Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, we have ambiences from hi-tech robotics labs, the streets of Sofia, and more. You’ll hear the daily buzz of Medieval courtyards and thief camps, humming and whirring 3D printers and CNC cutters, crowds enjoying their time off in museums and amusement parks, and residents getting around the capital of Bulgaria by car, foot, and subway. You’ll also hear detailed resonances, a rumbley 1995 Dacia, and recordings of everyday objects from a not-so everyday electromagnetic recorder. There is plenty here to explore, so enjoy!
Medieval Life
 
  • Are you creating a world as vast as Game of Thrones – with all the courtyards and marketplaces to boot? Then you need the ‘Medieval Life – Designed’ sound library. This collection has over 50 designed and ready-to-use medieval ambiences of life as a peasant, farmer, King’s guard, thief and more, all in stereo and 5.0 Surround. Also available is the ‘Medieval Life – Construction Kit’ that features sounds of farm animals, chopping wood, church bells, rattling chains, blacksmiths hammering, etc. to help bring your medieval or fantasy soundscapes to life! You can also get both in a bundle. Who says going back to the Dark Ages is a bad thing?

    Version overview:

    MEDIEVAL LIFE DESIGNED – STEREO & SURROUND
    MEDIEVAL LIFE DESIGNED gets you 50+ ready-to-use, completely pre-designed medieval places like campsites, construction sites, farmyards, courtyards and market places. All of them in different sizes, multiple variations and long enough to loop them without sounding repetitive. What, you have a surround environment? We got you covered. All sounds come in stereo and 5.0 surround.
    The Middle Ages is one of these eras that can give our imagination wings like no other. With this collection you can achieve this. Just drag and drop the MEDIEVAL LIFE – DESIGNED sounds in your project and let everybody feel the vivid atmosphere of the dark age.

    KEY FEATURES
    • Library ships in 96kHz/24bit High Definition Audio
    • High quality medieval background soundscapes
    • 50+ royalty free state-of-the-art sound FX
    • Effective workflow: well-grounded Soundminer Metadata

    MEDIEVAL LIFE – CONSTRUCTION KIT

    MEDIEVAL LIFE – CONSTRUCTION KIT is a real treasure when it comes to quickly designing the background ambience of a movie or game scene. As the sounds are meant to create a convincing background soundscape, the source sounds were recorded in distance to the microphone to capture the original medieval environments and to provide you with a nice open room environment right from the start without having to add complex synthetic reverb or impulse responses.

    Most of the sounds were recorded in authentic medieval environments in Germany. We went out to visit medieval heritage sites like ruins and castles. For the market place recordings we went to farmers markets around the cathedral in Mainz, Germany that was built around 975 A.D. A perfect place to capture the spirit of medieval market places.
    On our trip we recorded the hard life of people living in this era. We recorded medieval farm sounds like animals, mechanics of old tools, hurly-burly on marketplaces, blacksmiths hammering metal and working with wood, church bells, voices and a lot more.

    MEDIEVAL LIFE – CONSTRUCTION KIT with hundreds of single stereo source sounds from the categories ACTION, CRAFT, ANIMAL, WORK, VOICE, MECHANIC as well as hundreds of LOCATION recordings (some of them in Stereo and 5.0 Surround sound) has a size of more than 34GB. All files come in 96kHz/24bit HD sound quality.
    Inspire your audience with the unmistakable sound of the life in the Middle Ages.

    KEY FEATURES
    • Library ships in 96kHz/24bit High Definition Audio
    • 45+ GB High quality sound FX
    • ACTIONS, ANIMALS, LOCATIONS, CRAFTS, MECHANICS, VOCALS and more
    • Effective workflow: well-grounded Soundminer Metadata


    MEDIEVAL LIFE – BUNDLE
    The MEDIEVAL LIFE – BUNDLE gets you both the DESIGNED and CONSTRUCTION KIT versions, at a special discount


BOOM Library has a new library on A Sound Effect, and for many of you, that's reason enough to check it out! 'Medieval Life' takes you to the busy markets, peaceful farms, courtyards, and thieves' campsites from an era that continues to be re-imagined through beloved TV shows and video games. This massive collection features over 500 sounds and 45 GB of stereo & 5.0 surround content with detailed ambiences and SFX like clucking chickens, chopping woods, church bells, rattling chains, and more! If your world takes place when beheadings were a daily occurrence and mead was the drink of choice, then check out this library!
 
EMF – Electromagnetic Field
 
  • The Electromagnetic Field sound library features 216 stereo 96kHz recordings of more than 80 different electronic devices. The total length of the files is 6 hours and 18 minutes. Post production process was limited to EQ and compression with some noise reduction in few cases, but most of the files are ready for further processing and designing completely new sounds

    Everything was recorded in stereo, and in some cases sounds are wildly flying across not only whole frequency spectrum but also pan image. Inside you’ll find a lot of different hum noises, hiss and electrical swipes and whooshes, buzzing high pitch and low pitch sounds, beeps and bleeps, servo and small engines running in a different way, data processing kind of sounds, interference and corruption effects and more. It’s a great all around library when it comes to designing various electronic machinery sound effects.

    Recorded devices:
    Adam Audio A5x • Alarm Clock • Apple Keyboard • Apple Magic Mouse • Apple Mac Mini • Apple MacBook Pro 13 Retina • Apple MacBook Pro 15 Retina • Apple MacBook White Unibody • Audi A4 • Blender Zelmer Nero • Broken Fluorescent Light • Canon Printer • CD Player • Cisco Router • Coffee Maker • Connect Router • Cooking Stove • Cooking Stove Electrolux • Creative Power Supply • Electric Scale • Epson Film Scanner • Fluorescent Light • Focusrite Forte • Fridge Samsung • Garage Doors • Hair Straightener Remington • Hairdryer Remington • Heater Vaillant • Heating Stove • Induction Stove • iPhone SE • Lacie Porsche • Lacie Quadra • Lacie Rugged • LCD touch screen • LED light • LED photography lamp • Light Switch • Logitech G3 mouse • Manicure Machine • Milk Frother • Modern Fusebox • Modern Mixer Zelmer • Nintendo New 3DS • Nintendo DSi • Nintendo Switch • Nintendo Wii • Nintendo Wii controller • Old Electricity Meter • Old Mixer Zelmer • Old Nokia 105 • Old Router • Phillips Sonic Toothbrush • Phillips Shaving Machine • Power Tool • Samsung Ultrabook • Sony 18-105 f4 • Sony A6300 • Sony Old Amplifier • Sony Bravia • Sony CD player • Sony DualShock 3 • Sony PCM-M10 • Sony PlayStation 3 • Sony PlayStation 4 black • Sony PlayStation 4 white • Sony Playstation TV • Sony Projector Old • Sony Tape Recorder • Sony TV remote • Sound Devices 702 • Thermomix • TP Link Router • Tracer Mouse • TV Decoder • TV Decoder Remote • TV Panasonic • Vacuum Cleaner Zelmer • Vinyl Adapter • Wacom Intuos Pro • Washing Machine • WD Passport • Xbox 360 • Xbox 360 Controller

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'EMF – Electromagnetic Field' by Soundholder features distinct sounds that come from a mic that many of us are falling in love with. In this library you will hear 216 electromagnetic sounds from 80 different devices like alarm clocks, laptops, garage doors, game consoles, appliances, and lights. These recordings offer a wide range of glitches, static, and hums that can be used for ambiences, calculations, robotic languages, and whatever sci-fi devices your imagination can conjure up! If EMF is your jam, then this library with over 6 hours of content will be welcome in your collection.
 
Dacia 1310
 
  • 4-channel recording of an old Dacia 1310 driving in the city and on motorway, recorded with 2 DPA 4061 mics (one on the engine and the other on the exhaust) plus a Sony PCM D100 in the boot. These sounds can be used to portray this specific model, but also as sound design material for old carburetor engine vehicles or rickety rattletraps.

'Dacia 1310' by Mindful Audio has the sounds of this Romanian-built 1995 model. With nearly a half hour of content, you'll hear the recognizable characteristics of this car with sounds of a stuttering ignition, city and highway driving, idling, going uphill and downhill, switching through the gears, revving, and stopping the engine. These recordings were also recorded simultaneously on 4 channels from the engine, exhaust, and trunk, making them great for switching perspectives in your film or game. If you need some rickety elements to add to your engine design, this library has them!
 
Cityscapes And Streets
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Cityscapes And Streets Play Track 69 sounds included, 143 mins total $26

    ‘Cityscapes and street’ is a collection of different atmospheres, recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria. Inside you will find various cityscapes from hectic street traffic through city parks, subway stations, pedestrian zones to quiet morning urban sounds. This package covers various city states and is an excellent choice for filling your library or using it in a project where urban environment is necessary. Enjoy the varied sounds of the city.

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West Wolf once again brings us ambiences from Sofia, Bulgaria, and this time they take place during the busiest hours of the day. 'Cityscapes And Streets' features nearly two and a half hours of urban ambiences from subway stations, pedestrian areas, and highways, plus more relaxing places like parks, city squares, and playgrounds. These atmospheres capture prominent elements like birds, cats, and sirens, as well as crowd ambiences that will blend perfectly into your backgrounds, regardless of whether you speak Bulgarian. If you need go-to city sounds for your busy setting, check out this library.
 
Robotics Lab
 
  • Robotics Lab is 26 minutes/788 MB of industrial robots, 3D-printers & CNC cutters in 62 separate files – recorded in 24bit/96kHz using Sennheiser MKH microphones. All files are UCS-compliant.

    This library gives you recordings of two different ABB industrial robots; the large IRB 6620 and the smaller IRB 120. You get both single, isolated movements and more complex sequences with the robots moving on multiple axes simultaneously. Also included are takes of the robots idling, with some subtle but interesting sounds as the result.

    I also recorded Ultimaker 2 3D-printers – 3 of them running at once, as well as isolated sounds from a single printer. A large Zünd flatbed CNC-cutter was also recorded. All in all, lots of servos and stepper-motors, with lots of whizzing, whirring, clicking and ratcheting for your sound design projects.

    You get:
    • Industrial robots, 3D-printers and more
    • Servo- & stepper motors
    • Searchable file names
    • Secure Amazon S3-powered download
    • BWF Metadata embedded – with more included in CSV and ODS (OpenOffice) formats.
'Robotics Lab' by hzandbits has 26 minutes of sounds from 3D-printers, ABB robot systems, and CNC cutters for your hi-tech industrial machine SFX and ambiences. This library features stuttering, humming, movements, servos, whirrs, fans, motors, and more from these devices, offering a collection of complex ambiences as well as isolated sequences. If you aren't familiar with these machines, don't worry - the metadata will lead you to the exact qualities you're seeking. For true-to-life sounds of robotics, this library has the subtle characteristics your audience will appreciate.
 
Resonance
 
  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Resonance Play Track 25 sounds included, 25 mins total $15

    ‘Resonance’ by Badlands Sound features 25 resonating drone sounds perfect for your projects. This library puts a different twist on drones using reverbs and processing until the original sound resonates within a space or location creating these uncomfortable sounds.

    We believe ‘Resonance’ will greatly benefit sound editors and sound designers to create stylized tension filled moments and upsetting nerving scenes.

Badlands Sound is on a roll with emotive libraries that focus on a specific theme, and 'Resonance' is their newest installment. This library features 25 drones that resonate in ways that are organic and textured with tensions that insinuate danger and anxiety. Each sound is one minute long and explores a range of frequencies with unnerving tones and different levels of airness, noise, and pulses. This library definitely doesn't demand much from your wallet, so if these are the qualities you're looking for, check this one out.
 
Ambisonic Surround Crowds
 
  • Human Sound Effects Ambisonic Surround Crowds Play Track 60 sounds included, 125 mins total From: $120

    Ambisonic Surround Crowds features 60 HD 24bit/96khz Surround Sound Effects with a large selection of crowds from Conventions, Museums, Markets, Playgrounds, Parks, Carnivals, Casinos, Restaurants and more. Both Exterior and Interior.

    Mastered in 3 configurations: Ambisonic B format (FuMa 1st Order WXYZ), 5.1 Surround Sound (L-C-R-Ls-Rr-Lf ) and Stereo (L-R)

    Recorded with a Brahma Ambisonic Microphone and a Zoom F8 recorder with special attention given to avoid intelligible words. Recording locations are all from center perspective, in the middle of the crowd to give the widest image.

    Most tracks are 2 Minutes long with embedded Soundminer metadata.. All new, original recordings. Want a taste of what's included? Download the B Format Surround Demo file here and try it out on your own system!

'Ambisonic Surround Crowds' by 2496 Sound Effects offers you sounds of crowds enjoying their free time in all sorts of venues. You'll hear busy convention centers, quiet museums, exciting carnivals, and relaxing parks for smooth ambiences that will give you unintrusive padding for your main dialogue. Plus each file is two minutes long and delivered in Ambisonic B format, 5.1 surround, and stereo, giving you options for immersive binaural listening or easily-compressed interactive use. Like always, if you want a taste of what included, check out their downloadable demo file!
   

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • Strident and Demonic

    Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.

    Creative Tension

    This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.

    Haunting and Experimental

    Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.

  • ⏰ For a very limited time:
    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol I Play Track 290+ sounds included $180

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol I is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 1300 individual sounds in 290 files.

    The sounds were partly recorded with animals trained for media production, partly recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: african lions, bengal tigers, horses, donkeys, cows, exotic birds, owls, bobcats, pumas, dromedaries, wolves, dogs, geese, lemurs, gibbons and many more.

    All the content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image. All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these four mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

    Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free:
    This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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  • Strident and Demonic

    Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.

    Creative Tension

    This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.

    Haunting and Experimental

    Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.

  • ⏰ For a very limited time:
    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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    this collection features 65 professionally recorded human sounds, created by various voice over artists and actors.

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  • Car Sound Effects Compact Cars 3 Play Track 2385 sounds included, 412 mins total $250

    Compilation of 10 different compact cars. Sounds are recorded with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, Line Audio Omni1, Shure KSM137, Shure VP88, Sonorous Objects SO.3 FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.

  • 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 only available in UCS.

  • Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Massive Soldering Play Track 426 sounds included, 15 mins total $29.99

    MASSIVE SOLDERING – 426 files of solder sound effects, from several component repair sessions. From quick zips and zaps, to burning, sizzling and melting sears. Massive Soldering comes in at over 15 minutes, of metallic hisses and harsh bubbling. Bring the power of metallic vapors to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Massive Soldering filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
    Don’t need a Massive amount of Solder sound effects? We offer ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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  • Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Mini Soldering Play Track 50 sounds included, 2 mins total $6.99

    MINI SOLDERING – 50 files of solder sound effects, from several component repair sessions. From quick zips and zaps, to burning, sizzling and melting sears. Mini Soldering comes in at over 2 minutes, of metallic hisses and harsh bubbling. Bring the power of metallic vapors to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Mini Soldering filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
    Looking for a Massive amount of Solder sound effects? We offer ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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  • Foley Sound Effects Cards and Dice Play Track 930+ sounds included $14.99

    Cards and Dice is a winning collection of tactile tabletop sounds. Shuffle, riffle, deal, flip and fold through two distinct decks — one old and soft, one crisp and snappy.

    Roll D20s, D6s and mini D6s by hand or with a dice tumbler across felt, wood and cork tabletops.

    Stack, slide and scatter poker chips with satisfying weight and precision.

    Perfect for games, animations and interface feedback.

    Includes 930 files recorded in 24bit / 96khz.

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