Indie Sound Awards Winners Asbjoern Andersen


The results are in: Here are the winners of the Indie Sound Awards! Congratulations to all the winners, finalists and nominees - and thanks to all of you for voting and supporting the independent sound community:
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Best Sound Effects Library:

 

Winner:


 
  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol I Play Track 290+ sounds included $136

    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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Mattia Cellotto’s Animal Hyperrealism is one of the most popular indie libraries and series out there, famed for its fantastic collection of pristine animal recordings. Learn more about Animal Hyperrealism I here.


More Finalists:

  • Door Sound Effects Abandoned Doors Play Track 124+ sounds included, 53 mins total $120

    Finding the right door sound can be a pain, thus Abandoned Doors was recorded with that need in mind.

    All the 1400+ sounds were recorded in abandoned mansions and houses with unique sonic characteristics, in stereo, usually from two perspectives (inside the room and in the hallway), allowing you a great deal of choice and offering sonic diversity.

    Additionally, splitting the stereo tracks into mono will give you two more slightly different perspectives on each sound.

    The Abandoned Doors library offers a multitude of door recordings, ranging from heavy wooden doors found in turn of the century mansions to cheap old doors in an abandoned warehouse, being opened, closed, slammed, knocked on, kicked, banged on, and even hit with a bat.

    Whilst most door libraries simply name files ‘door open 01’, etc, Abandoned Doors has been carefully tagged with rich SoundMiner metadata and multiple keywords, giving you a clearer image of what a file contains just by reading the title. For more information on what kinds of sounds are present in the library, feel free to consult the metadata file down below.

    Also, if you’d like to know more about how I recorded this library, read my blog post here.

    If you have any questions about this library, feel free to quickly send me an e-mail. I tend to reply within minutes.

    Buy Abandoned Doors today and augment your sonic toolbox with over 1400+ door related sound effects, recorded at 24bit/96kHz in unique and inaccessible locations.

  • Nature & Countryside Ambiences African Jungle Play Track 80+ sounds included, 460 mins total From: $190

    African Jungle is a huge collection of unique ambiences recorded in Central Africa’s Congo Basin rainforests. To my knowledge, these are the first surround field recordings made in this area. Last year I spent a whole month off the grid, listening to and recording a variety of habitats at all times of day and night, at the height of the rainy season when birds are most vocal. It took me many days of travel to get to these places, from using trains, boats, cars and planes to hiking on foot in the jungle.

  • Foley Sound Effects Doors Play Track 547+ sounds included, 263 mins total $59

    DYNAMIC EVERYDAY DOORS
    Doors can tell more stories than you expect and in order to offer you the greatest possible variety for your creative work, we have recorded every door sound in this library from two perspectives and with different intensities. From slamming doors and squeaky hinges to gentle door handlings and human interactions such as locking doors with a key or knocking on various surfaces.

    A GO TO SOUND COLLECTION
    This library was designed to cover any kind of everyday door sound in different perspectives and performances to give you a huge flexibility for your sound design and make it useful for any situation where you need door sounds in your post production.

    RECORDED DOOR SOUNDS
    Appartments, hotels, garages, elevators, cars, corridors, gates, bars, bells, knocks, trains, creaks, antique, thin and heavy doors and more. All sounds are recorded with close and distant perspective both in mono and ORTF stereo.

    All in all this library contains 547 files with more than 2000 individual sounds.

    Jon Lipman
    Sound Designer, Sony Pictures
    “The JSE Doors library has become a go-to for just about every show I work on. The recordings are very natural sounding and the distant perspectives are perfect for those off-screen and down the hall moments.”

  • – Evolved WATER Sound Library


    This isn’t just another water library, this is a professional’s dream library, and we feel you are all going to love it. Not only from all the source recordings, but also from all the incredible designed sounds. It really is an all around workhorse that will have you covered for everything WATER. With over 1600 files and over 3,000 sounds, this library is absolutely massive. Everything from rain, lakes, waterfalls, rivers, and bubbles all the way up to KYMA designed cinematic impacts. We spent over a year recording and designing this collection and are so proud to offer it to you for your toolbox!

    Why make another Water library? Because here at SoundMorph we always want to push the limits and quality of what is out on the current marketplace. Elements like WATER present a huge challenge to make modern and exciting. This is what we aimed for with this collection. Watch the Behind The Scenes video by clicking on the “How’s Made Button” to find out just how much went into making this colossal release. A new standard for any working sound professional!

  • Game Weapons – Gun & Firearm Sound Effects library includes 1557 gun, firearm and war SFX – After months of development, and countless source recording and editing sessions, Game Weapons – Gun & Firearm Sound Effects library is ready for the most exacting of productions. Built from extensive research, and raw sounds recorded from real life (IRL), this library provides producers with a complete armory of weaponry and firearm sounds made specifically for games and video application.

    This all-original collection features various weapons styles, from classic firearm sounds to imaginary sci-fi weapon sounds. Easily take on any type of audio project where gun sound effects & cinematic firearm sound design is needed. This library is highly practical and features a wide-ranging catalog of Halo & Borderland weapon styled sounds effects, snipers, rifles, shotguns, gun handlings, explosions, royalty-free firearm sounds & much more.

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  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Hidden Places Play Track 70 sounds included, 127 mins total $29.99

    Hidden Places is everything you need to build a world around your scenes, contains more than 4.4 GB loops of eerie, doomful, dark, atmospheric field recordings, designed drones, backgrounds, and musical ambiences. Perfect for something in the realm of a Jason Harris games (senior narrative for Destiny 2), or just to set the mood of a foreboding sound scape. This bundle offers you a collection of abstract and surreal ambiences, ready to be used in your next production. Hidden Places is a dense ambiences library, think of games like “Doom Eternal”, “WarFrame” or “Dead Space”. But you will also get the right feel and idea for other sci-fi and unsettling industrial dark ambiences. All files are 24bit/96khz .WAV stereo files, all embedded with the UCS v8.0 structure for filenames, it allows automated scripts to parse out information from the filename into various fields of Metadata for the end user directly in your DAW.

    All sounds are royalty free.

  • SOUNDS FROM UNDER YOUR SKIN
    BOOM Library’s newest sound effects outgrowth has surfaced: MUTATE ORGANIC, the deliciously abnormal collection of mutating and morphing lifeforms and rogue organic matter. Discover the full spectrum of size, dampness and gut-wrenching movement this library provides in its ready-to-use Designed collection as well as the ultra-detailed comprehensive Construction Kit.

    WHAT’S INSIDE

    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    ALIEN, ANIMAL, ATMOSPHERE, BLAST, BONES, BOULDER, BREATH, CARVE, CHOKED, CLOTH, CUTTING, DEBRIS, DRY, ERUPT, FICTIONAL, FLAME, FLUID, FUTURISTIC, GARGLE, GORE, GRANULAR, GRIND, GROW, GUT, IMPACT, INSECTS, JUICY, LIFEFORM, LIQUID, MOIST, PARTICLE, PLASMA, RUBBER, SCREECH, SIZZLE, SLIME, SLURPING, SQUEAK, STRETCH, SWISH, SYNTHETIC, TEXTURE, TUBE, VEGETABLE, VIRUS, VOCALIZATION, WET, WHOOSH, WOBBLE, WOODEN
  • Foley Sound Effects Organic VS Machine Play Track 548 sounds included, 10 mins total $79.99

    Get ready to take your UI to the next level with this massive dual library of organically recorded sounds and machine generated sounds. This is not your average UI Library.The process for creating this library was simple: record every day sounds that happen organically. That includes pen clicks, paper crinkles, wood blocks, garbage rustling, paper shuffling, elemental material impacts and movements, etc. Then take those sounds and send them through a chain of modules in a modular synthesizer that is patched specifically to mangle, tangle, distort, pitch shift, warp, and rearrange. The result is somewhere between alien and mech, familiar and unfamiliar; a treasure trove of refreshing and unique sounds at your disposal.

    You might call it Future UI, Alien UI, Biotech, or Bio-Mech. Whether your project needs material, organic, clean UI sounds or futuristic, sci-fi, biotech UI sounds, this dual library gives you the freedom to pick one or the other or somewhere in between. All sounds were recorded at 192 kHz and with over 540 sounds your options are vast. Keep a clean sonic palate and choose from the Organic sounds. Build something refreshingly out of this world with the Machine sounds. The choice is yours, enjoy Organic vs Machine!

  • Environments & Ambiences Submersion – Underwater Library Play Track 377+ sounds included, 383 mins total $70

    Submersion is a sound effect library delivering over 1800 high quality sounds in 377 files (more than 10Gb), from bubbles and impacts over whooshes to ambiences, propellers sounds and many more, this collection has all you need to create an exciting underwater audio experience.
    From raw recordings to ready-to-use sound effects, all the content has been recorded and designed at 24bit, 96 KHz, all fully tagged with metadatas, by sound designers Arnaud Noble and Benoît Marsalone.
    This library is split in two different sections:

    The Raw section:
    Captured with the Aquarians H2a Hydrophone in different locations (pool, river or inside several props), the raw section allows you to sculpt, create, and edit your own sounds with more than 1300 individuals sounds, with many variations.
    This is your toolkit for all your underwater scenes and projects.

    The Designed Section:
    This section provides you ready-to-use sounds (over 593 individuals sounds in 172 files), all created and designed from the Raw section materials.
    From huge to tiny, this collection delivers Cinematic Impacts, Ambiences, Whooshes, Explosions, Propellers, Lava sounds, Sci-fi sounds and many more.

    Included sounds / Keywords
    Ambience – Impact – Explosion – Movement – Whoosh – Swim – Bubble – Propeller – Air release – Stream – Scrape – Squeak – Creak – Crack – Waves – Ice – Lava – Hot – Embers – Sizzle – Crackle – Acid – Soak – Quench – Combustion – Organic – Fizz – Pulses – Plunger – Bottle – Drip – Boil – Drain – Pour – Rattle – Bounce – Slide – Hollow – Crush – Plonk – Snap – Metal – Plastic – Wood – Realistic – Sci-fi – Abstract – Alien

  • Finalist – Best Sound Effects Libary – Indie Sound Awards 2022

    The sound ‘Kind Creature’ made with the V7 library won the British Sound of the Year Award presented by The Museum Of Sound and The New BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

    Custom made sounds made with the V7 are used in the scores for Control, Wolfenstein and newer projects by award winning game composer Martin Stig Andersen.


    V7
    is a home-built metal spring sound-tool made from an old measurement-unit found at a flea market. Now – disassembled, rebuilt and mounted amongst other things with a 33 foot long Giant Spring that connects the measurement box to an open metal staircase and creates a natural spring reverb.

    I Played with a bow, friction rubber clubs, metal slides, whipped cream gas cartridges and a souvenir Eiffel Tower.

    The result is a unique sound effect library of massive metallic hits, gongs, scrapes, squeaks, friction, rumbles and rattles. From subtle, soft squeaks and harsh, brutal metal shrieks to long and deep musical metal moans.

    V7 is recorded with an Ehrlund EHR-E microphone placed inside the metal box. All files are in 96 kHz/24 bit and contains the original acoustic recordings.

    73 files with 700 + individual sounds – all tagged with detailed Universal Category System (UCS) metadata.

    www.katrineamsler.com

 

Best Animal Sound Effects Library:

Winner:


 
  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol I Play Track 290+ sounds included $136

    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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Given its extraordinary selection of animal recordings, it probably doesn’t come as a complete surprise that Animal Hyperrealism I won this category as well. Learn more about Animal Hyperralism I here.

Bonus story: How to record exceptional animal sound effects: Behind the making of Animal Hyperrealism II


More Finalists:

  • Recorded by pioneer of film sound design, Ann Kroeber, the Ann’s Animals library showcases a unique variety of animal sounds and vocalizations. Including common, wild, and exotic creatures – ranging from pigs and frogs to capuchin monkeys, caribou and more – this special collection is equally useful and inspiring for practical sound editing and creative sound design.

    Animal recordings play a significant role in Kroeber’s sonic legacy, and she is widely celebrated for her natural approach and incredibly expressive results. Her sense of presence with the animals and finely tuned listening shines through in these sounds – from the gentle, subtle breaths and purrs of cheetahs to a sprawling chorus of jungle frogs. Create thoughtful and powerful creature designs with these characteristic animal roars, shrieks, snorts, cries, buzzes, and more.

    Following the acclaimed sound libraries Cinematic Winds, Industrial Sounds with Soul, Stallion, and Beautiful Bugs, Ann’s Animals is the fifth exclusive release by Pro Sound Effects curated from Sound Mountain: Kroeber’s venerable private recording collection created over decades of film sound work with her late husband, Alan Splet. Kroeber has since worked on or supplied sounds for film, television, and games – including 6 movies that won an Academy Award® in sound, and 7 additional nominations.

    Each sound file in this library is embedded with rich, detailed metadata to help you find the exact sound effect you need with descriptions that that go beyond the literal to detail the emotional power of these unique recordings. Ann’s Animals is also included in Pro Sound Effects’ CORE: Standard.

    List of animal sound effects included:

    • Alligator
    • Camel
    • Caribou
    • Cheetah
    • Cobra
    • Cougar
    • Dog (Husky, Pitbull)
    • Elephant
    • Frog
    • Jaguar
    • Leopard
    • Lion
    • Monkey (Howler, Capuchin, Siameng, Spider, Tamarin)
    • Ocelot
    • Pig
    • Tiger
    • Vole
    • Wolf

    Key Features:

    • 115 sound effects (1.69GB)
    • 24-bit/48kHz broadcast .wav files
    • Rich embedded metadata descriptions
    • 100% Royalty-Free
  • ‘Extinct Animals’ is a new series of Sound Effects Library by Articulated; aspiring to bring back to life creatures from the past which were never recorded before.

    ‘The Jurassic’, the first installment of this series, contains more than 400 sounds of various animals that were living about 100 million years ago, commonly known as dinosaurs.

    Every of the sound in this collection is of the highest quality, UCS-compliant, and presented in multiple
    layers and with a minimum of 5 variations.
    Created for maximum usability, this exclusive library is the result of collaborations with talented designers from Bruits Studio.

  • Geese‘ contains a massive array of wild bird sound effects recorded from various canals, rivers, reservoirs and lakes. We are the first in the world to release a nature library with a specific, extensive collection of Goose sounds, which includes flapping wings, fighting, footsteps, paddling, swimming and jumping into water, eating various types of foods, a wide array of vocalisations including groups(gaggles), pairs, individuals and much, much more.

    Our Audio Craftsmen meticulously planned our field recording sessions considering time of day, weather conditions and different locations aiming to capture the full range of behaviour these animals display on a daily basis. We visited a variety of spots and spent time learning the behaviours of Geese, allowing us to capture their reactions as both individuals and groups of varying size. We recorded sounds during a variety of scenarios including eating food, fighting each other, and encountering ducks/other water birds. The huge difference in personalities between these birds allowed us to capture distinct vocalisations made while being fed, acting calm, aggressive or being threatened by rivals to their territory (even making sounds that could be mistaken for a dog, chicken or dinosaur!).

    We also recorded sounds from different perspectives which include tunnels (both inside and from a far), a gaggle of Geese approaching from a distance, fighting, flying and swimming by as well as close up sounds of eating, pecking and more.

    Moreover, all the sounds provided are dry in 192kHz 24Bit. Allowing for uses varying from nature documentaries through to excellent source sounds for creature and vocal design.

  • Need massive sounds of lions and tigers? This library features over 3.4 GB of growls, sniffs, snarls, mating calls, moans and incredible roars. The library features a single lion, lioness, groups of lions, a tiger, and cougars.

    Use this library as a complete animal SFX library for all sounds related to big wildcats – or as a source for building amazing creature sounds.

    Make your mixing room shake with these huge sounds!


 

Best Ambience Sound Effects Library:

Winner:


 
  • EARTH’S MOST BEAUTIFUL & NATURAL SOUNDS – ALL IN ONE PACK
    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is one of the most extensive and meticulously recorded HD nature ambience sound libraries on the planet. It contains all our 17 QUIET PLANET® sound packs recorded all over the globe by Emmy-winner and recording genius Gordon Hempton – The Soundtracker®. This bundle will be an invaluable addition to your daily sound design resources as it is THE perfect toolkit for sound designers that appreciate absolutely magnificent and realistic ambience sounds for a professional production environment.
    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is available in two editions:
    COMPLETE STEREO & COMPLETE BASICS


    WHAT’S INSIDE
    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

    THE LAST NATURE AMBIENCE LIBRARY YOU WILL BUY

    High quality nature and ambience sound effects are a real treasure when it comes to designing the backround ambience of a movie or game scene. If you’re looking for such sounds, you’ve just found the Holy Grail. With this package you’re ready for the next sound design decades.


    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

    Contains all 17 stereo packs of our QUIET PLANET® nature series. You will have full access to the unique spectrum of these vivid regions with all their depth. It will definitely enrich your portfolio!

    TECH SPECS:

      • Files: 2294
      • Total Length: 106+ H
      • Size: 108+ GB
      Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac


    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS

    1000 SELECTED SOUND FILES FROM ALL OVER PLANET EARTH

    THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS features a thorough collection of 1000 stereo files from all 17 QUIET PLANET® nature packs.

    TECH SPECS:

      • Files: 1007
      • Total Length: 45+ H
      • Size: 40+ GB
      Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac

    Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.
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Legendary recordist Gordon Hempton has captured some truly astonishing and rare nature recordings from all over the world, and The Complete Quiet Planet bundle features the results of his decades of global recording adventures. Learn more about The Complete Quiet Planet here

Bonus story: Legendary Nature Recordist Gordon Hempton on His Quest to Capture a Quiet Planet


More Finalists:

Cinematic Winds (Pro Sound Effects)Iceland: Wind (Thomas Rex Beverly)Motion of Air (Tonsturm)Seasons Of Earth – Spring

 

Best Plugin:

Winner:


iZotope RX9

RX9 (iZotope)

iZotope’s RX series is essential for audio post production, and RX9 improves on an already-winning recipe by adding even more repair options and workflow improvements. Learn more about RX9 here.


More Finalists:

Enrage (Boom Library)Envy 2 (Cargo Cult)Pro-Q3 (Fabfilter)Sound Particles (Sound Particles)

 

Best Sci-Fi Sound Effects:

Winner:


 
  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Sci-Fi Play Track 2518 sounds included From: $135

    DESIGN THE FUTURE OF SOUND EFFECTS – IN LIGHT SPEED
    Our SCI-FI sound effects pack is your best choice for serious and professional sound FX of futuristic scenarios. No matter if you’re designing single assets like flying spaceships, lasers, ion cannons, alarms, mechs, robots, mechanics, futuristic control rooms or a whole intergalactic war, our SCI-FI SFX pack is the perfect companion.
    WHAT’S INSIDE
    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    SCIENCE FICTION, AIR, AMBIENCES, DRONES, SYNTHESIZED, DARK, RUMBLES, DATA, GUI, TELEMETRY, ELECTRONICS, POWER ON/OFF, ENGINES, LOW, HIGH, WAVES, HAIRDRYER, VACUUM, CLEANER, ELEMENTS, FLY-BY, BREATH, MECHANICS, METAL, IMPACTS, HITS, BRIGHT, ROLLING, SCRAPING, PLASTIC, GENERATORS, HUMS, ATMO, ELECTRIC, SPARKS, STATIC, NOISE, SERVO, WHOOSHES, WEAPONS, LASER, BURSTS, GUNS, SHOTS, PULSES, PROJECTILES, LIGHTSABER, ENERGY, TELEPORT, MACHINE, HYDRAULIC, AIRLOCK, ROBOTIC, DEVICES, TELEPORTING, ZAPS, BEAMS, SPACESHIPS, POWERING, ROCKETS, SHOTS, CANNONS, PLASMA, RAILGUNS, FUTURISTIC, ALERTS, TELEMETRY, AMBIENCES, ALARMS
The Sci-Fi library features a strong selection of futuristic sounds, available in both designed, construction kit and bundle versions. Learn more about the Sci-Fi library here.


Finalists:

  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Cinematic Drones Play Track 91 sounds included, 213 mins total $49

    SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE
    CINEMATIC DRONES gives you a sound pack of epic atmospheres and soundscapes ready to use, from evolving textures to simple bell drones or thrilling ambiences. This library is perfect for thrillers, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, documentaries and meditative scenes. Listen to the preview and dive into the sound world of CINEMATIC DRONES.

    CUTTING EDGE ATMOSPHERES
    A right sound atmosphere is the basic key to set the desired mood for your production and to take the audience’s attention. Guide the listener on his journey with cutting-edge drones created from source recordings like city atmospheres, water sounds, traffic, synthesizers and more. The drones range from simple to artistic and complex sounds that tell stories themselves like music.

  • Geophonic Design contains a wide variety of unique and abstract designed sounds which include infrasonic frequencies as low as 10Hz. The effects in this library have a science fiction/horror vibe, everything from alien spaceships to underwater ambiences. These are perfect for your films, video games, documentaries and other projects that require a mysterious and ominous soundscape.

    Our Audio Craftsmen used a ‘Geophone’ which is a seismic measurement device used to record seismic waves and vibrations of the earth, to record low heavy vibrations and rumbles of various surfaces and materials, often using metal resonators to enhance the sound. We captured sounds from window glass, busy roads with vehicle pass bys, metal posts and rails with football impacts, water passing through pipes, metal containers, plastic buckets and much, much more.

    All of the included sounds were then precisely edited and designed by our dedicated in-house team to build ambiences such as: outer space, underground bunkers, submarines, weather stations and other abstract ambiences. Moreover, all the files are available in 24Bit 96kHz and extensively tagged with metadata and are UCS compliant to simplify your workflow.

    The subsonic sounds in this library will also make a great addition to your library as layered effects, to build an enigmatic mood in your projects, and will be perfect as drones and backgrounds for futuristic, sci-fi and horror scenes.

  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Pulse Energy Weapons Play Track 5030 sounds included $199

    PULSE ENERGY WEAPONS is a comprehensive sound design toolkit built for creating cutting edge sci-fi weaponry. This massive library is divided into 5 modular categories, allowing you to mix and match layers and build your own unique weapon designs.

    • 4,393 source sounds
    • 78 predesigned weapons
    • 96k/24bit
    • 5,030 total sounds
    • 5 modular categories to mix and match
  • Electricity Sound Effects Quantum – ElectroMagnetic Field Library Play Track 3450 sounds included, 1450 mins total $120

    Quantum is an electromagnetic field sound effect library delivering over 3450 high quality sounds in 1924 files (more than 60Gb), from UI and Impacts over Whooshes to Ambiences, Energy, Retro Machines sounds and many more, this collection has all you need to create an exciting Modern Hard-SciFi audio experience.

    From raw recordings to ready-to-use sound effects, all the content has been recorded at 24 bit, 192 KHz.
    The Toolkit and Designed sections are delivered at 24 bit, 96 KHz.
    All files in this collection use the Universal Category System (UCS) and are tagged with detailed metadatas.

    This library is split in 3 different sections :

     

    The Raw section:

    342 Files / 37,8 Gb / 645m / 192Khz / 24 bit

    Captured with different microphones like Elektrouši, Elektroucho Pro and Priezor, we recorded a lot of devices and wild signals which allows you to sculpt, create, and edit your own sounds with more than 340 individual sounds.

    Some Devices included in Raw section
    3D Printer – ATM – Babyphone – Lamp – Headphones – Speakers – BluRay Player – Cameras – Cofee Machine – Laptop and Desk Computers – Video Game Consoles – Electric Outlets – Razor – Electronic Cigarette – Elevator – Fan – Fridge – Amplifier – Hair Clipper – Hair Dryer – Home Cinema – Router – Blender – Microwave – Shaker – Oven – Audio Recorders – Audio Interfaces – Science Center Devices – Smartphone – Kitchen Devices – Synthetizers – Tablet – TV – Outside Billboard and Devices – Washing Machine – Vehicles

    The Designed Section:

    372 Files / 13,6 Gb / 418m / 96Khz / 24 bit

    This section provides you ready-to-use sounds (over 1897 individuals sounds in 371 files), all created and designed only from the Raw and Toolkit section materials.

    From huge spaceships to tiny interfaces, this collection delivers various sounds from different categories such as Impacts, UI, Ambiences, Whooshes, Pass-By, Energy, Machines, Electricity sounds and many more.

    Included sounds / Keywords
    Ambience – Impact – Robot – Electricity – UI – Alarm – Radar – Energy – ForceField – Generator – Machine – Vehicles – Spaceships – Alien – Scanner – Calculation – Data – Hologram – Transmission – Glitch – Static – Interference – Whoosh – Interface – SciFi – Retro – etc…

    The Toolkit Section:

    1211 Files / 12,2 Gb / 388m / 96Khz / 24 bit

    This is a NEW section that we wanted to introduce with this library. The Toolkit section is organised in different categories (Energy, Drone, Forcefield, Machine…ect..) to allow you to easily create your own Retro Hard Scifi sounds. We have decided to share with you a useful creation tool process by giving you presets for famous Reaktor ensembles like S-Layer, Dron-e and Whoosh to combine with several dedicated Reaktor maps directly linked to the Toolkit samples.

    For more information about the Toolkit section, you can watch the tutorial video below

 

Best Vehicle Sound Effects:

 

Winner:


 
  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Advanced Propulsion Play Track 1191 sounds included $149

    ADVANCED PROPULSION is a next-gen sound design toolkit built for creating dynamic sci-fi vehicle engines and passbys. The designed engine sounds are all seamless loops, making them perfect for use with various plug-ins and interactive applications. All raw source material used to design the engines is included, giving you maximum creative flexibility.

Paul Stoughton knocked it out of the park with Advanced Propulsion, a library that contains some fantastic futuristic vehicle sounds. Learn more about Advanced Propulsion here.

Bonus story: 5 surprising sound sources for interesting sci-fi engine sound design – by Paul Stoughton


More Finalists:

  • Vehicle Sound Effects Armored Military Humvee Play Track 74+ sounds included, 26 mins total $159

    Get the sounds of an Armored Military Humvee. Metadata is included with over 26 minutes of combined recording time split into 74 ready to use wave files. There are onboard, external, and foley sounds, all in high quality 24 bit resolution, 96khz sample rate. This is the right library when you need modern military humvee sounds for your film, TV, or game projects. Note that are no Ramp recordings in this package.

    Onboard multi-track recordings are in 4 separate mono wave files. Drag & drop or import each of the files into your audio editing software, then align them for creative mixing. There are also stereo mix versions of the OnBoard recordings. The External recordings are in stereo wave files. The download is a 1.5gb compressed .rar file (2.25gb Uncompressed).


    Onboard Settings:
    Channel 1 = Engine, Channel 2 = Cab, Channel 3 = Exhaust 1, Channel 4 = Exhaust 2

    External Settings:
    Stereo in Left and Right Channels

  • The Black Hawk UH-60M sound fx collection features 1,145 sound clips in 44.39 GB from an American military helicopter performing during a military exercise. This bundle gathers 44 takes of tandem maneuvers from two General Electric T700-GE-701D engines with cowling.

    This sound library includes both onboard and exterior field recordings. The onboard recordings include 3 perspectives of the vehicle idling with rotors and turbine at low, high, and medium speeds, including an Ambisonic take. The 22 exterior perspectives include 49 channels of the chopper starting, taking off, passing by, landing, and shutting off. There are also a wide selection of stationary idles from close, medium, and distant perspectives in front, behind, and to the side of the Black Hawk at high to low RPMs. Ambisonic, surround, and double MS perspectives join stereo and mono takes. The collection is complimented by a wide variety of cockpit instrument performed effects, doors, and more.

    Bonus: Pro Tools and Reaper session files align each take for easy editing and mixing. Over 18 fields of professional metadata embedded in every clip.

  • 9 CARS WORTH OF UNTAMED, MIND-BLOWING SFX
    Get the legendary sound of classics like the 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle, Ford Mustang, 1968 Plymouth Satellite and the sheer fury of a 750 horse-power Ford Shelby GT500, among others, in astonishing definition and sublime detail. CARS — V8 is the giant brother of EVERYDAY CARS and CARS – SUVS AND VANS, and it’s our third installment in the CARS series.

    ONBOARD + EXTERIOR
    All onboard engine recordings include slow, medium, fast, steady and other sounds from the engine, exhaust and interior perspective. The exterior features approaches, turning corners, distant sounds, passes, reverses, starts and rev-ups. Additional sounds like handling, horns and more round off the package.

    FOR FILM, GAMES AND BEYOND
    V8 CARS stands prepared to master any linear or interactive challenge that gets thrown your way as a sound designer. With the vast variety of sounds available, you will have the perfect audio to match at your disposal, whether authentic real-time engine ramps or heavily edited film scenes are on the table. Pay close attention to the changes in perspective in the announcement trailer.

    V8 CARS

    Included Sounds – Keywords:

    Buick Regal (1976), Chevrolet Chevelle Big Block (1966), Chevrolet Chevelle Small Block (1966), Chevrolet Express 1500 (1997), Dodge Durango (2007), Ford Galaxy Xl (1968), Ford Mustang (1966), Ford Mustang Shelby Gt500 (2007), Plymouth Satellite (1968), Approaches, Turning Corners, Distant Sounds, Passes, Reverses, Starts, Rev-Ups
  • Traffic Sound Effects Character Cars Play Track 213 sounds included, 134 mins total $65

    Character Cars is a library of traffic for accenting backgrounds.

    This library is the best-isolated elements out of a 170 consecutive hour recording session pulling single elements like car horns, sirens, trucks, and interesting sounding car bys.

    Each isolated element is grouped into strings of grab bags of different topics like car horns, sirens, helicopters, and of course cars so you can easily accent lulls in dialog with a characteristic sound.

    The intent of this library wasn’t to get the most pristine elements, but to create easy to use grab bags of background specific moments at a  street level that can pop

 

Best Virtual Instrument:

Winner:


 
  • Edward Ultimate SUITE is the Next Level of our live playable Foley Artist Instrument. It supports the free NI Kontakt 6 Player.

    This means you don’t need to own a full version of Kontakt to run this instrument!

    The Edward Ultimate SUITE includes the complete contents of both Edward Ultimate and Clothes & Props.

    Foley Artist: Lara Dale
    Foley Recordist: Josh Reinhardt

    The Edward Ultimate SUITE demos:

    Edward Ultimate:

    Clothes & Props:


    Key Features:

    • 72.600 real Foley sounds in high quality @ 24Bit, 48 kHz
    • 90 combinations of shoes and surfaces
    • 30 setups of clothes and props
    Kontakt Player Compatible
    Full NKS support
    • One-Window Mixing (Use the Mod Wheel to mix/add or switch any two patches)
    • Pitch Wheel Performance (Use the Pitch Wheel to change key commands on the fly)
    • EdV3rb IRs inside the instrument
    • Lock-Mode (Select and lock the type of randomization)


    Surface Types
    Asphalt • Carpet1 • Carpet2 • Concrete • Creak1 • Creak2 • Diamond • Dirt • Grass • Grate • Gravel • Rectangle Wood • Creaky Wood • Parquet • Cut Wood • Swiss Dock • Boat Wood • Linoleum • Marble • Puddle • Snow • Tile • Metal • Rocks • Water • Deep Water

    Footwear type
    Sneaker • Boot • Dress • Heel • Flat

    Props used
    Rifle • Hand Gun • Army Gear • Backpack School • Backpack Leather • Heavy Chains • Dog tags • Duffle Bag • Paper Bags • Plastic Bags • Keys • Purse • Purse Cloth

    Clothes Used
    Heavy Coat • Coat Wool • Denim • Heavy Denim • Fringe Suade • Fringe • Leather Heavy • Leather Crunch • Leather Biker • Sequin • Shirt • Shirt Light • Shirt Heavy • Silk • Tutu • Wind Breaker

    Performances
    Extremely Slow Walk • Medium Slow Walk • Walk • Jog • Run • Stairs Slow • Stairs Fast • Stomp • Land • Scuff • Scrape 1 • Scrape 2 • Scrape 3

    Recording Equipment:
    Sennheiser MKH 416
    Neumann KMR 81i

    Existing Edward user?

    • Send a message here with info about what version you currently have for a special upgrade price

     

    “WINNER OF THE INDIE SOUND AWARDS 2022”

     

Tobias Vukadinovic’s Edward series is a performable footsteps solution that combines an unrivalled selection of footsteps recordings on a wealth of surfaces with a great, intuitive user interface. Learn more about Edward Ultimate here.


More Finalists:

BBC Symphony Orchestra (Spitfire)Elysion 2 – The Encounter (Sonuscore)Kontakt (Native Instruments)Serum (Xfer Records)

 

Indie Sound Awards – random draw winners:


Here are the winners of the Indie Sound Award random draws, from everyone who voted:

• The winner of Mindful Audio’s Nature / Wildlife Bundle is Nils Gradlowsky

• The winner of Slava Pogorelsky’s complete SFX libraries is Laurent Rodier

Congratulations to both Nils and Laurent, and thanks to Mindful Audio and Slava Pogorelsky for sponsoring these excellent prizes!

 

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THE WORLD’S EASIEST WAY TO GET INDEPENDENT SOUND EFFECTS:
 
A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Abandoned Oil Tank Play Track 327 sounds included $40

    On a recording trip to the smaller Danish port town Struer, I came across an abandoned empty oil tank. Inside I found two giant wires attached to the floor and the ceiling of the tank, almost like a huge 2 stringed double bass. I’m telling you the reverb in there was longer than the Eiffel Tower on a cloudless day !

    On the outside this was just an empty abandoned building, but it turned out it was not empty at all because it was full of sound and a few dead birds. I’m glad I was curious enough to go inside for a closer investigation and not just pass by.

    After several hours of concentrated recording, it was nice to get my ears back out in dry air. I’m happy there are no open sends to Valhalla in real life but experiencing the eternal resonance on the low frequencies from the wires was absolutely amazing.

    Abandoned Oil Tank was recorded with a LOM basic Ucho stereo pair, a Zoom H6 and the LOM Geofon. All files are in 96 kHz/24 bit and contain the original recordings.

    The result is a unique sound effect library including balloon pop impulse responses from a truly unique location that very recently became even more unique since word says that the oil tank is no more and has abandoned this world.

    327 individual sounds – all tagged with Universal Category System (UCS) metadata.

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  • Electricity Sound Effects Polarity Play Track 975 sounds included $72

    Polarity delivers more than 950 sounds of electricity, science and technology – captured in several locations around the world, from electricity museums to science labs. About 50% of the library is all about electricity, with various types of Jacob’s Ladders, Tesla Coils, Ruhmkorff lamp and all sorts of impactful bursts of energy.

    Then we go through welders, plasma spheres, 3D printers, starting to cover a more broad technology theme – like old phones, telegraphs, dynamo wheels, rotary dials, whirling watchers, alarm, lab centrifuges, something scientists call a roller and a rocker, servo sounds, neon lights, a wimshurst machine and sparklers.

    Many sounds in this section were captured from vintage equipment, from a 1928’s tram to old telephone switchboards, high voltage levers and control surfaces.

    All content was recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, a couple of Sennheiser 8040 and a Neumann 81i, translating into final assets that have plenty of ultrasonic content, ready for the most extreme manipulation.

    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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  • Door Sound Effects Noisy Doors Play Track 44 sounds included $10

    This library contains recordings of eleven different types of doors specifically chosen for their interesting sound. I performed all actions with a lot of detail covering “open/close”, “knocks”, “bangs and thuds”, “handle grab and rattle” and when possible also “crackles and squeaks” (all recorded at various intensities)

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  • Trench Rammers is a one-of-a-kind sound library, created by sound designer Barney Oram. It features recordings of two 20th century Trench Rammers, some of the last operating machines of their kind in the world. The library features 48 files in total, capturing the Trench Rammers using a variety of microphones and perspectives, supplied in 192kHz 24bit WAV file format.

    This library contains multiple recordings of two antique Trench Rammers, the Pegson ER5 and the Warsop Benjo, and also features additional recordings of four antique stationary engines, the Amanco Hired Man (1920s), the JAP 1947, the Lister D (1940s) and the Norman T3000.

    Recorded in Leeds, UK, this library features multi-mic coverage and a range of distance positions captured on all included source content. Microphones used include; Sanken, Sennheiser, Neumann and DPA, captured with Sound Devices and Tascam recorders.

    This library includes detailed SoundMiner metadata and utilizes the UCS system for ease of integration into your library.

    Behind the Scenes Video:


    Trench Rammer


  • The cozy natural rhythms of hums, scrapes, splashes and thuds soundtrack the pottery workshop where the earth meets art. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

     

    About Pottery Workshop

     

    84 sounds that are clean, subtle and capture pretty much every object and action of the magic of fire and earth.

    From the rhythmic hum of the spinning potter’s wheel, to the splash of water, the scrape of clay with the tools shaping and smoothing surfaces, listen up for the symphony of creation.

    You will hear the tapping and thud of ceramic pottery, wooden ribs, wire cutters, loop tools, and sponges, all kinds of rummage, and mud actions on the potter’s wheel. The clicking and whirring of mechanisms during firing cycles add a mechanical counterpoint to the workshop’s natural rhythms.

    You will get variations of sounds in different proximity, size, and style of action. This collection is handy due to the clarity and diversity of the raw sounds. They have both Foley and practical usability and room for further sound design.

    You will get intuitive, detailed naming, UCS compatibility and the usual Vadi Sound craft and attention to detail in 84 pristine sounds. Recorded in 24bit-96kHz.WAV format on our favorite Sennheiser MKH 8040 stereo pair and Zoom F6.

     

    Keywords

    Pottery, workshop, electric potter’s wheel, wheel, oven, heat gun, mud, clay, ceramic, glass, wooden, metal, cup, handle, push, pull, move, remove, shape, tap, shake, clank, level, lid, tool, organizer, toolbox, rummage, fiberboard, button, bucket, sponge, plate, Dremel.

     

    What else you may need

    You may also want to check out Drag & Slide for 477 sound files of dragging, sliding, scraping and friction sounds of different objects made of wood, plastic, metal on various surfaces. Our bestseller Crafting & Survival is another good choice to get access to 1000+ survival, gathering, movement and crafting sounds.

  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM 137, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272, Sonorous Objects SO.3 and JrF C-Series Pro+ microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

  • Introducing Devils Bane Trailer, a chilling symphony of horror encapsulated in 533 meticulously crafted sound files, ready to unleash terror upon your audience. Dive into a nightmare realm where every creak, whisper, and shriek is meticulously designed to send shivers down your spine.

    • 533 files
    • 3.5 GB of game audio assets
    • All in 96k 24bit .wav
    • Dark Horror Movie Trailer Sound Effects Library
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  • Birdsong from the countryside of the Swedish rural region of Värmland.


   

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