New Sound Effects: Ambiences From Norway, Tumbling Rocks, UI, Wintery Days - And Lots Of Paper Sounds:

Posted January 29, 2017 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

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

User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Textrobot Play Track 165 sounds included $21

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

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'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.

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'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.

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'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

Nature & Countryside Ambiences Norway Sound Effects Play Track 44 sounds included, 58 mins total $35

The Norway sound library comes with 44 unique Norwegian sounds (58+ minutes of playtime), featuring recordings of animals and insects, atmosphere, beach waves, glacier sounds, mountain stream, steps and vehicles.

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'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

Paper Sound Effects Paper Sound Effects Play Track 186 sounds included $20

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.

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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.

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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:

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Creaking – Ropes, Cables, Wires Play Track 377+ sounds included $38

Over 375 sounds of creaking materials, including breaking cables, ropes under tension and about to split, wires and strings under stress, metal friction causing tension. Recorded with a combination of Sanken CO100K and Nevaton microphones for full frequency sound content. Saved as 192KHz these files allow for high resolution editing. Useful for impact sounds in cinema, games or documentary, but also for cartoon sounds or even creature sounds as many of the recordings contain vowel-like screeching and scraping.

Imagine a scene where a rope is about to break over an edge, an object being torn by a huge cable, a wooden structure about to collapse under stress and so on… Our brain is triggered by those rattling sounds or spine-breaking cracks coming from little fibers being split apart, parts of the structure creaking, wires scraping over edges…

These sounds can be perceived as delicate but have a great psychological impact as we interpret these and know what is about to happen. So suspense is built with both background and close-up sounds. Useful when building tension, when creating a sense of upcoming climax, these sonic elements will work out to amplify the details that are often important but not always visible for the eye.

All the source material and recording are acoustic, there are no digital effects applied. This guarantees natural organic harmonics, even way beyond our hearing. Pitching down the 192 KHz files will let you discover another collection of sounds!

You can find the following libraries in this collection >

Push & Pull, Heavy Weight, Acoustic Low Frequency Movements

Screeching, Squeaking, Scraping Old Objects

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Cloth and Fabric Sound Effects Rummage & Loot Play Track 203 sounds included $18

The Rummage & Loot Sound Effects library contains 203 sound effects for looting and searching for items.

Instances include:

Search Backpack/Inventory
Search through Drawers/Cupboards
Search Trash/Rubbish Bins
Search through Bushes/Foliage
Search Toolbox/Metal Items
Search Wallet/Coin Pile
Search Corpses

Other case uses include:

Equip Clothing or Gear
Inventory Sounds
Item Collect/Pickup
Handling various objects/items

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Bundles The Ultimate Sound FX Bundle – (ALL-IN-ONE) – 3500+ Play Track 3290 sounds included $69.95

COMPATIBLE WITH ANY VIDEO SOFTWARE

CRAFTED BY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
100% ROYALTY FREE

Introducing the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle – your all-in-one solution to level up your audio game! Say goodbye to wasting countless hours searching for the perfect sound effects, and hello to a seamless editing process that enhances your creativity.

This bundle includes sound effects from different genres and subjects, so you’ll have everything you need right at your fingertips. Whether you’re working on a film, game, podcast, or music project, this bundle has got you covered.

With the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle, you can speed up your workflow and take your creativity to new heights. Imagine having access to a vast library of high-quality sound effects that perfectly match your project’s needs, all in one place. No more time wasted on sifting through endless sound effect libraries – this bundle has it all.

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Foley Sound Effects John Deere 1065 1981 combine harvester Play Track 89 sounds included, 42 mins total $50

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM137, 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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Game Audio Packs 8-Bit Legend Play Track 543 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$50

Awaken sound designer, your 8-Bit Legend is about to begin! 8-Bit Legend is a heroic SFX library of retro sounds made using the Gameboy’s sound chip. After countless battles, and leveling up we captured the nostalgic sounds of the 8-bit era.

In a quest to compile the ultimate 8-bit SFX library we traveled back in time to study the scrolls of sound from the legendary Sonic Sages.

Though filled with trials and tribulations we returned to the present with our spoils, a treasure trove of recorded sounds compiled into the epic tome: 8-Bit Legend!

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Cartoon & Animation Vol 2 Play Track 121 sounds included $45

‘Cartoon & Animation Vol 2’ by Cinematic Sound Design delivers the ultimate sound effects library tailored for your comedic creations, cartoons, games, and music productions. Dive into a realm of whimsical wonders with this curated collection of handcrafted sound effects, featuring an array of delightful cartoon pops, boings, jumps, crashes, impacts and a lot more.
Crafted and captured using top-of-the-line outboard equipment including the ‘Sound Devices 702’ field recorder and Neumann KM184 microphones, each sound is processed through an Apogee Symphony AD/DA for unparalleled clarity, depth, and impact. Discover an array of truly unique SFX meticulously crafted to infuse your projects with personality and charm with a selection of zany boings, energetic jumps, clumsy falls, quirky snaps, lively runs and playful mallets.

Product Details:

• 121 Designed Cartoon SFX
• 24-Bit/96kHz
• 100% Royalty-Free

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Foley Sound Effects Tool Bag Foley Play Track 17 sounds included $5

Unleash the full potential of your audio production with the Tool Bag Foley Sound Effects Library. Meticulously recorded with precision, this library offers an expansive collection of sounds straight from the tool shed. Whether you’re in film, television, game development, or theatre, these sounds will enhance your soundscapes and bring your scenes to life.

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Destruction & Impact Sounds Wood Destruction Play Track 166 sounds included $29

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Introducing “Wood Destruction” – a powerful sound library that brings the raw and intense sounds of wood breaking to your audio projects. This collection is designed to provide sound designers, filmmakers, and video professionals with an extensive range of wood destruction sounds. From small wooden objects to massive structures, every breaking sound is meticulously captured to deliver a sense of power and scale.

The sounds in “Wood Destruction” are presented in a clean and isolated format, allowing for seamless integration into your projects without the need for extensive editing. Each sound is carefully labeled and categorized, making it easy to find the perfect wood destruction sound for your specific scene or sequence.

From explosive demolition scenes to suspenseful moments of destruction, this library will be your ultimate resource for authentic and impactful wood destruction sound effects.

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Environments & Ambiences Natural Water Streams Play Track 10 sounds included, 30 mins total $18

This meticulously crafted sound effects library is an essential tool for professionals in film, game development, and audio production who seek authentic and high-quality water soundscapes.

Recorded using high-quality equipment such as Zoom H4N, H1, and H6, these sounds offer unparalleled clarity and realism. Whether you’re creating serene nature scenes or designing complex audio environments, ‘Natural Water Streams’ provides a versatile range of water sound effects.

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Industrial Ambiences Wind Turbines Inner Sounds Play Track 45 sounds included, 144 mins total $20

Wind turbine rotations and motor movements recorded subterraneously, through wire fences, metal steps and the body of the turbine.

The results are a selection of metallic movements, evolving eerie soundscapes, atmospheric hums, whines.

Excellent design source and sound morphing material, eerie atmospheres and dystopian environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSGOZXKJWbc

Number of Sounds : 45

Number of Files : 45

Total Audio Time : 2 hours 22 minutes 18 secs ( 142 minutes 18 seconds)

Type : WAV Stereo

Sample Rate / Bit Rate : 192 kHz / 24 Bit

Mastered : No

Normalised : No

Size : 9.92 Gb

Metadata : Files are stamped with detailed UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer

Documentation Included : Copyright, EULA, Images, Metadata (exported in multiple formats)

License : A Sound Effect EULA / Terms and Conditions https://www.asoundeffect.com/license-agreement/

Recorders : Zoom F3 and Sound Devices Mix Pre 10 II

Microphones : LOM Geofon, Stille and Klang small spots, Sennheiser 8040’s and 8050

Microphone Configuration : Magnetic, Spike, Contact. ORTF and Centre Mic

KEYWORDS : Wind Turbine , Back, Wire Fence, Metal Steps, Underground, Rotate, Inner, Motor, Vibrate, Whirr, Bass, Hum, Whine, Pulse, Atonal, Disharmonious, Breeze

FXNAME : Abandoned Environment, Deserted Environment, Design Source, Dystopian, Eerie Atmosphere, Post Apocalypse, Sound Morph, Uninhabited, Wind Turbine

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