This week on A Sound Effect, we have interesting new libraries that will bring your sound library to the next level!
You can hear wizarding sounds of Dark Magic and a woman healer for your RPGs, or go to the junkyard to hear sounds of car destruction, exterior vibrations and falling metal and glass. Mix them all up with an Italian folk bagpipe for a taste of the past, or add some military radio chatter to make it post-apocalyptic world!
You can also check out new vehicles like a Jeep Gladiator, Husqvarna dirt bike, and Flytek forklift.
And we have new cinematic whooshes, general walla, and tons of ambiences from Yunan, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Thousand Island Lake. Happy listening!
Dark Magic
'Dark Magic' by Penguin Grenade is a sonic portal into the realm of evil. This diverse collection gives you everything you need for magic spells and dynamic energies spanning the ethereal to the visceral.
Female Healer – Voice Pack
'Female Healer – Voice Pack' by Old Wizard Voice Pack has 163 pro vocal effects of this classic RPG character with dialogue, attacks, emotions, suffering, breathing and more - all in 44.1 kHz / 16-bit Stereo wav.
Walla Volume 4
'Walla Volume 4' by Audiohero features 200 ambiences that capture the unmistakable background murmur from crowds from airports, bars, pubs, conventions, lobbies, halls, schools, malls, offices, theaters and more!
Exterior Vibrations Vol. 2
'Exterior Vibrations Vol. 2' by 344 Audio has immersive, textural, tonal sounds recorded with two stereo-figured contact mics. It features metal, plastic, and water, yielding abstract scrapes, drags, knocks, squeaks, taps and more.
Sounds of Chongqing
'Sounds of Chongqing' by The Ambient Tour was recorded in a municipality roughly the size of Austria and home to the most infamous and spicy hotpot in China. This collection features ambiences of the city center, restaurants, alleys, streets, crowds, and conversations.
Military Radio Chatter
'Military Radio Chatter' by Vadi Sound Library alls out to you from the depths of war! This bundle contains male radio communication sounds that is suitable for military settings in your projects and recorded in 24bit/96KHz with a real walkie talkie.
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Junkyard
'Junkyard' by Flysound is a catalog of pure destruction and action. It has recordings of impacts, falling metal, glass, construction debris including metal pipes and doors, as well as performed light and heavy strikes, single and multiple striking variants. You'll hear screeching, shredding, grinding chaos!
Jeep Gladiator
'Jeep Gladiator' by Watson Wu features a 2020 Jeep Gladiator: 4×4, Overland model, 3.6L, v6, and 285 hp. It has onboard sounds from 4 mics: Ch1 Engine, Ch2 Exhaust, Ch3 CabL (Cabin Left), and Ch4 CabR (Cabin Right), plus a Stereo mic to capture external perspective sounds from fixed positions.
Husqvarna 701 Enduro Dirt Bike
'Husqvarna 701 Enduro Dirt Bike' by Watson Wu has a 2017 model with a Wings aftermarket exhaust & 4-stroke, 6-speed, 67-hp engine. It was captured with onboard mics from the engine, down pipe, and exhaust, plus 2 Stereo external mics (tracking & fixed positions).
PGS Flytek 1600 forklift
'PGS Flytek 1600 forklift' by Krampfstadt Studio was recorded in 32-bit / 192 kHz with RØDE NTG1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones and a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. This library contains wav files of driving and exterior Foley, and mechanical and electrical sounds.
Junkyard Destruction
'Junkyard Destruction' by echo | collective is perfect for all of your mayhem needs. The team crushed, tossed and threw rocks and stuff at a few dozen cars. The stars of the show are the high impact metal, glass and plastic debris, and the easter eggs are the forklift revs, small rock impacts, and genuine junkyard ambiences.
Whooshes for Editors – The Essential Selection – Vol 1
'Whooshes for Editors – The Essential Selection – Vol 1' by Orbital Emitter is a must-have arsenal of cinematic transition SFX designed to add dimension and movement to any editorial project! It contains 60 hand picked dynamic transitions from hundreds of our cinematic sounds.
Sounds of Thousand Island Lake
'Sounds of Thousand Island Lake' by The Ambient Tour has recordings of countryside roads, large groups of insects and cicadas, town chatter, street sellers and old boats, capturing the essence of this beautiful lake in Zhejiang Province.
Sounds of Yunan
'Sounds of Yunan' by The Ambient Tour features Yunan in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on the border of Myanmar and Laos. It features mountain and rainforest ambiences, cafe and city atmospheres, and ancient temple gongs.
Folk Bagpipe
'Folk Bagpipe' by Dino Viceconte comes from Southern Italy and is an aerophone musical instrument made of a goatskin bag filled with air and four double reed pipes linked to the mother stump. Use the instrument in a traditional way or for cinematic sound design.
Sounds of Shanghai Vol.1
'Sounds of Shanghai Vol.1' by The Ambient Tour features this major industrial and commercial center in China. Filled with intense, urban streets and bustling, densely packed malls and commercial centers, it showcases only a small portion of what the city has to offer.
