20 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen

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This week on A Sound Effect, we have evocative libraries to ignite your creativity!

For impacts and textures, dive into the clash of steel, lose yourself in the swirling textures, craft immersive soundscapes, and enhance your rhythms with hand drums and auxiliary percussion.

You can also bring tension to your games with dungeon traps, powerful RPG weapons, creepy undead monsters, or intense metal friction.

For sci-fi soundscapes, check out futuristic space sounds and music and chilling space atmospherics. Or go far back into the past and bring your prehistoric creatures to life!

We also have a bounty of specialized libraries to add depth to your projects, such as the raw force of Hurricane Nicole, an awe-inspiring French military air parade, lively construction sites, journeys down German highways, the darkly hilarious sounds of tumbling down a staircase, as well as a comprehensive collection that will meet all your aural needs.

So, buckle up and get ready to explore a world of sound! Happy listening!

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Sword Fight

'Sword Fight' by Justin Jet Zorbas offers 40 sounds of sword swings, clashes, and handling for use in video games, animations, and other media projects. Designed for professionals, it provides realistic sound design elements to bring medieval combat scenes to life.
 
  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Sword Fight Play Track 40 sounds included $15

    Bring medieval fights to life with the Sword Fight SFX Pack. Featuring 40 High Quality Swings, Impacts and Sword Handling sounds. Perfect for games, animations and various other media.

    Discover the ‘Sword Fight’ sound effects library, a meticulously crafted collection designed for audio professionals in film, game development, and multimedia projects. This library brings the intense and dynamic world of medieval combat to life, with 40 premium-quality sound effects. Featuring a variety of sword swings, impacts, and handling noises to provide a complete auditory sword fighting experience.

    Equip your audio arsenal with the ‘Sword Fight’ sound effects library – your go-to resource for authentic and high-quality medieval combat sounds.

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Hurricane Nicole

'Hurricane Nicole' by Eric Berzins captures the intensity of this hurricane's landfall in Florida in November 2022. It features 40 recordings and 179 minutes of howling winds, heavy rain, and powerful gusts, as well as bonus sounds from Hurricane Ian.
 
German Autobahn – Highway Ambiences

'German Autobahn – Highway Ambiences' by Sound of Essen offers a rich soundscape for your highway scenes. It features recordings of traffic at various speeds (cars, trucks, motorcycles) on dry, moist, and wet road surfaces, as well as sounds of car pass-bys, honks, sirens, and even the creak of suspensions.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects German Autobahn – Highway Ambiences Play Track 57 sounds included, 234 mins total $54

    This is the perfect traffic ambient bed or road background sound for any media production that features highways, interstates, freeways or German Autobahn.

    For this library I recorded dry, moist and wet road surfaces. I recorded sparse traffic, busy interstates and medium filled highways. The cars, trucks, busses and motorbikes drove slow, medium fast or at high speed.

    There are highlight sounds like honks or sirens, rattling trucks, creaky suspensions and noisy medians. A lot of pass bys and vrooms.

    Different perspectives range from close (<4m), medium, distant (>30m), top ( bridge), below (tunnel) to behind noise barrier.

    Most sounds have been recorded at night to avoid other noises. Few selected feature other noises on purpose, like a cicada chirping at a truck stop or birds in close by trees for a full atmo.

    Last but not least I recorded some handrails at the Autobahn with a contact mic. These metallic ambiences can be used for experimental sounddesign.

    Nehind the scenes video: The vroom of German Autobahn (Ep 06) (youtube.com)

    Gear used: Sound Devices 744t, Zoom F6, Schoeps CCM4, DPA 4060, Earthworks QTC50, Lewitt 540s, Schertler Contact Mic, Neumann 81i, Ambient Emesser

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Staircase Tumbling

'Staircase Tumbling' by Sound Armoury provides 39 sounds of various objects tumbling down stairs. The objects were made from four different materials, allowing you to create impactful sound effects for destruction or comedic moments.
 
  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Staircase Tumbling Play Track 39 sounds included $6.49
    This is a sound library consisting of a variety of objects being dropped down the stairs! Includes sounds of objects made of four different materials, useful for creating impact sounds or for enhancing moments of destruction.

     

    Features: 

    • Over 35 audio files
    • 44.1kHz 16 bit WAV format
    • Metadata tagged (UCS compliant)
    • Available for commercial or non-commercial use, with no attribution required

     

    View a list of included files here

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Car Pass By Interior

'Car Pass By Interior' by Stone Ear Sound is a library of car pass-by sounds recorded from a car's interior. It offers options including wet/dry ambiences, windows up/down perspectives, and close/distant car sounds.
 
  • Car Sound Effects Car Pass By Interior Play Track 940 sounds included, 354 mins total $60

    Description:

    Car Pass By Interior features a diverse set of recordings of cars passing by heard from the interior of a car.

    Recordings have been edited into wet and dry, single pass bys, groups of cars, windows up and down, close and distant pass bys. All easy to search with the UCS standard naming and meta data. With this library you should be able to cover a wide range of scenarios.

    The cars recorded are misc compact to large combustion cars driving at city speeds.

    Key features: 

    • Flexible use with various mic setups

    • Wet and Dry conditions

    • Windows up and down

    • From clear close up pass bys to muffled distant pass bys

    • Realistic traffic

    Gear Setups:

    • Sound Devices 10 MKII

    • A DPA 4017 mono

    • B DPA 4060 Mono

    • C LOM Usi Stereo set with a LOM Geophone mounted on the metal door frame to catch the car wobbling.

    • D Røde NT1-A Stereo set with a LOM Geophone mounted on the metal door frame.

    • DPA 4017 and DPA 4060 mics are production sound mixers favorites. The 4060 presents the pass bys more soft and 4017 more dramaticly, cars feel faster, both has nice low frequencies.

     Notes:

    • Recording was done from a Toyota Yaris 2013, a small car that wobbles with cars passing close by. It also has a dampened car interior, that isn’t too roomy like cars with glass roofs, the recordings can be used with many car interiors.

    • The library is ideal for sfx editors, sound designers, editors looking for realistic car interior ambiences and pass bys to sync to picture. Because of the wobbling of the car it can be great source material for designing whooshes.

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The Definitive Library

'The Definitive Library' by Vadi Sound Library offers a diverse palette of fresh progressive sound libraries with the best value. With thematic series (cinematic, medieval, anime, horror), nature ambiences, vehicles, all-you-need Foley, and more it will serve perfectly across multiple genres.
 
  • Bundles The Definitive Library Play Track 25000+ sounds included $498

    Own 75 Vadi Sound libraries in one curated collection. Save 70%.

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    The Definitive Library offers a diverse palette of fresh progressive sound libraries with the best value.

    From our bestseller thematic series (cinematic, medieval, anime, horror) to urban and nature ambiences, from vehicles and all-you-need Foley to destruction, metal and mechanical, these pristine sounds will serve perfectly across multiple genres.

    You will get 15.648 sound files & 25.000+ organic and designed sounds in 94 GB size. 100% royalty-free and predominantly in 96kHz-24bit and above, they come with easy to navigate metadata and intuitive naming.

    For one year after your purchase, you can purchase all our new releases with a special 70% discount. (please contact us)

    Recorded and designed with top-notch gear and the utmost attention to detail, this library will be definitive to reignite your games, films, post-pro, trailers, TV, videos and more.

    Make sure you check out the favourable reviews from our collaborators below!

    What else you may need

    You can hire Vadi Sound team and studio for exclusive recording of custom libraries, ambiences and more.

    You can also license our complete library of 45,000 professional sound effects.

    Contact us at info@vadisound.com if you need more information or wish to give feedback.

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Construction Machinery

'Construction Machinery' by Airborne Sound has construction sounds to enrich your audio projects. It captures sounds of jackhammers pounding, cement mixers churning, drilling rigs working, excavators, loaders, backhoes, etc., as well as forestry equipment sounds like chippers and mulchers.
 
Percussion: Auxiliary Percussion

'Percussion: Auxiliary Percussion' by Boom Box Library has over 6,400 sounds of percussion instruments like tambourines and cowbells to more unique options such as the flexatone, guiro, and kalimba. Each instrument is played at different tempos and with various techniques.
 
  • Percussion Instruments Percussion: Auxiliary Percussion Play Track 6428 sounds included $45

    DETAILS

    • 6,428 sound effects
    • 3.82 GB
    • 24 bit / 96 kHz
    • embedded meta-data
    • mono audio files

    LIBRARY DESCRIPTION

    The Auxiliary Percussion SFX Library contains a wide variety of professional percussion sound effect recordings. Instruments include a bamboo horn, various tambourines, cabasa, castanets, claves, cowbell, various maracas and shakers, flexatone, toy glockenspiel, guiro, harmonica, kalimba, triangle, rainstick, sleigh bells, spoons, train whistle, and wood blocks. Each instrument is played at numerous tempos and employing various techniques.

    SOUND FILE LIST

    Click here for the full file list.

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Classic Dungeon Traps

'Classic Dungeon Traps' by Justin Jet Zorbas will stop your audience's protagonists in their tracks with heart-stopping sounds of swinging axes, perilous pitfalls, dart traps, flame traps, and more. This library provides the audio elements to enhance the thrills and dangers lurking within your dungeons.
 
  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Classic Dungeon Traps Play Track 15 sounds included $15

    Enter the world of immersive audio with the Classic Dungeon Traps Sound Effects Library.

    This expertly curated collection features 15 high-quality, designed sound effects that will transport your audience into the heart of thrilling adventures. Perfect for game developers, filmmakers, and audio enthusiasts.

    The library encompasses a diverse range of sounds, from Swinging Axes, Pitfalls, Dart Traps and Flame Traps. Upgrade your sound collection with the Classic Dungeon Traps Sound Effects Library, a treasure trove of audio that will take your projects to new heights.

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RPG Monsters Vol.1

'RPG Monsters Vol.1' by Justin Jet Zorbas will enhance the atmosphere of your fantasy projects with monsters from the undead to goblins and wraiths. It is a chilling collection of gasps, groans, growls, shrieks, and whispers, bringing creatures like gelatinous cubes, owlbears, skeletons, and zombies to life.
 
  • Creature Sound Effects RPG Monsters Vol.1 Play Track 104 sounds included $40

    Unleash an auditory horror upon your games, animations, or audiobooks with RPG Monsters Vol. 1.

    This meticulously crafted sound effects library is filled with the terror and tension of 104 unique, high-quality monster sounds, perfect for professionals looking to add depth and horror to their projects.

    What’s Inside:

    From the bone-chilling gasps and groans of the undead to the unique vocalizations of goblins and the terrifying shrieks of wraiths, this collection spans a wide range of monstrous sounds. Highlights include:

    • Boneless Movements and Vocalizations
    • Gelatinous Cube Sounds, including victim dissolving
    • Ghostly Whispers, Breaths, and Moans
    • Goblin Chatter and Growls
    • Owlbear Growls, Breaths, and Shrieks
    • Skeleton Ambushes, Movements, and Teeth Chattering
    • Rat Swarm Echoes and Feeding Frenzies
    • Mimic Attacks and Growls
    • Wraith Growls, Shrieks, and Wailings
    • Zombie Growls and Moans

    Enhance your projects with RPG Monsters Vol. 1, the essential sound effect library for any professional seeking to add a layer of depth and horror to their audio work. Perfect for game developers, animators, and audiobook producers alike.

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Metal: FRICTION

'Metal: FRICTION' by PMSFX is brimming with metal scraping sounds. Designed for sound professionals, it features 272 recordings - perfect for creative manipulation with clear recordings and intuitive UCS metadata.
 
  • Metal Sound Effects Metal: FRICTION Play Track 272 sounds included $29.99
    192KHZ 24BIT • 1.28 GB • 272 FILES • UCS 

    Metal:Friction [Design Elements] is a meticulously curated sound effects library featuring a wide collection of metal friction recordings.
    The library is perfect for sound designers and SFX editors, as it includes a wide range of unsettling, raw recordings that can be creatively altered in numerous ways, including pitching, stretching, and more.
    Each sound was carefully recorded to ensure the highest fidelity and versatility. Additionally, the library has embedded rich UCS metadata, making file management seamless. 

    For more details check the SFX LIST

    EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Acon Acustica, Pro Tools
    RECORDED WITH: RYCOTE CA-08 + ATE 208, ZOOM F3

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French Military Air Parade

'French Military Air Parade' by JMV captures the 2015 edition of the French military air parade which takes place every year in Paris for the 14th of July. The different sounds are edited with short crossfades in the audio demo, but all the aircraft and jets pass by are isolated sounds with no cross over between them.
 
Fantasy RPG – Essential Sound Effects

'Fantasy RPG – Essential Sound Effects' by Goldsmith Audio has 67 sound effects for your fantasy game, including sword clashes, whooshes of magic spells, and fearsome roars of dragons. Each effect is handcrafted for a unique feel, and the library covers everything from thrilling combat to magical elements.
 
FRL. Kaleidoscope. Surround

'FRL. Kaleidoscope. Surround' by Field Recording Library was designed to immerse listeners in unique atmospheres. It includes everything from echoing waves in an abandoned duct to rain on a metal canopy with meticulously categorized UCS metadata.
 
  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects FRL. Kaleidoscope. Surround Play Track 227 sounds included, 540 mins total $200

    Kaleidoscope is the first library of the project. It includes field recordings of various categories made in 2022-2023. All files are standardized according to the UCS system. The library features various atmospheric recordings immersing listeners into specific vivid and deep states.

    Working on this library was very challenging personally for me. It took over a year to perfect it. It was difficult to remember where each recording was from and why I made it in the first place. Sometimes, photos from the locations helped, where I had to dig deep into my memory and listen to the recordings multiple times.

    Kaleidoscope is a collection of disparate recordings united by one idea – to capture the here and now. From the clicks of waves resonating in the concrete confines of an abandoned duct to the atmosphere of an empty hotel room, from rain drumming on a metal canopy to sliding crystals in icy voids. The library is presented in two versions – stereo and spatial (5.0). Everything was recorded on the incredible Nevaton MS50 microphone in quad and DMS modes

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Sci-Fi Essentials – Sound Effects & Music

'Sci-Fi Essentials – Sound Effects & Music' by Goldsmith Audio has laser blasts, mech movements, and user interface bleeps and boops. It also offers 13 original retro synth music tracks to set the mood. This is a one-stop shop for enhancing the soundscape of your sci-fi project.
 
RPG Weapons Vol.1

'RPG Weapons Vol.1' by Justin Jet Zorbas was designed to enhance the combat scenes of your fantasy game, animation, or audiobook. It offers a wide range of weapon sounds, from the clash of swords and twang of bows to the whoosh of throwing knives and the bone-crushing impact of maces and hammers.
 
  • Destruction & Impact Sounds RPG Weapons Vol.1 Play Track 67 sounds included $40

    Immerse your audience in the heart of fantasy battles with RPG Weapons Vol.1, the premier sound effects pack designed specifically for game developers, animators, and audiobook producers. This meticulously curated collection is your ultimate resource for bringing to life epic encounters and immersive fantasy worlds.

    Featuring a diverse array of designed weapon sound effects, RPG Weapons Vol.1 includes everything from the clashing of swords to the twang of bows, the stealthy swoosh of throwing knives, the devastating impact of a meteor hammer, and the bone-crushing force of a club. Each sound has been crafted with precision, ensuring the highest quality and versatility for your projects.

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Death Space Vol.1

'Death Space Vol.1' by Sun Sound Studio is a sound library inspired by the sci-fi horror film "Event Horizon." It provides 100 chilling sounds perfect for trailers, games, and videos with a variety of atmospheric elements and creepy sci-fi noises.
 
  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Death Space Vol.1 Play Track 110 sounds included $20

    “Death Space” is a sound album about science fiction space horror. These cool sounds can be used in movie trailers, games, and online videos. The album is inspired by an old science fiction movie “Event Horizon” , “Dead Space” contains 100 sounds, 96K, 24bit high-quality WAV files, with a total duration of 11 minutes and 19 seconds. Hope you like it!

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Dinosaur / Dragon SFX

'Dinosaur / Dragon SFX' by Goldsmith Audio offers 13 sounds of roars, attacks, and idle breaths for your fantasy projects. Designed for large reptile creatures, these sounds can be used for dinosaurs, dragons, or similar monsters to bring your prehistoric beasts to life.
 
Inventory

'Inventory' by Justin Jet Zorbas provides 44 sounds for video games and animations that depict actions like opening/closing backpacks, rummaging through them, and using zippers. These sounds will enhance your user experience when interacting with inventory menus.
 
Percussion: Hand Drums

'Percussion: Hand Drums' by Boom Box Library features over 1,150 recordings of hand drums, including djembe, doumbek, and frame drums, played at different tempos and with various techniques with single drum hits and a rhythmic patterns.
 
 

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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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  • Car Sound Effects Toyota MR2 1984 sports car Play Track 228 sounds included, 44 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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  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Botswana Play Track 49+ sounds included, 136 mins total From: $60

    Botswana Faunethic sound library is a unique collection of 49 sounds recorded through several national parks of the country (Okavango, Chobe,…). All these sounds has been recorded and produced with high quality equipment in multichannel.

    This collection offers a wide diversity of soundscapes and animals sounds such as:

    -Bush, savanna and forest soundscapes.
    -Hippopotamus grunt and vocals.
    -Elephants vocals, showering and drinking.
    -Zebras and impalas fighting.
    -Lion chasing an elephant during one night.
    -Birds and insects at different perspectives.
    -Villages

    If you want to hear more about this field recording trip, feel free to check this post.
    The multichannel version contains 40 tracks in native 4.0 and 9 tracks recorded in stereo only.

    This library provides authentic and interesting sounds, recorded with DPA, MBHO and Neumann mics powered by an Aeta 4minX.
    All Faunethic tracks includes metadata carefully edited, compatible with Soundminer, Soundly and Basehead.

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  • Bundles Quietsub FX Complete Bundle Play Track 15055 sounds included $379

    Quietsub FX Complete Bundle

    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.

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  • Travel & Transportation Quietsub FX Transportation Play Track 1321 sounds included $59

    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.

    • Cars general
    • Classic cars
    • Sports cars
    • Boats
    • Aircraft
    • Bicycles
    • Buses
    • Motorcycles
    • Trucks general
    • Garbage Truck
    • Highway and street backgrounds
    • Traffic sounds

    This extensive collection touches all the bases.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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  • Whoosh Sound Effects Quietsub FX Video Transition Sound Effects Play Track 128 sounds included $25

    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.

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  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Quietsub FX Sci-Fi Sounds Play Track 192 sounds included $25

    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
    • Blasters
    • Backgrounds
    • Space ship sounds

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Quietsub FX Mechanical Parts Play Track 159 sounds included $39

    Quietsub FX Mechanical Parts

    A collection of 159 mechanical sounds made by small motors. This is the result of a massive editing job involving small metal and plastic parts, and any other item made by humans and others.

    Stuff that clicks, winds, and moves by itself.

    This collection covers the world of small mechanics. Sounds in this collection include:

    • Clicking
    • Cranking
    • Metal levers
    • Metal movement
    • Winding
    • Running
    • Slowing
    • Squeaking

    You can get all wound up with this kind of thing. Something for any mechanical mind.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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