Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect we have a doozy of a roundup with seven new sound libraries. In this recap you will find plenty of ambiences with sounds of winter fun, rural relaxation in Norway, and texture libraries including rocks that tumble to the dirt below, splashy streams, clicks and switches of a user interface, and foley of crumpling paper of all thicknesses. If you need ambiences and textures, this is a great week for you!
Rock n Roll Hits
 
As the demo says, 'Rock n Roll Hits' by Rob Castro SFX has rock and roll hits - literally! In this collection you will hear 49 sounds of stones doing what they do best - using gravity to tumble, roll, smash, slide, crunch, and thud onto the tree branches and dirt below. With a sample rate of 192kHz, these sounds can also help you design those pesky avalanches and monster-induced debris. If your scene is falling apart - literally - then give this library a listen.
 
Textrobot
 
  • TEXTROBOT is a NI Kontakt instrument designed to help you in the sound design of UI sounds and to produce retriggered samples for VFX text animations.

    All 165 sounds are easily accessible using a MIDI master keyboard from the first octave. You can choose a category to load a set of samples and play it manually, or in the retriggered way (if active) by holding down the note. The full version of NI Kontakt is required to use this library.

    Sound categories:

    Click (10 samples): very tight, clicky sounds for UI interface usage or small text VFX
    Bleeps (16 samples): it contains bleeping sounds, tones, and alerts for telemetrics and sci-fisound design
    Big Size (16 samples): a collection of low frequency sounds for big title animation
    Percussive (22 samples): organic and processed percussive sounds like shakers, maracas, and woods for multimedia apps or menu sound design
    Fun (30 samples): a collection of funny sounds for cartoonish motion graphics
    Digital (20 samples): glitches and lo-fi sounds for experimental videos
    Keys (28 samples): keyboards, typewriters, and mouse sounds
    Mechanical (23 samples): switches, clangs, squeaks, and metal impact sounds for mechanic motion graphics

'Textrobot' by SoundFxWizard is a Kontakt instrument that blurs the line between language and UI. In this NKI you will get 165 distinct sounds with glitches and lo-fi hits, mechanical clangs and squeaks, taps on keyboards and mice, fun cartoon sounds, percussive shakers and maracas, and much more. Plus, this library allows you to think more with your hands and ears than your eyes, since it is MIDI keyboard accessible. If you you'd like a UI library to interact with, this is the one!
 
Winter
 
  • Winter Sound Effects Winter Sound Effects Play Track 49+ sounds included, 55 mins total $35

    49 unique winter sounds with over 55 minutes of playtime – including sounds such as footsteps, wind, winter sports and many other like glacier sounds or flowing stream in the snow. The library is perfectly suited for post production, audio books, radio broadcasts and other audio channels. All sounds are in WAV, 24 bit & 96 kHz and include metadata.

'Winter' by Depth of Sound – Sound Design has nostalgic ambiences for those of us who grew up in snowy areas. This library includes winter sports and activities such as sledding, hockey and skiing and all the crunchy footsteps, whistling and gusting wind, and trips on the ski lift they entail. Some recordings even feature Norwegian families laughing and playing during these activities. For nearly an hour of recreational fun in the snow, this library is sure to come in handy this mild winter.
 
Paperlife
 
  • Paper Sound Effects Paperlife Play Track 1300+ sounds included, 110 mins total $70

    Paperlife contains a huge variety of different paper and cardboard sound effects. We folded, ripped, rustled, crackled, swished, whooshed, flapped, turned, threw, sizzled paper and cardbord to create this library.

    Beside the massive amount of unusual sounds we also took care about usability and created “every day” paper sound effects and handling noises for out-of-the-box use.

    As always, all files come with burned in metadata in open standards.

'Paperlife' by The Soundcatcher has over 1,300 - yes, you read that right - sounds of paper. Who even knew paper could make that many sounds? In this collection, you will hear various types of cardboard, books, newspapers, and single pages being rustled, ripped, crumbled, torn, rubbed and folded. It will be hard to find another library with nearly two hours of paper foley, especially for this price! If you need just about every sound pressed cellulose pulp can make, this library is a no-brainer!
 
Norway
 
'Norway' by Depth of Sound – Sound Design has the relaxing sounds of an envious Norwegian vacation. You will find ambiences featuring the Nordic country's diverse, beautiful terrain with sounds of mountain streams, beach waves, glaciers, waterfalls, and more. You may even find some species of interesting birds and insects you've not heard before. For nearly an hour of ambiences from the Norwegian outdoors, let you and your audience get lost in its natural beauty.
 
Paper – by Depth Of Sound
 
  • The Paper SFX library gets you 186 paper sounds – including: blow, cut, cutter knife, flip, folding, kink, roll, rub, rumple, scrape, scroll, special, stretch, tap, tape, tear and wag sounds. The sounds were produced in various variations and on different paper thicknesses. All sounds are in WAV, mono, 24 bit & 96 kHz and include metadata.

Perhaps you don't need thousands of paper sounds, but you need clean takes of handling, crumpling, tearing, flipping and folding pages. Then 'Paper – by Depth Of Sound' by Depth of Sound – Sound Design is for you! This concise but detailed library of 186 paper sounds covers much of the foley you'd need, and each file includes one take, so they are ready to be dropped onto your timeline. If you need a paper sound library that is quick to use but offers flexible high-quality recordings, check this one out.
 
Water – by Depth Of Sound
 
  • Water & Ocean Sounds Water Sound Effects Play Track 84+ sounds included, 75 mins total $35

    The Water SFX library comes with 84 water sounds, with a total playing time of more than 75 minutes. It includes sounds such as a mountain stream, river, splashing, water-skiing, waterfall and waves. The library is perfectly suited to post production, audio books, radio broadcasts and other audio channels. All sounds are in WAV, 24 bit & 96 kHz and include metadata.

Here is a library with 75 minutes of peaceful streams, rivers, waterfalls, shorelines, and even water skiing! 'Water – by Depth Of Sound' by Depth of Sound – Sound Design is a collection of 75 minutes of these outdoor bodies of water with several takes and perspectives of each scene. With so many variations, this library is perfect for interactive use with looping ambiences and changing proximities. If you need wet, splashy sounds but don't want to put your gear at risk, give this library a listen.
   

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • 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)

  • 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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  • 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.

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    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.

  • “European Birds 2” is a sound library containing many recordings of 56 different species of birds, with a focus on isolated recordings of individual birds. All sounds were recorded in England, and all recorded species can be found in continental Europe. Many recorded species can also be found in varying areas of Asia.

     

    Includes:

    • Pleasing sounds from songbirds such as Robins, Blackbirds, Finches and Wrens
    • Familiar sounds of Pigeons and Doves
    • A variety of water birds including Moorhens, Coots, and Geese
    • Raspy calls of Crows and other birds from the corvid family
    • Melodious birds of open farmland, such as Skylarks and Yellowhammers
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Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Extra Rain Play Track 106 sounds included, 141 mins total $9.99

    EXTRA RAIN – is an auxiliary sound library containing 106 unique sound effect files of rain. From distant showers to slow growing down pours and rainy days by the window. Whether it’s a gentle background shower or a wall of rain you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement the rainy day needs, for your next project. Extra Rain comes in at over 2 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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    Quietsub FX is a library of 15,055 sound effects at 24 bit 96,000 BWF. The library is organized into a number of collections related to specific categories, and a large miscellaneous category. The library was recorded to be as comprehensive as possible with an emphasis on quality and choice for users.

    The Complete Bundle includes the following parts:

    Quietsub FX gives you a wide ranging library of sound effects. Production of the library focused on creating high quality and choice for users, which ultimately is what creators want. This package is ideal for film, video, radio, podcast, and wherever sound effects are used.

    All files include metadata.

  • Quietsub FX Transportation

    An extensive collection of 1,321 Transportation sounds. If it has means of movement to carry people or goods, whether by engine or human propulsion, you’ll likely find it here.

    This collection comes in two parts. The transportation portion, and Transit Chimes.

    Transit Chimes: Transit Chimes are the sounds you hear all the time on public transportation. Dings, dongs, attention getters. This collection of 70 sound effects gives everything you need to satisfy your craving for these noises. Use them in your productions, or start your own transit system.

    Transportation: People are always going somewhere. And they sure make lots of noise doing it. Just about anything that moves people or freight can be found here.

    Recording for this category is outside the studio affair. A tremendous amount of time driving and walking around, as well as planting yourself in strategic locations where vehicles do their thing.

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  • Quietsub FX Video Transition Sound Effects

    A great collection of 128 Video Transition Sound Effects. These are designed to be used at video edit points to add impact.

    Video Editors will enjoy these video transition effects. In recent years, sound effects began appearing in videos to accompany the actual visual edit. This was the inspiration for creating this collection.

    There’s no better way to add depth to video edits than with short sounds and ramps. These work great with short video breakup visuals and flashes.

    This collection is made up of various wipes and transitions.

    Cut away. Chop, Hack etc. These sounds will make those video transitions more interesting.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

  • Quietsub FX Sci-Fi Sounds

    A collection of 192 Sci-Fi Sounds.

    There’s lots of science fiction out there, but still no little green men. Possibly that’s what makes sci-fi so popular. The dream of something you think may exist, but cannot be proven. Sci-Fi, of course, has its own sounds. In this collection of 183 sound effects, you will find most of what you will need to outfit your next spacecraft.

    Included in this collection:

    • Alien interiors
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