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Posted January 22, 2016 by Asbjoern Andersen in A Sound Effect, New sound effects libraries

The Berlin Balcony offer is now over, but you can explore the full catalog and learn more about the library below.

About Berlin Balcony:

The Berlin Balcony SFX library from ShapingWaves gets you more than 2 hours of clean traffic / city atmospheres recorded from a 3rd floor balcony above a busy multi-lane in Berlin, Germany.

Sounds were recorded both day and night, and in different weather conditions for a wide range of sounds.

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City Life Sound Effects Berlin Balcony Play Track 6+ sounds included, 131 mins total $29

Traffic and city atmospheres recorded from a balcony in Berlin at different times and weather conditions.

More than 130 minutes of ambiences included!

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Insect Sound Effects Insects & Swarms Play Track 1000+ sounds included, 121 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$89

From massive swarms in different densities and activity levels to individual passby sounds and landings, this insect sound library covers pretty much all variants of insect wing buzz sounds.
Below is a quick audio demo using 18 of the 185 sounds in the collection.

Library highlights

• 185 WAV sounds of bees, flies, mosquitoes, cicadas and designed insect sounds
• Single insect sounds & swarms
• Isolated insect sounds
• Seamless loops & long recordings
• Varied activity levels
• Purchase supports WWF & NABU
• Descriptive filenames
• 96 kHz / 24 bit WAV files
• Embedded Soundminer metadata
• 2+ hours of audio

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Quadcopters / Drone Sounds Quadcopter Play Track 38 sounds included, 33 mins total $49

This unique SFX library gets you the close-up engine/rotor sounds of the DJI Phantom 2 multirotor quadcopter. And whether you are working on project that needs the engine sounds of an actual quadcopter drone, or intend to use the recordings as source material for sound design of all kinds of machines – this collection will come in handy:

We recorded static sound perspectives at different speeds, intensities and rotor combinations. The collection includes long recordings at constant speeds, variations on accelerating and decelerating, various maneuvers and random rotor movements.

For even more variety we recorded all of the above with a mix of contact and coil microphones giving you a less realistic, more futuristic sound perspective to the drone’s engine itself, rather than the air movement caused by the rotors. Mix those recordings with the MKH 8040 recordings to create your own blend of engine sounds: be it a drone, spaceship or other types of futuristic vehicles.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Gore Sound Effects Stethoscope Play Track 32+ sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$25

Get the sounds of the human body with the Stethoscope sound effects library: The gurgling and murmuring of various digestion processes in the abdomen, the beating heart, blood rushing through vessels and the respiratory sounds of the lungs.

All sounds were recorded from male and female volunteers using multiple stethoscopes and a Sound Devices 633 recorder, final clean up was done with Izotope RX 4.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Industrial Ambiences Big Machines Play Track 43+ sounds included $79

The collection consists of 43 stereo recordings of 12 rare, industrial machines used many decades ago in German power plants and industrial sites. It includes the sounds of massive 10KV power switches, a Siemens exciter machine (power generator) built in 1945 and many other vintage machines.

All machines were recorded in isolation without background noise and at high sample rates (192 kHz / 24 bit) with a Sound Devices 633 recorder and the Sennheiser MKH 8040 Microphones in close ORTF, taking full advantage of the extended frequency range (30 – 50000 Hz) of the microphones. Some machines were additionally recorded with a stereo setup of Barcus Berry 4000 series contact mics.

The following 12 machines were recorded
– some in multiple takes:

• Ash breaker
• Ash blower
• Coal dispatcher
• Siemens exciter machine
• Gas turbine model
• Motorized throttle-Flap
• Oil atomizer
• Pneumatic power switch
• 10KV power switch
• Rotation motor
• Manual steam machine

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries 8-Bit Games Play Track 507 sounds included $49

Ready for some retro game sounds? The 8-Bit Games SFX library includes more than 500 designed sounds and music elements, paying homage to the sonic world of Tetris, Super Mario, Space Invaders and other classics.

Authentic 8-bit blips, explosions, hits, jumps, lasers, coins, power-ups, and many other sound effects and music elements will cover your retro gaming needs. All sounds delivered as single files in 48 kHz / 16 bit WAV format with embedded Soundminer metadata.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Alarms Play Track 412+ sounds included, 122 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$39

This sound effect library delivers a comprehensive collection of designed alarm sounds covering all types of alarm: small and large, high tech and vintage sounding, distorted and clean, complex and simple, fast and slow, continuous sirens, harsh buzzers and subtle beeps.

The sounds can be used for a wide range of alart and alarm sounds, including: car alarms, smoke detectors, timers and clocks, air raid sirens, medical equipment, police and emergency sirens, fire alarms, home security devices, digital watches, gadgets and communication devices.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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City Life Sound Effects New York Play Track 50 sounds included, 224 mins total $49

Characteristic atmospheres, crowds and room tone recordings made at a variety of locations in and around New York City.

The collection includes 3 hours and 44 minutes of New York ambiences in 50 files – with an average duration of 5 minutes.

So if you want the atmosphere and ambience of New York in sound, this library gets you exactly that!

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Environments & Ambiences Wendland Autumn Play Track 45+ sounds included, 180 mins total $39

A collection of rural autumn atmospheres, recorded in the Wendland region of Germany. A total of more than 3 hours of ambiences included!

Key sound library features:

• Trees and bushes in the wind
• The forest
• Open fields and wetlands
• Shores of Jetzel river
• Open windows at farm house
• Tractors and farm machinery
• Rural garden: morning, day, and evening
• Outdoor restaurants
• Next to a goose shed
• Dannenberg Market
• Hitzacker Graveyard
• On board a small Elbe river ferry
• and others.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Creature Sound Effects Robot Voices Play Track 1000+ sounds included $66.33

“Robot Voices” is a collection of designed vocal expressions of 50 friendly and very talkative robotic creatures. If Wall-E and R2D2 were throwing a cocktail party this is probably what you would hear! A total of 50 robotic creatures are included.

Robot Voices highlights:

• 50 Robotic creatures speaking
• Many expressions per robot (25 – 65 individual words and sentences for each robot character)
• Descriptive filenames
• Embedded Soundminer metadata

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Mechanical Sound Effects Letterpress Play Track 15+ sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$39

Need rich, mechanical sound effects? You should definitely check this one out then: We got our hands on two functioning vintage Letterpresses: The motorized “Original Heidelberger Tiegel” (built in 1969 by Heidelberg Schnellpressen AG) and the pedal-driven “Boston Pedal Tiegel” (built in 1901 by Emil Kahle Maschinenfabrik).

We captured these two unique printing machines in 192 kHz stereo from different angles using a range of microphones (Sennheiser MKH 8040 ORTF, Neumann TLM 103 ORTF, Barcus Berry Stereo Contact Mic). The 15 recordings are on average 4 minutes long each and include idle, run, stop and different running speeds.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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City Life Sound Effects Athens Rooftop Play Track 9+ sounds included $29

Want the sounds of Athens? The Athens Rooftop sound effects library delivers 9 long ambiences recorded from different perspectives, and at different times of day – from calm mornings to busy days and nights.

In order to capture Athens’ soundscape in all its nuances, very low-noise Neumann Microphones and Sound Devices Recorders were used to record long takes (between 8 and 21 minutes each) totaling to over 2 hours of audio.

The recording location was a two floor rooftop on a three storey building above a very small street with no nearby traffic that allowed recording the city with some distance from above: Traffic, restaurants, bars, construction work, birds – in some evening recordings we hear crickets in the distance, in some day recordings the AC of a neighbouring flat is running.

Most of the recordings can also be used to represent a general city ambience, while some takes include specific regional sounds like Greek walla, churches and cicadas characteristic for the Greek capital.

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Travel & Transportation Air Travel Play Track 62+ sounds included, 240 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$99

Need the ambience of airports, security areas or on-board a commercial airliner during an international flight?

This library delivers: Getting you 4 hours of crowds and atmospheres recorded at 10 different international airports – and on-board multiple airliners with different seat perspectives in-flight, landing, taxi and crew announcements included.

Update: 16 recordings of 6 new airports now included, as well as two new, long airliner on-board recordings – a total of 1h 23 minutes of additional audio!

2025 Update
• New UCS 8.2.1 compliant file names
• Improved 20+ fields of UCS compliant BWAV/Soundminer/XML metadata
• Metadata translations in 40 languages (TSV/XLSX files)

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Shine And Glitter Play Track 150+ sounds included $21.75

Shine and Glitter brings shiny, elegant sounds to your local sound library. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

About Shine and Glitter SFX Pack

From glittering transitions and fairy dust to tonal sparkle sounds in 150+ stereo 24bit/96kHz .WAV files.

This pack has designed transitions, resonance, shining, synth, particles, tonal sparkles and doppler of magical shine and glitter elements; crunchy, noisy, glassy.

The texture of the sounds is realistic and flexible for customization. Great for film, video, game, advertisements, and suitable further as sweeteners outside of the magic genre as well.

Here’s a studio-grade pack for all your projects and games with the usual Vadi Sound craft and attention to detail.

Keywords, Elements, Mood and Style
Shine, magic, effect, glitter, star, dust, doppler, transition, spell, angelic, supernatural, synth, tonal, sparkles, long, double, LPF, HPF, movement, reverse, underwater, chime, crunchy, crackle, particles, noisy, free, reed, glassy, envelope, classic, shining, motion, coin, purse, tabletop, alarm, precious, stone, pitch, oil, can, resonance, drop, downward.

What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Cinematic Whooshes & Transitions for 294 files of organic and processed sounds of transitions and whooshes, including swipes, futuristic sci-fi sounds, tonal, pass by, power ups/ downs, movement, machine, and more. Essential Magic SFX Pack may also help with 182 files of the dark side of essential 4 elements of fire, water, earth, air as well as electricity, cyber-magic, magicka, hits, buffing, whooshes, squeaks, sparkling, explosions, bubbles, chimes and selective green magic sounds.

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Cartoon Volume 5 Play Track 100 sounds included $50

AudioHero’s Cartoon collection Volume 5 features 100 professionally produced sound effects, ready for use in your productions. This library includes everything you need to turn your production into a cartoon masterpiece! These sounds are all hand-picked from the Sound Ideas Cartoon Express, General HD and Digiffects Complete libraries.

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Cartoon Volume 4 Play Track 200 sounds included $50

AudioHero’s Cartoon collection Volume 4 features 200 professionally produced sound effects, ready for use in your productions. This library includes everything you need to turn your production into a cartoon masterpiece! These sounds are all hand-picked from the Sound Ideas Cartoon Express and Hollywood Edge Cartoon Trax 1 and 2 sound effects libraries. Included are musical accents, bells, boings, hits, skids, honks, squeaks, bounces, crashes and more.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Raw Buffers Play Track 14 sounds included, 23 mins total $25

RAW BUFFERS – a Discman glitch library.
Abrasive glitch clicks, scrambles, tones and bursts.

Harvesting the glitches from short-circuiting the “electronic skip protection” chip on a late 90’s Discman player.
Connecting the legs of this chip mangles and scrambles the buffer data, resulting in abrasive digital clicks, stutters, tones and bursts.

23 minutes (1.6GB) of 192kHz/24 bit recordings
UCS compliant and with relevant metadata.

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Foley Sound Effects Aprilia Mojito 2004 scooter motorcycle Play Track 74 sounds included, 34 mins total $55

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, foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Cloth and Fabric Sound Effects Character Fabrics Sound Effects Play Track 196 sounds included, 4 mins total $14.99
Enhance your projects with our 196 Carefully Recorded and Designed Fabric Sound Effects. This diverse collection of high-quality fabric sounds is perfect for adding realism and dynamic movement to your characters and environments. From the rustling of clothing to the swishing of fabrics in motion, each sound has been meticulously recorded and designed to bring your scenes to life. Ideal for game developers, filmmakers, and sound designers, these fabric sound effects will add depth and authenticity to every wardrobe, interaction, and environmental detail. Whether you’re working on character animations, environmental design, or immersive storytelling, these sounds provide the perfect touch to elevate your work.

Features:
- Body Armor Mesh – 70 SFX
- Clothing / Textile Drops – 61 SFX
- Fabrics – 57 SFX
- Zips – 8 SFX
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City Life Sound Effects City & Suburbs Ambiences Play Track 135+ sounds included, 340 mins total $22

City ambiences, downtown ambiences, suburbs, residential area, harbor, industrial area.. traffic, people in background, urban birds, nocturnal-quiet ambiences etc.

Check the sound list for additional info.

High quality recordings recorded in MS, XY, AB; NOS, etc., mostly with Sennheiser MKH microphones and Sound Devices recorder/mixer. Files are without any dynamic manipulation (compression) with max. peak around -5dBFS.

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Bird Sound Effects Birds Ambiences Play Track 7 sounds included, 22 mins total $8

Immerse yourself in the serene and captivating sounds of nature with Birds in Various Ambiences – Field Recordings Collection. This compilation features a rich assortment of bird sounds captured in diverse environments.

Each recording transports you to a different setting, featuring a wide array of bird species communicating in their natural habitats.

Perfect for sound designers, filmmakers, meditation enthusiasts, or anyone seeking to enhance their space with natural ambiance, this collection offers a diverse range of audio clips for relaxation, creativity, and inspiration.

Whether you’re creating a calming atmosphere, enriching your audio projects, or simply appreciating the beauty of birdsong, this collection brings the natural world to your ears with unmatched authenticity.

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