Sines (20Hz-20KHz), Oscillator Sweeps (1-24000Hz)

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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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Creature Sound Effects Monsters Play Track 789 sounds included $59

Ever wondered how to get the creatures, beasts and monsters in your project as badass and nasty as possible?

This collection is filled with high-quality sound effects that let your clients tremble in their seats. The curated package comes with everything you need: Vocals like attacks, breaths, threats, alerts, idle sounds, die screams and foley sounds such as bodyfalls, steps and movement.

With this set of handpicked sounds you have the world of cinematic creature sound design at your fingertips.

The Library includes:

Beast, Coloss, Dwarf, Fishman, Gnome, Golem, Hellhound, Imp, Insect, Kraken, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc, Reptile, Witch, Wraith, Yeti, Zombie, Attack, Breath, Death, Idle, Step, Threaten, Voice, Foley

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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Spells Variations Vol 4 Play Track 255 sounds included $10.20

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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Door Sound Effects Locks & Doors Play Track 100 sounds included, 7 mins total $18

This library gathers recordings captured with a contact microphone on various types of doors and locks. It includes wooden, metal, and plastic doors, as well as gates, residential doors, and office doors.

The recordings highlight the internal mechanisms of locks: opening, closing, locking, unlocking, clicks, and latch movements. The collection also features isolated key handling and keychain sounds.

The set provides detailed and usable sound material for sound design, post-production, or mechanical analysis.

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User Interface (UI) Sound Effects UI Interaction Elements Play Track 277 sounds included $40

UI Interaction Elements by Cinematic Sound Design delivers a meticulously crafted sound effects library designed to enhance every click, swipe, tap, and notification in your user interface. This collection brings your apps, games, websites, and software to life, providing a rich auditory experience that makes every interaction feel responsive, intuitive, and satisfying.

Inside this library, you’ll find over 200 high-quality sounds, ranging from subtle, crunchy clicks and soft taps to layered futuristic swipes, innovative button presses, toggle switches, and alert notifications. Each sound has been professionally recorded and mastered to ensure clarity, balance, and versatility across any platform or device.

Whether you’re designing a mobile app, developing an interactive game, or building a modern web interface, UI Interaction Elements provides sounds that seamlessly integrate with your visual design, enhancing user feedback and engagement. The library has been meticulously designed, with each sound layered down and optimized for a maximum performance.

Bring your interfaces to life and create a tactile, immersive experience for your users. Make your UI unforgettable, one sound at a time.

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Animal Sound Effects Forests and Mountains Play Track 96+ sounds included, 220 mins total $110

Forest and Mountains features nature and wildlife sounds from California, Washington, and Oregon. Included are a number of bird recordings and forest ambiences, along with some insects, winds, rivers, and rain.

These were recorded over the past three years in various forests, foothills, and mountain environments. A lot of these took place in or near Southern California’s Angeles Forest and San Gabriel Mountains, an area that spans 1200 Square Miles and varies vastly in terrain.

Also included are some sounds from Northern California, along with recordings from the Pacific Northwest.

The recording techniques for this varied as sometimes I went with the recorders running unattended to capture night, dawn and early morning. Other times I’d record while being close by.

Working as a Sound Effects Editor I’ve curated this collection with Editors in mind. Background Ambiences and Spotted FX can really bring a location to life and give it so much story and character and that was a lot of the inspiration behind putting this all together.

The Locations

California (61 Files) – This is where a majority of the sounds from this library were recorded and specifically Southern California. Variety of areas and different environments, mostly in Southern California around Angeles Forest, from Lower Elevation Foothills to more rugged mid-elevation Mountain Canyons and then much Higher Elevation and more remote terrain. Also included are a few recordings from the Eastern Sierras and Northern California.

Washington (19 Files) – Southern WA in Gifford Pinchot Forest and various Northwest Forest areas near Puget Sound.

Oregon (16 Files) – Lakeside Recordings in forest and marsh at Klamath Lake in SE Oregon.

The Birds

Prominent / Specific Birds (36) (Closer Mic Perspective and more detailed) (* denotes multiple versions)

Acorn Woodpecker, Barred Owl, Black-headed Grosbeak, California Towhee, *Canadian Geese, *Fox Sparrow, *Great Horned Owl, *House Wren, Northern Flicker, Oak Titmouse, Pacific Wren, Pileated Woodpecker, *Raven, Robin, *Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Swainson’s Thrush

Other Birds Featured (17) (Mixed together from various perspectives, calm to busy depending on time of day, and then closer to more medium and distant sounds.)

Acorn Woodpecker, American Coot, California Quail, California Towhee, Cassin’s Finch, Fox Sparrow, Great Horned Owl, Hose Wren, Mallard, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Poorwill, Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, Spotted Towhee, Steller’s Jay, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Wilson’s Warbler, Wrentit, Yellow-throated Blackbird, Zone-tailed Hawk

General Forest (9) – A mix of some wildlife (Chipmunk, Deer, Bullfrogs), and more general lighter forest ambiences.
Insects (7) – Crickets from various perspectives and different forests along with some Grasshoppers.
Rain (4) Light to heavier in a canyon with dense vegetation, some with distant birds.
Rivers (5) Smaller detailed creeks to faster moving rivers.
Wind (11) A mix of calm to heavier with gusts, vegetation, and tree creaks.

Metadata
Detailed with descriptions and markers and photos to easily navigate and allow for options when searching. UCS was used to categorize and various bird species are identified. I’ve also labeled the metadata with what I consider Lower Elevation (up to 1500 feet), Middle Elevation (2000-5000 feet), and Higher Elevation (above 5000 feet). Included are the season of the year which was mostly Spring and Summer. Using Open-Tier in Soundminer you can use these to help get a bit more specific to particular environments.

The Gear

Sound Devices MixPre-3 & 6 | Zoom F3 & 6 | Sony PCM-D100

Mics

Sennheiser MKH 8020 | Sennheiser MKH 8040 |

Sennheiser MKH 30 | Clippy EM 272

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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries General UI Sounds Play Track 136 sounds included $10

Hello Creators!

Here’s my new pack: “General UI Sounds“

I wanted to create a sound pack to cover different situations in an user interface.
I hope you enjoy implementing this sounds in your project!

Making-Off

All this sounds were originally recorded with a Zoom H6 (cardiod microphone), and were processed in Logic Pro X, mainly editing the recorded material but also I used the Logix Pro X sampler.

Some considerations

1. Keep in mind this sounds can be used in a variety of situations, I put a name to the SFX but this doesn’t mean it can’t be used in other contexts.

2. The sounds are in 44.1Khz/16 bit format. I have the original files at 96khz/24bit also, if you need this format, please contact me.

Check all my packs on Asoundeffect

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Car Sound Effects BMW Z4 E89 2009 sports car Play Track 221 sounds included, 47 mins total $65

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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Universal Category System (UCS) Toy Quadcopter Play Track 10 sounds included $8

Toy Quadcopter is a focused mini library capturing the playful and high-pitched character of a toy drone in motion. Perfect for film, TV, games, and interactive media, it offers a variety of flight sounds, close fast pass-bys, slow passes, motor modulations, and essential electronic signals.
This collection includes take-off and landing sequences, beeps for syncing, calibration and low battery warnings, as well as servo engine textures and detailed proximity recordings. Recorded with precision and clarity, it’s a compact but rich toolset for designing scenes that call for small UAVs, gadgets, or sci-fi elements.

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