In this roundup, you can hear sounds of vehicles, like a modded Mazda RX-8, vintage late 1800s and 1900s lawnmowers, two new collections of Eastern European trains, a sailboat recorded in Ambonsics, and a roaring motorcycle speedway.
For new ambiences, check out European thunderstorms, empty schools in Bulgaria, ambiences from Madrid, rainy cities, and playgrounds in Ambisonics.
And if you're looking for something more musical, we have collections that are great for EDM rave parties and midtempo bangers, as well as classic Cellotron samples and cinematic cello and violin phrases that will give you chills.
Plus, we have more explosive gore, buzzing electromagnetic fields, experimental glitches, a variety of interior doors and old wooden doors, deadly combat, and even some hangry Turkish cats!
Finally, be sure to check out the great bundles this week, including a game audio bundle by unrealsfx and two new collections by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB - with one that gets you a perpetual license for their whole catalog! Happy listening!
Sound library highlight by Adriane Kuzminski
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'Deadly Combat Sound Library' by Sounds Good has crunchy, beefy and gory sounds that are great for that extra layer of violence in you combat sequences. It features 1164 designed SFX all with UCS metadata!
'Rare Vintage Lawnmower Sounds' by Select Mood features old petrol, electric, and hand push lawnmowers dating from the late 1800s through to mid/late 1990s. Most are British made, with a couple of exceptions (USA, Japan). They are very rare and hard to come by.
'Ambisonic Sailboat' by Watson Wu has onboard sounds of this great watercraft. It has Foley of lines, sails, gears, and buttons along with soft wind/hard wind sailing, bow cutting through water, water churning at stern, and diesel engine movements.
'Old Wooden Doors' by Silverplatter Audio includes pristine recordings of old wooden doors each with its own character. You’ll get recordings of multiple wood door types opening, closing, latching, squeaking, being knocked on, and more.
'Speedway Motorcycles Vol.01' by Debsound features 70+ minutes of free practicing motorcycles passing by without a crowd. This collection is ideal for games, commercials, movies, TV shows, videos, animation, and any other media that needs the impressive sounds of the loud, roaring speedway.
'Cats of Istanbul Vol.1' by Vadi Sound Library introduces the first 20 cats of the Istanbul cat federation! Bring out a strong character of any cat in your projects: angry, happy, distressed, and hungry! With loud meows, long purrs, wild growls, cries, hisses and yummy eating - these are cats at their most expressive.
'Mazda RX-8 R3 Modded' by Soundholder a rotary engine screaming at 9000 rpms. This flame spitting car runs without catalytic converter, stock air intake was replaced with Racing Beat Revi system and flames are thrown out of Invidia Q300 exhaust.
'Practical Doors Vol. 2' by 344 Audio has a variety of doors from different perspectives like a shower door, sliding window, bureau drawer, garage door, electronic safe door, hotel room doors, and studio doors! Hear them open/close, slide, slam, knock, latch, and squeak!
'Cellotron 1976' by Visionary Robots Industries samples one of the most iconic string machines from Italian manufacturer Elka. The instrument is quite simple, since it has only two sounds that can be eventually combined to create a third one. And that’s it. But it’s more than enough to make your music iconic!
'Rain & Thunderstorms' by Cinematic Sound Design delivers weather-themed ambiences ready for your media productions needs. You will find a palette of ambiences of rain, thunderstorms, wind, and more gathered over several years around Central and South of Europe. with a Sound Devices 702 based setup.
'DEADBOW' by SampleTraxx was created from raw, live string recordings by Alessandro Romeo. It ranges from smooth and delicate to aggressive and extreme with bowed cello and violin phrases, reverses, crescendos, tick tocks, stutters, screeches, jetèz, and raw source.
'Stormy Rain In The City 01' by Debsound contains the ambient sounds of a stormy night. It includes the sounds of rain in different intensity from both indoors and outdoors, as well as thunder, lightning, raindrops and the sound of drains in different variations.
'Foley Collection Total Pack V2 (ORIGINALS)' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB includes 'Modern Antikythera', 'Moving Water',' Fight', 'Trot & Gallop', 'Olivetti Typewriter', 'Phone Tones and Keys', 'Mountain Bike Riding', 'Laugh Track Pack', and 50% off the Complete Collection!
'Surround Sound LAB Complete Collection (perpetual subscription)' by Foley Collection & Surround Sound LAB contains the whole Surround Sound Lab Catalog. This is a perpetual audio one-time subscription with everything and is updated with our newest releases.
'Game Audio Bundle' by unrealsfx is a complete set for every type of sound design and game audio implementation. It includes everything from footsteps, weapons, and robots to drones, ambiences, UI, and more!
'Quiet School Ambiences' by West Wolf was recorded in several schools in Bulgaria during summer vacation. They are old and have a characteristic sound with creaking doors and interesting spaces, corridors, rooms, toilets, a basement and even an attic inhabited by many pigeons.
The lords of rails are rolling loudly day and night fully loaded with passengers, containers or machines. 'Eastern European Train Pass By 01' by Debsound contains of 100 sounds of Eastern European trains passing by with their extremely loud horns.
'Trains from Bulgaria' by Sava Ivanov has a variety of sounds of passenger trains and freight trains. It includes leaving and arriving trains from small train stations, brake squeaking, and train horns from the historic Ruse – Varna line, which ran the famous “Orient Express”.
'Future Rave Attack' by Glitchedtones helps you produce electrifying EDM party anthems. It has 60 expertly-crafted presets for basses, FX, leads, pads, plucks, synths and vocals - all with macro controls mapped to useful parameters for on-the-fly tweaking.
'Glitchy Circuits 2' by PMSFX has experimental glitch SFX perfect for trailers and music production. These sounds are screaming, heavily distorted, ear-piercing, mangled, futzed, and more - with anything from radio noises to tiny sci-fi whistles that sound like they're coming from small speakers.
'Berserk Midtempo' by Glitchedtones has everything you need to produce huge, hard and heavy EDM bangers in one epic collection. Inspired by some of the biggest names in the scene, this pack brings the sound design mastery intrinsic to the genre direct to your DAW at tempos ranging from 94 to 105 BPM.
Beneath the world of human hearing there are hidden sonic words. 'Sound Themes – Electro Magnetic 01' by Systematic Sound lets you explore this world of electro-magnetic fields, where radio frequencies buzz and swirl in humming drones, erratic RF-hits, clicks, glitches & interference.
'General Ambience Series – Sounds Of Madrid 01' by Systematic Sound captures the sound of the Spanish Capital. With busy traffic, lots of scooters and motorbikes, shouts and laughter. from people on the streets, this captures the essense of this South European city.
'Gore 2' by SoundMorph is full of insane blood explosions, drips, flesh rips, splatters, blood gurgles, and intense fight and ultra violence sounds. It is a huge collection of bigger, wetter, juicer, and crazier gore sounds that could be a forever go to for professional sound designers.
'Playgrounds and Parks' by Sen6 is a collection of Ambisonic recordings performed at various exterior parks, water parks, and playgrounds of multiple cities and the countryside. This collection is great for post-production, VR/AR experiences, game developers, and any real-time 3D audio engine.
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I’ve Decided to Make This Small Instrument Free—Enjoy!
Enjoy :)Snow Foley Instrument, a collection of pristine snow footsteps samples recorded with the legendary Sony PCM-D100 in the remote mountains of southern France. To enhance your sound design workflow, the samples are accompanied by user-friendly Kontakt and DSsampler instruments.
Whether you’re crafting linear sound designs, immersive interactive experiences, or dynamic game environments, this versatile library has you covered.
Key Features:
- 8 Different Walking types
- More than 200 unique samples
- Recorded in real snow, in different depths
- Stereo 96Khz 24bit
- Kontakt & DSsampler
- Midi Controlled Knobs
*Runs in Kontakt or Free Kontakt Player version 7.7.3 or higher, and in DecentSampler 1.9.13 or higher.
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Bicycle Sound Effects City Bicycles – Complete Bundle Play Track 633 sounds included, 330 mins total $120The complete package bundles all available City Bicycles-packages and is fully UCS compliant. The ‘Various Passbys + Bicycle Handling’ package is added as a free bonus!
This is a unique bicycle library that captures four characteristic bikes in clean, quiet, nicely performed true exterior rides. Including multiple perspectives, speeds and actions. From fast passbys on asphalt to slow onboard recordings, smooth or skidding stops. This package contains everything you need to create convincing sound design for a City Bicycle.
Contents:
Four bikes with distinct characteristics:
1. Good bike: a smooth sounding retro bike that doesn’t rattle or squeak, really nice tire noise.
2. Bad bike: an old worn bike with severe rattles and cranking, tends to let the chain fly off.
3. Ugly bike: this bike gets you from A to B… but it won’t win awards for it’s looks.
4. Racer bike: a vintage racer that’s pre-owned but still super slick.
Five perspectives:
1. Onboard Front: captures the whirring tire and surface sound.
2. Onboard Pedal: nice overall combination of pedaling, crank creaks, chain rattle, tire and surface sounds.
3. Onboard Rear: close up sound of the rear axle, with chain, sprocket and switching of gear.
4. Tracking shot: mono recording of the passby, keeping the bike in focus while passing by.
5. Static XY shot: stereo recording of the passby that emphasizes speed.
Five perspectives:
Overview of perspectives and mic placement*Onboard recordings are 2-3 minutes long depending on speed. Higher speeds > shorter duration. All 3 onboard mics are edited in sync with one another to make layering easy. All Passbys, Arrivals and Departures move from Left to Right.
Speeds and actions:
Three speeds for every bike and every surface (see below). Departures from slow, medium to fast getaways. Arrivals from slow stops with gently squeaking handbrakes to heavy stuttering skids.City Bicycles – Perspectives Demo
Five surfaces:
We’ve recorded all Bikes on asphalt from all perspectives (onboard and roadside). Additionally, our most quiet bicycle (the Good Bike) was used to record 4 other surfaces from onboard perspectives.
Five Surfaces:
1. Asphalt: nice and clean, with smooth singing sound.**
2. Large Bricks: nicely textured surface that makes the tires purr like a cat.**
3. Gravel: a fresh crackling surface sound that you might find in a city park.
4. Grit: classic bicycle path surface sounds that layers perfectly with the other surfaces.**
5. Icy road: frozen asphalt with sparkling textures of ice crystals snapping under the wheels.
**these surfaces are also recorded from Roadside Perspectives (passby: static and tracking)
City Bicycles – Extra Surfaces Preview
BONUS files:
There are some sweeteners and extras to give your bike that extra layer of grit:
1. Exterior recordings of various actions in multiple takes from rattles, bounces, shakes to roll-bys. Enough to make your bike sound just a little different.
2. We also recorded 21 additional single passbys of various bicycles, from severely rattling to smooth riding bikes on small brick streets and alleys. Enough to expand your options to create a distinguished sound design.Metadata & Markers:
Because we know how important metadata is for your sound libraries we have created a consistent and intuitive description method that adheres to the Universal Category System. This allows you to find the sound you need easily, whether you work in a database like Soundminer/Basehead/PT Workspace work, or a Exporer/Finder window. We made a video that helps you navigate the library ans find your best bicycle sounds faster and easier.
CategoryFull
A quick way to filter out sounds you don’t need: like handling sounds or vice versa bicycle onboards.
UserCategory
Fastest way to find the type of action you need for all bicycles. Passby needed, just click and voila.
OpenTier
Once you’ve selected the bike you can open up OpenTier and audition and select the perspective you want to use.
Scene & Performer
This field contains the type of bicycle to quickly navgiate to the bike you like.
iXMLTrackLayout
This is a neat little identifier you will find in the Waveform displays and you can see in a glance what Listening position you are.
MicPerspective
We have another way to find perspectives but it is more limited to distance to the recorded subject.
So passbys are MED – EXT and handling are CU – EXT. Exterior? Of course: we recorded everything outside!
UserComments
We used this field to create the UserData and give you the minimal set of information about the recording in the filename.Additionally, we added Markers making specific sonic events are easy to spot in Soundminer and other apps.
If you have any questions about this, please contact us info@frickandtraa.com!
Single Bicycle packages:
We also sell single packages for all the bicycles in this library.
Here’s a handy comparison table:
Reviews:
344 AUDIO: ‘City Bicycles has a plethora of content, for a great price. The perfect balance between a great concept, great presentation and outstanding execution, lands them an almost perfect score of 4.9.‘The Audio Spotlight: City Bicycles is worth getting if you are in need of great sounding and well edited bicycle sounds.
Watch a video created by Zdravko Djordjevic.
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